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Re: XWin startup problem
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:43:45 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: XWin startup problem
- References: <20041018150129.A52458@techline9.bstoke.uk.ibm.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Simon Marchese wrote:
> I can't start XWin successfully on WinXP. I have re-installed and re-booted so often that I'm wearing out my disk and the restart icon. Yes, I have tried the advice in http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof and it has not helped.
>
> I would be very grateful for any advice. I have included more information below. Please let me know if there is anything I can add.
>
please try removing
rm /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.dir
font-update
this should not print the uptodate line for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
bye
ago
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