From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29521 invoked by alias); 30 Jun 2010 14:02:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 29405 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Jun 2010 14:02:47 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from gwemta2.va.gov (HELO gwemta2.tic.va.gov) (152.130.26.46) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:02:42 +0000 X-SBRS: None X-MID: 305389399 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Subject: RE: startxwin/XWin won't start properly Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:02:00 -0000 Message-ID: <270AA78168E41541833C52448F4F34AD2373AC90@VHAISHMSGJ2.vha.med.va.gov> In-Reply-To: <4C2AD3D0.60707@cygwin.com> References: <11B1CA4A4D6D674AAC2CCD65E7AC7A89023617C1@na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com> <4C2A7632.3040003@cygwin.com> <11B1CA4A4D6D674AAC2CCD65E7AC7A8902361860@na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com> <4C2AA292.6070300@cygwin.com> <11B1CA4A4D6D674AAC2CCD65E7AC7A8902361878@na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com> <4C2AD3D0.60707@cygwin.com> From: "Timares, Brian (Harris)" To: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; 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30 Jun 2010 14:10:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 712 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Jun 2010 14:10:43 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-173-76-48-4.bstnma.east.verizon.net (HELO cgf.cx) (173.76.48.4) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.83/v0.83-20-g38e4449) with ESMTP; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:10:39 +0000 Received: from ednor.cgf.cx (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35CFA13C068 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:10:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 196D92B352; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:10:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:10:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: startxwin/XWin won't start properly Message-ID: <20100630141036.GA20060@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com References: <11B1CA4A4D6D674AAC2CCD65E7AC7A89023617C1@na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com> <4C2A7632.3040003@cygwin.com> <11B1CA4A4D6D674AAC2CCD65E7AC7A8902361860@na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com> <4C2AA292.6070300@cygwin.com> <11B1CA4A4D6D674AAC2CCD65E7AC7A8902361878@na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <11B1CA4A4D6D674AAC2CCD65E7AC7A8902361878@na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-06/txt/msg00062.txt.bz2 Content-length: 1201 On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:07:44PM -0600, Bradley, Mike wrote: > >> In the past I have not found a good way to "remember" which packages where >> installed (e.g. non-default packages). Is there a file/way to run setup.exe >> so that a specified set of packages are installed? > >OK, I removed my old cygwin installation (the directory which contains >/usr, /bin/, etc.), and re-installed a new version. I kept the >"cygwin_package" directory, but setup.exe did not remember my previous >installation. In the past I have had to install cygwin on multiple >machines, and it would be nice to learn a way to have a file which >describes the packages I want to install, rather than having to recall >them all. So, after being told that Cygwin remembers your previous installation and to just run setup.exe, you removed your previous installation and are surprised that Cygwin doesn't remember it. Here's some more advice for you to misunderstand/ignore: Don't do that. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/