Re: installing cygwin/XFree86 on windows 2000

[Arnaud Legout <legout at castify dot net>]

I have the file Xbin.tgz (10 444 800 bytes), but it does not include a
xterm.exe

Arnaud.

Brian Genisio wrote:
> 
> Make sure you have downloaded all the necessary tarballs before you install.
> Xterm is included in Xbin.tgz, along with all of the other X apps.
> 
> --- Arnaud Legout <legout@castify.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I followed all the step in the online documentation to install
> > cygwin\XFree86,
> > but when starting startxwin.bat,
> > a pop-up message says:
> > Cannot find the file 'xterm' (or one of its components). Make sute the
> > path and filename
> > are correct and that all required libraries are available.
> >
> > in the command window I got:
> > startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000
> > ddxProcessArgument ()
> > ddxProcessArgument () - screen - argc: 5 i: 1
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000001f
> > winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> > winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Using Windows display depth of 16 bits
> > per pi
> > el
> > winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient w 1024 h 768 r 1024 l
> > 0 b 768
> > t 0
> > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - lPitch: 2048
> > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 0000f800 000007e0 0000001f BPRGB 6 d
> > 16
> > winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> >
> >
> >
> > Xwindows starts but without an xterm, and it is not possible to start an
> > xterm.
> >
> > During the install, one asked me to modify a termcap file, but I did not
> > really understand what I was supposed to do.
> >
> > Do you have any idea on how to solve my problem.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Arnaud
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