RE: Cannot start X

["Martin Rausche" <mrausche at gmx dot de>]

Harold,

THANKS! That was the cause of my problems. There was a copy under
WINNT :-(

X is working now.

Martin.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Harold L Hunt II
> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 07:52
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Cannot start X
>
>
> Martin,
>
> You need to search your computer for ``cygwin1.dll'' and remove any
> copies that are not in your Cygwin directory.  You must search *all
> directories* on your computer for cygwin1.dll.  The following
> FAQ entry
> gives a little additional information on the problem:
>
> http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-sta
> tus-access-violation
>
> Harold
>
> Martin Rausche wrote:
>
> >The question is where do I get a current one and where do I have to
> >replace it. Cygwin setup doesn't seem to update this file, because I
> >have all current versions installed via setup. Can I replace that
> >file manually? Can I download it as a single file from somewhere?
> >
> >TIA,
> >Martin.
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> >>[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Sylvain Petreolle
> >>Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 02:13
> >>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> >>Subject: Re: Cannot start X
> >>
> >>
> >>you must have an old copy of cygwin1.dll in your system.
> >> --- Martin Rausche <mrausche@gmx.de> a écrit : > Hello everyone,
> >>
> >>
> >>>I guess this is a common question, but the FAQ didn't help. When I
> >>>say
> >>>"startx" in the shell, I get a Windows error message, which
> >>>
> >>>
> >>is titled
> >>
> >>
> >>>"xinit.exe - Entry Point Not Found" and the according message says
> >>>"The
> >>>procedure entry point getpwnam_r could not be located in
> the dynamic
> >>>link
> >>>library cygwin1.dll".
> >>>
> >>>
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