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Re: can not start 'startx' from the prompt and missing files
- From: "kiwhan chung" <kiwhan at hotmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 13:37:49 -0700
- Subject: Re: can not start 'startx' from the prompt and missing files
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- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hey Andy,
The installation Guide on page 15 says the following. I followed the exact
instruction, but still no success....
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startx - Use the standard XFree86 startx script with its attendant
~/.xinitrc configuration file. First you need to create ~/.xinitrc from the
template in /etc/X11/xinit/:
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$ cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
Now you may customize ~/.xinitrc and start Cygwin/XFree86 with:
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$ cd /usr/X11R6/bin && startx
Or, you can run startx by first adding /usr/X11R6/bin/ to the search path:
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$ PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
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$ startx
Or, you can run startx by first changing directories to /usr/X11R6/bin/:
Username at CygwinHost ~
$ cd /usr/X11R6/bin
Username at CygwinHost /usr/X11R6/bin
$ startx
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I copied the .xinitrc file from /etc/X11/xinit/ and it was in this .xinitrc
file that some of the variables defined in the file (
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources and
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap ) weren't found.
BTW, whether I add the PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin in the .xinitrc file or not
didn't make difference.
Thanks,
Kiwhan
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