Problem launching XTerm on new Cygwin installation

[Mark Hansen]

On 3/7/2014 1:49 PM, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 11:57:20AM -0800, Mark Hansen wrote:
>> I just installed the 64-bit version of Cygwin on both a desktop PC and a laptop PC.
>> On the desktop, everything worked as expected without problems. On the laptop, I
>> have the following problems:
>>
>> When I launch a shell window, I get the following error:
>>
>> Your group is currently "mkgroup". This indicates that neither your gid nor your pgsid is in /etc/group.
>
> (I don't know about this one)
>
>> Also, when I try to launch an XTerm, I get the following message in the XTerm window for
>> just a few seconds and then the window goes away:
>>
>> /cygdrive/c/Apps/cygwin/bin/xterm: Could not exec XTERM_SHELL=XTERM_SHELL=: No such file or directory
>
> yes, that's a bug which surfaced in #301, thought it was gone in #302, and _should_ be gone in #303
> (from yesterday)
>
>> I'm starting the XWin Server using a shortcut with the following:
>>
>> C:\Apps\cygwin\bin\run.exe
>>         /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c
>>         "/usr/bin/startxwin.exe -- -emulate3buttons -multiwindow -clipboard -swcursor"
>>
>> I'm starting the XTerm using a shortcut with the following:
>>
>> C:\Apps\cygwin\bin\run.exe
>>         -p /usr/X11R6/bin xterm +tb -sb -sl 5000 -display 127.0.0.1:0.0 -ls /bin/zsh -l
>
> I'd try putting "-e" before the "/bin/zsh", which moves it away from the bug noted.
> (actually, the trailing "-l" doesn't look right either)

Thanks. I think the -l was to cause a login shell, but I see now that is what the -ls
argument does. Since I removed the shell argument ("/bin/zsh -l") it is now working.
I'm getting the shell I want, I suspect, because that is the shell mentioned in the
/etc/passwd file for my user.

As a result, it is working so I'll leave it alone.

>
> fwiw, when I compile #301, #302 and #303 for Cygwin, I don't see the bug.
> However, I was able to analyze it on Linux with valgrind...

Well, I downloaded the Cygwin installation for my desktop last week, and downloaded
the Cygwin for my laptop yesterday. I guess the bug could have been introduced between
those times?

Thanks for your help!



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