problem of cygwin X fixed

[David Picton]

> From: "Emacs Rocky" <rockyemacs at gmail dot com>
> To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:12:31 +0800
>
> Dear:
>
> I just sent a mail to complain I can't start X in cygwin.
>
> Now, I fount the solution in old mail-list.
>
> Anybody experienced the same problem can refer to
> http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2006-10/msg00051.html
>
> the key point is : You need to mount the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts with
> binary mode.
>
> but , I don't know why it worked well in another machine without the
> mount for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts .

The most likely explanation is that you have Cygwin mounted in text
mode on your machine, but binary mode on the other machine.   A
separate mount of the X11 font directories should be unnecessary if
you are using binary mode anyway.

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