Installed Cygwin 1.7 - no X?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Lloyd Wood wrote:
> Installed Cygwin 1.7 beta on a new clean machine - figured I may as well
> get with the 1.7 program. Let it install all defaults plus a few packages
> I knew I'd need. Added to default list, didn't remove anything.
> Installed on C:\cygwin under Windows XP SP2.
> 
> How to start X? No XWin Server icon in menu. Just the cygwin shell
> server on desktop. No /usr/bin/startxwin.bat script. No /usr/bin/Xwin.exe.
> And no xinit, which I thought was how X 7.4 got started.

My installation has a "XWin Server" menu item under "Cygwin-X" in the
"Programs" menu.

> /usr/include/X11 has header files. /usr/lib/X11 is pretty much empty,
> bar the config/ dir.
> 
> Looked in /usr/bin/X11R6. Nothing there bar run.exe. Which figures,
> since that should be history with the 7.4 install. But why is run.exe
> there as well as in /usr/bin?
> 
> Went through new FAQ and userguide and changes/features. No help.
> 
> Did the beta munge the X install?

WFM.  I'd first point you at the problem reporting guidelines at the URL
below:

> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

I wouldn't have to ask this next question otherwise - did you install X?
It's probably best to answer that with the cygwcheck output mentioned at
the URL above.

Since your questions hinge on whether X is installed or not, it does
fall into the category of something that's appropriate for the main
list.  However, Cygwin-X has its own list for all things X and Cygwin,
for future reference.  You can ask Cygwin-X questions there and/or
search the archives.

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