Missing X11/x-start-menu-icons selection when installing cygwin/X using setup-x86_64.exe

Missing X11/x-start-menu-icons selection when installing cygwin/X using setup-x86_64.exe

[David Imamura]

Problem:
Trying to install Cygwin/x following install guide
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup.html#setup-cygwin-x-installing.
Does not display selection for X11/X-start-menu-icons, but can continue install. Install then has an error and is not successful (missing windows start menu icons).
Details:
Windows 7 pro 64-bit machine using setup-x86_64.exe downloaded 7/24/2013.
Could see and select xorg-server, xorg-docs, xinit.
Error 134?
No shortcuts under Start | All Programs | Cygwin-X.
Tried to install as administrator (right click setup exe and Run as Administrator) and still missing item X11/X-start-menu-icons and similar error and missing shortcuts under Start | All Programs | Cygwin-X.
Workaround:
Install setup-x86.exe (32-bit), can see X-start-menu-icons, and installs successfully with appropriate shortcuts under All Programs | Cygwin-X.
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Re: Missing X11/x-start-menu-icons selection when installing cygwin/X using setup-x86_64.exe

[Jon TURNEY]

On 28/07/2013 00:36, David Imamura wrote:
> Trying to install Cygwin/x following install guide
> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup.html#setup-cygwin-x-installing.
> Does not display selection for X11/X-start-menu-icons, but can continue install. Install then has an error and is not successful (missing windows start menu icons).

This is a documentation error.  The X-start-menu-icons package is obsolete and
does not exist for x86_64.

I've updated the documentation to remove this reference.

I've also updated the documentation to remove the reference to setup.exe and
point to the architecture specific setup programs instead.

> Details:
> Windows 7 pro 64-bit machine using setup-x86_64.exe downloaded 7/24/2013.
> Could see and select xorg-server, xorg-docs, xinit.
> Error 134?

This is caused by bug in cygutils, and should be fixed in cygutils 1.4.14-1

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Jon TURNEY
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