/usr/bin/startx fails on new x.org install?
Michael Hennebry
hennebry@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu
Tue Feb 17 17:11:00 GMT 2009
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
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> http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTWLL !!
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> Lloyd Wood wrote:
>> XWin was started with the following command line:
>>
>> /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /cygdrive/c/Documents and
>> Settings/lwood/.serverauth.3000
>>
>> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
>> winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1400 h 1050
>> winInitializeDefaultScreens - returning
>> Unrecognized option: and
>> [..]
>
> This isn't X-specific; spaces and *NIX paths don't mix. Please use a
> sane home directory, like /home/lwood.
Quoting will only cure some such problems.
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