From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22941 invoked by alias); 11 Jan 2010 18:51:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 22921 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jan 2010 18:51:19 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-10.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from sj-iport-2.cisco.com (HELO sj-iport-2.cisco.com) (171.71.176.71) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:51:14 +0000 Authentication-Results: sj-iport-2.cisco.com; dkim=neutral (message not signed) header.i=none X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArsEAKYBS0urR7Ht/2dsb2JhbACcTqdtiQ0BBwGKYYJGgWkE Received: from sj-core-1.cisco.com ([171.71.177.237]) by sj-iport-2.cisco.com with ESMTP; 11 Jan 2010 18:51:11 +0000 Received: from xbh-rcd-201.cisco.com (xbh-rcd-201.cisco.com [72.163.62.200]) by sj-core-1.cisco.com (8.13.8/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0BIpBlQ005394 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:51:11 GMT Received: from xmb-rcd-114.cisco.com ([72.163.62.156]) by xbh-rcd-201.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:51:11 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-CR-Puzzleid: {BBD93DC6-8C6D-47EF-83C3-378CD456B0E7} X-CR-Hashedpuzzle: AO5U BDi5 CAOf CIoq Cd+K CqRo DROH Dt2Y EAkt FEL6 Ft5j F2AE GFZl Gbnp H2zb IAal;1;YwB5AGcAdwBpAG4ALQB4AGYAcgBlAGUAQABjAHkAZwB3AGkAbgAuAGMAbwBtAA==;Sosha1_v1;7;{BBD93DC6-8C6D-47EF-83C3-378CD456B0E7};cgB5AG0AYwBkAG8AdwBlAEAAYwBpAHMAYwBvAC4AYwBvAG0A;Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:51:09 GMT;UgBFADoAIABDAGEAbgBuAG8AdAAgAHMAdABhAHIAdAAgAHgAdABlAHIAbQA= Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: Cannot start xterm Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:51:00 -0000 Message-ID: <57AF6608346BD241B205F67C183E93E2928B35@XMB-RCD-114.cisco.com> From: "Ryan Mcdowell (rymcdowe)" To: 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: 2010-01/txt/msg00047.txt.bz2 Please ignore this email, anti-virus was killing some of the installation s= cripts :( -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Mcdowell (rymcdowe)=20 Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:46 PM To: 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com' Subject: RE: Cannot start xterm My hard drive crashed and I reinstalled XP SP3 from scratch.=A0 I then inst= alled cygwin 1.7.3 from scratch.=A0 My first issue was I could not find sta= rtxwin.bat.=A0 I know it was supposed to be moved to /bin/startxwin.bat, bu= t its not there.=A0 I built my own shortcut to start xwin "C:\cygwin\bin\ru= n.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe".=A0 That seems to sta= rt up the server just fine.=A0 However, when I click on "Applications->xter= m", nothing happens.=A0 I started up a normal cygwin window and manually tr= y to start xterm via "xterm -display localhost:0".=A0 This gives me the fol= lowing: bash-3.2$ xterm -display localhost:0 Warning: Cannot convert string "-adobe-helvetica-boldo8859-*" to type FontS= truct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Error: Aborting: no font found bash-3.2$ I then tried to install all the fonts I could find, nothing seemed to fix t= he issue. I should also point out that I think something else was dorked up in the in= stallation, as the PATH variable failed to include basic things like "/bin"= .=A0 I had to manually add them back in my .bashrc (which the Cygwin.bat sc= ript fails to read, so I have to manually source it). When I first run Cygwin.bat, here is my environment.=A0 I'm thinking maybe = some other variable is not set properly which is the root cause of xterm no= t finding any fonts. bash-3.2$ /bin/printenv HOMEPATH=3D\Documents and Settings\rymcdowe APPDATA=3DC:\Documents and Settings\rymcdowe\Application Data TERM=3Dcygwin PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=3Dx86 Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 12, GenuineIntel WINDIR=3DC:\WINDOWS USERDOMAIN=3DCISCO OS=3DWindows_NT ALLUSERSPROFILE=3DC:\Documents and Settings\All Users !::=3D::\ TEMP=3D/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/rymcdowe/LOCALS~1/Temp DEFLOGDIR=3DC:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Des= ktopProtection COMMONPROGRAMFILES=3DC:\Program Files\Common Files QTJAVA=3DC:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\QTJava.zip USERNAME=3Drymcdowe PROCESSOR_LEVEL=3D6 PATH=3D/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS= /System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/cygdriv= e/c/ProgramFiles/Credant/Shieldv5.4.2/:/cygdrive/c/ProgramFiles/QuickTime/Q= TSystem/:/cygdrive/c/ProgramFiles/Intel/WiFi/bin/ FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=3DNO PWD=3D/usr/bin SYSTEMDRIVE=3DC: USERPROFILE=3DC:\Documents and Settings\rymcdowe LOGONSERVER=3D\\ADC-RTP1-C1-5-W PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=3Dx86 !C:=3DC:\cygwin\bin SHLVL=3D1 HOME=3D/home/rymcdowe USERDNSDOMAIN=3DCISCO.COM PATHEXT=3D.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.PSC1 HOMEDRIVE=3DC: PROMPT=3D$P$G COMSPEC=3DC:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe TMP=3D/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/rymcdowe/LOCALS~1/Temp SYSTEMROOT=3DC:\WINDOWS PROCESSOR_REVISION=3D0e0c CLASSPATH=3D.;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\QTJava.zip PROGRAMFILES=3DC:\Program Files NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=3D2 VSEDEFLOGDIR=3DC:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\= DesktopProtection SESSIONNAME=3DConsole COMPUTERNAME=3DRYMCDOWE-WXP _=3D/bin/printenv Anybody have any ideas? ---------------------------- Ryan McDowell Systems Engineer Cisco Systems, Inc (W) +1 703.484.0040 (M) +1 703.201.5742 PGP Fingerprint: EED9 192F 9F45 FAE4 F6A3 8764 FEE1 299D 1B62 A361=20 ---------------------------- -- 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/