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X and startx
- To: "cygx" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: X and startx
- From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 22:06:29 -0400
I've seen some posts in the recent past complaining that the 'X' symlink in
/usr/X11R6/bin/ points to some nonexistent file. I've checked the 'X'
symlink in my latest build from XFree86 and I find that 'X' points to
'XWin', which is correct.
However, 'startx' fails to run because /usr/X11R6/bin/ is not in the path
that Cygwin uses, so 'xinit' cannot be found.
Regarding fixing 'startx', should we:
1) If possible, modify the generation of the 'startx' script to add
/usr/X11R6/bin/ to the path.
2) If possible, modify the generation of the 'startx' script to add explicit
path references to each executable referenced in 'startx' (e.g.
/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit).
3) Add an answer to the draft FAQ that tells users how to add
/usr/X11R6/bin/ to the path that Cygwin uses.
I'd appreciate any input and/or suggestions,
Harold