Getting X11 to run

Getting X11 to run

[Matthew Persico]

I downloaded 

cygwin-xfree-4.0-cygwin-v-1.tar.bz2
cygwin-xfree-x11r6.4-cygwin-B20.1.tar.bz2
extra-cygwin-xfree.tar.bz2

I expanded them all and was left with directories:
X11R6
X11R6.4
extra

Since X11R6 came from the v-1 archive and I am running the CD (1.0)
version of Cygwin, I moved X11r6 to under contrib. I also moved the
contents of extra/etc to /etc (but no the passwd and termcap files, I
already had those)
I then went to the bin of the X11R6 directory and tried startx with
these results:

xinit not found

xinit lives in /contrib/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit

Now, I'm very rust on X11 setup - the last time I ever did it was under
Linux a year ago. What else do I have to do to get X11 fired up under
Cygwin? Do I need LessTiff? What obvious piece am I missing?

Thanks,

Matthew Persico
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Re: Getting X11 to run

[Chris Faylor]

There is a mailing list devoted to discussing the cygwin-xfree project.
Check out the project web page at:

http;//sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/xfree/

This is off-topic for this mailing list.

cgf

On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 10:15:04PM -0500, Matthew Persico wrote:
>I downloaded 
>
>cygwin-xfree-4.0-cygwin-v-1.tar.bz2
>cygwin-xfree-x11r6.4-cygwin-B20.1.tar.bz2
>extra-cygwin-xfree.tar.bz2
>
>I expanded them all and was left with directories:
>X11R6
>X11R6.4
>extra
>
>Since X11R6 came from the v-1 archive and I am running the CD (1.0)
>version of Cygwin, I moved X11r6 to under contrib. I also moved the
>contents of extra/etc to /etc (but no the passwd and termcap files, I
>already had those)
>I then went to the bin of the X11R6 directory and tried startx with
>these results:
>
>xinit not found
>
>xinit lives in /contrib/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit
>
>Now, I'm very rust on X11 setup - the last time I ever did it was under
>Linux a year ago. What else do I have to do to get X11 fired up under
>Cygwin? Do I need LessTiff? What obvious piece am I missing?

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Re: Getting X11 to run

[Matthew Persico]

Chris Faylor wrote:
> 
> There is a mailing list devoted to discussing the cygwin-xfree project.
> Check out the project web page at:
> 
> http;//sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/xfree/
> 
AAAAAGH! Sorry. Hit the wrong address in the address book!
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RE: Getting X11 to run

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

BTW.  The files you downloaded contains no Xserver.  There is a
mailing list for Cygwin-X, as Chris told you.
Our Alpha version fo X-server are in pre-alpha tar ball and in XVNC.
If you check cygwin-xfree mail archive you will find the messages
about it.
The URL for it is http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/xfree .

Also, I received DirectX server code from Karra today.  Many thanks
to him. I will be posting a newer X-server with couple of days.  BUT
you need to subscribe to cygwin-xfree list.

Due to huge amount of mail I get from several mailing list, I
switched to cygwin-digest only.  If you address your questions to
cygwin-xfree
list you will get prompt reply.

Suhaib


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Persico [ mailto:MatthewPersico@netzero.net ]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 10:15 PM
> To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Getting X11 to run
>
>
> I downloaded
>
> cygwin-xfree-4.0-cygwin-v-1.tar.bz2
> cygwin-xfree-x11r6.4-cygwin-B20.1.tar.bz2
> extra-cygwin-xfree.tar.bz2
>
> I expanded them all and was left with directories:
> X11R6
> X11R6.4
> extra
>
> Since X11R6 came from the v-1 archive and I am running
> the CD (1.0)
> version of Cygwin, I moved X11r6 to under contrib. I also
> moved the
> contents of extra/etc to /etc (but no the passwd and
> termcap files, I
> already had those)
> I then went to the bin of the X11R6 directory and tried
> startx with
> these results:
>
> xinit not found
>
> xinit lives in /contrib/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit
>
> Now, I'm very rust on X11 setup - the last time I ever
> did it was under
> Linux a year ago. What else do I have to do to get X11
> fired up under
> Cygwin? Do I need LessTiff? What obvious piece am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthew Persico
> __________________________________________
> NetZero - Defenders of the Free World
> Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at
> http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
>


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