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Re: updating to cygwin 1.7.1: X not starting + font problem [SOLVED]
- From: Andy Koppe <andy dot koppe at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:55:16 +0000
- Subject: Re: updating to cygwin 1.7.1: X not starting + font problem [SOLVED]
- References: <6661a2300912240233x5042095erbcbc237db3b3d50e@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
2009/12/24 Simon Jean-Francois:
> I wanted to share some of my experiences when upgrading to cygwin 1.7.1:
> XWin would not start, /var/log/XWin.0.log reporting the following error:
> "(EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0)"
>
> After some time, I figured out the source of the problem:
> /bin/sh disappeared: Âthis was fixed with " ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh "
Hmm, /bin/sh should have been installed as part of the bash package.
Did you have a message box about in-use processes during your update?
Might be better to reinstall the bash package in case anything else
wasn't set up correctly, but make sure you quit all Cygwin processes
first.
Andy
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