From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12756 invoked by alias); 19 Mar 2010 16:35:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 12745 invoked by uid 22791); 19 Mar 2010 16:35:26 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (HELO smtpout.karoo.kcom.com) (212.50.160.34) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:35:22 +0000 Received: from 213-152-38-55.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO [192.168.0.5]) ([213.152.38.55]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 19 Mar 2010 16:35:19 +0000 Message-ID: <4BA3A7D0.3000300@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:35:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: problems starting xterm References: <20100319105425.45455xuj4rc1xl2s@webmail.df.eu> In-Reply-To: <20100319105425.45455xuj4rc1xl2s@webmail.df.eu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 X-SW-Source: 2010-03/txt/msg00067.txt.bz2 On 19/03/2010 09:54, Markus Hoenicka wrote: > I've set up Cygwin 1.7.1 lately, along with X and some applications. The > X server works ok and claims to be "Version 1.7.5 Build Date: > 2010-02-05". I can run Emacs as an X application without hassles. > However, when I start the X server, or when I try to run xterm from the > X server systray icon, xterm apparently fails to find a shell to run, so > it terminates (no pun intended) after a couple of seconds: > > xterm: Could not exec 4.90.2.20040617: No such file or directory Google suggests '4.90.2.20040617' is a novell netware client version. So, erm... yeah. -- 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/