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Re: problem of cygwin X fixed
- From: Luke Kendall <luke dot kendall at cisra dot canon dot com dot au>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:50:58 +1100 (EST)
- Subject: Re: problem of cygwin X fixed
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On 25 Nov, Emacs Rocky wrote:
> Dear:
>
> I just sent a mail to complain I can't start X in cygwin.
>
> Now, I fount the solution in old mail-list.
>
> Anybody experienced the same problem can refer to
> http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2006-10/msg00051.html
>
>
> the key point is : You need to mount the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts with
> binary mode.
>
> but , I don't know why it worked well in another machine without the
> mount for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts .
>
> anyway. thanks to all you guys.
>
> Rocky
This used to be broken in Cygwin for a while, then it was fixed. I
reinstalled from a snapshot from Jan 3rd 2007 and the problem had
returned. I had no mount point for X at all, so I don't know why the
problem occurred.
I did have a warning from setup saying that setup.ini indicated it was
newer than the version setup was expecting to install.
I re-ran setup a couple more times, re-installing the fonts (no
complaints about possibly mismatched setup.ini file this time), with no
luck.
Anyway, because I had no mount of the X fonts directory at all, I did
this to create one:
$ mount -b c:\cygwin\usr\lib\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
and re-ran setup to reinstall the fonts yet agai, and yes, X could now
start, the problem is fixed.
luke
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