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From: Mark Hansen <meh@winfirst.com> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem launching XTerm on new Cygwin installation Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:04:00 -0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <531A424D.5000204@winfirst.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20140307214954.GA4187@aerie.jexium-island.net> On 3/7/2014 1:49 PM, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 11:57:20AM -0800, Mark Hansen wrote: >> I just installed the 64-bit version of Cygwin on both a desktop PC and a laptop PC. >> On the desktop, everything worked as expected without problems. On the laptop, I >> have the following problems: >> >> When I launch a shell window, I get the following error: >> >> Your group is currently "mkgroup". This indicates that neither your gid nor your pgsid is in /etc/group. > > (I don't know about this one) > >> Also, when I try to launch an XTerm, I get the following message in the XTerm window for >> just a few seconds and then the window goes away: >> >> /cygdrive/c/Apps/cygwin/bin/xterm: Could not exec XTERM_SHELL=XTERM_SHELL=: No such file or directory > > yes, that's a bug which surfaced in #301, thought it was gone in #302, and _should_ be gone in #303 > (from yesterday) > >> I'm starting the XWin Server using a shortcut with the following: >> >> C:\Apps\cygwin\bin\run.exe >> /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c >> "/usr/bin/startxwin.exe -- -emulate3buttons -multiwindow -clipboard -swcursor" >> >> I'm starting the XTerm using a shortcut with the following: >> >> C:\Apps\cygwin\bin\run.exe >> -p /usr/X11R6/bin xterm +tb -sb -sl 5000 -display 127.0.0.1:0.0 -ls /bin/zsh -l > > I'd try putting "-e" before the "/bin/zsh", which moves it away from the bug noted. > (actually, the trailing "-l" doesn't look right either) Thanks. I think the -l was to cause a login shell, but I see now that is what the -ls argument does. Since I removed the shell argument ("/bin/zsh -l") it is now working. I'm getting the shell I want, I suspect, because that is the shell mentioned in the /etc/passwd file for my user. As a result, it is working so I'll leave it alone. > > fwiw, when I compile #301, #302 and #303 for Cygwin, I don't see the bug. > However, I was able to analyze it on Linux with valgrind... Well, I downloaded the Cygwin installation for my desktop last week, and downloaded the Cygwin for my laptop yesterday. I guess the bug could have been introduced between those times? Thanks for your help! -- 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/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-07 22:04 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2014-03-07 19:57 Mark Hansen 2014-03-07 21:50 ` Thomas Dickey 2014-03-07 22:04 ` Mark Hansen [this message] 2014-03-07 22:12 ` Thomas Dickey 2014-03-07 23:37 ` Mark Hansen 2014-03-08 0:36 ` Thomas Dickey 2014-03-08 0:43 ` Mark Hansen 2014-03-07 22:00 ` Mark Hansen 2014-03-16 18:48 ` Mark Hansen
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