Re: Cygwin XFree86 startx Problem

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Chan Seng Loong wrote:

> hi...
>
> I having problem using startx to startx the X window
> or X server.......
>
> here are the error:
>
> Chan Seng Loong@amd1500mhz ~
> $ startx
> + userclientrc=/home/Chan Seng Loong/.xinitrc
> + userserverrc=/home/Chan Seng Loong/.xserverrc
> + sysclientrc=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc
> + sysserverrc=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc
> + defaultclient=/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
> + defaultserver=/usr/X11R6/bin/X
> + defaultclientargs=
> + defaultserverargs=
> + clientargs=
> + serverargs=
> + [ -f /home/Chan Seng Loong/.xinitrc ]
> [: Seng: unknown operand
> + [ -f /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc ]
> + defaultclientargs=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc
> + [ -f /home/Chan Seng Loong/.xserverrc ]
> [: Seng: unknown operand
> + [ -f /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc ]
> + whoseargs=client
> + [ x != x ]
> + [ x = x ]
> + [ x = x ]
> + client=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc
> + [ x = x ]
> + [ x = x -a x = x ]
> + server=
> + [ x = x ]
> + XAUTHORITY=/home/Chan Seng Loong/.Xauthority
> + export XAUTHORITY
> + removelist=
> + xinit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc --
>
> + userresources=/home/Chan Seng Loong/.Xresources
> + usermodmap=/home/Chan Seng Loong/.Xmodmap
> + sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
> + sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
> + [ -f /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources ]
> + [ -f /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap ]
> + [ -f /home/Chan Seng Loong/.Xresources ]
> [: Seng: unknown operand
> + [ -f /home/Chan Seng Loong/.Xmodmap ]
> [: Seng: unknown operand
> + twm
> + xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1
> + xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51
> + xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0
> + exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
> Warning: Cannot convert string "" to type XftFont
>
> I tried to fix the probelm using the XF86Config and .xinitrc file.....
> but failed.....
>
> Can someone help me to solve the problem......?
>
> Thanks
> John

John,

Your username (and, consequently, your home directory) has spaces in it.
The startx script is not space-in-filename friendly (missing quotes), and
thus some parts of it don't run correctly.  Below is a patch to the startx
script that should make it work with home dirs containing spaces
(untested).  Please save the attached patch as /tmp/startx.patch and run
'cd /usr/X11R6/bin && patch -p0 < /tmp/startx.patch'.  You should then be
able to use the script.

Harold, this patch is against /usr/X11R6/bin/startx from
XFree86-bin-4.3.0-7 (CVS revision "XFree86: startx.cpp 3.16"). I have a
feeling this file is auto-generated (haven't looked at the build process).
I don't know if you can incorporate this patch as-is as Cygwin-specific,
or if you need a patch to the original source, startx.cpp (either for
Cygwin or to send upstream).  Let me know either way, and I'll either
create a ChangeLog for this patch, or create one against the CVS source.
HTH,
	Igor
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