RE: X and startx

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

At present XFree86 installation does not modify /etc/profile or add paths.
Harold suggestions at present are best handled by users.  However a patch to
Modify startx creation for Cygwin will be gladly accepted.

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:robert.collins@itdomain.com.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 6:52 AM
> To: Dave Cook; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: X and startx
> 
> 
> Dave,
>     I suggest you check what tarball creates /etc/profile, 
> and if none do, make a patch for cygwin's main setup.exe - 
> I'm pretty sure something like this will get accepted ;]
> 
> Rob
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Cook" <duck@caveduck.com>
> To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:43 PM
> Subject: Fw: X and startx
> 
> 
> > Regarding getting /usr/X11R6/bin on the path, I'd prefer to be as
> *nix-like as possible,
> > while making things easy for J. Random User if we can.
> >
> > This means getting /usr/X11R6/bin onto $PATH in /etc/profile. I am
> right now
> > looking at a running RH7.1 system that contains at the top of
> /etc/profile:
> >
> > if ! echo $PATH | /bin/grep -q "/usr/X11R6/bin" ; then
> >   PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"
> > fi
> >
> > Now the stock Cygwin /etc/profile (unlike the Linux one) 
> actually sets
> a default PATH on
> > the first line via
> >
> > PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH"
> >
> > Fortunately this puts the important system paths ahead of anything
> already defined, so
> > it's OK to add /usr/X11R6/bin at the top.
> >
> > Thus if I were writing the XFree86/Cygwin install script 
> I'd probably
> add the above
> > snippet right at the top of /etc/profile (checking first to see if
> it's already present).
> >
> > It is important for consistency to put the X bin directory 
> on the path
> *before* any of the
> > /etc/profile.d/*.sh are run.  Otherwise introducing those 
> into Cygwin
> could have
> > un-Unix-like consequences.
> >
> > BTW here are simple .xinitrc and .xserverrc files that work fine for
> me via the startx /
> > xinit mechanism.  They presume that /usr/X11R6/bin is already on the
> path:
> >
> > #! /bin/sh
> > # ~/.xinitrc
> > # This should start initial xterms and the window manager.
> > # Start the window mgr *last* and don't run it in the background...
> > #   when xinit exits, X closes.
> > #
> >
> > # Use xsetroot to put a decent solid background on the root window
> > #   The default pseudo-gray generates severe moires for me...YMMV
> > #   Color names are defined in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt
> > # Faster and more reliable to do this before launching any xterms 
> > xsetroot -solid darkgreen
> >
> > # start an xterm
> > xterm -e /usr/bin/bash &
> > #rxvt -e /usr/bin/bash &
> >
> > # Start a window manager, and leave it in the foreground.
> > # twm comes with XFree86/Cygwin, and vtwm is also available. twm
> >
> >
> > #! /bin/sh
> > # ~/.xserverrc
> > # X server startup file.  Used by xinit (via startx).
> > # if you 'exec' the server, X starts 10-15 sec faster than if you
> don't.
> > #
> > exec xwin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -engine 4
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dave Cook
> >
> >
> >
> >
>