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Re: How do I run it?
- From: Staf Verhaegen <staf dot verhaegen at imec dot be>
- To: Perry Hutchison <perryh at pluto dot rain dot com>, "cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com" <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:11:37 +0200
- Subject: Re: How do I run it?
- Organization: IMEC vzw
- References: <10204151555.AA17839@pluto.rain.com>
Perry Hutchison wrote:
>
Perry,
Please reply to the mailing list.
> > > OK, I've installed Cygwin and XFree86 on a Windows 95 system. When
> > > I try to run C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\XWin.exe, I get an error box:
> > >
> > > Error Starting Program
> > >
> > > A required .DLL file, CYGWIN1.DLL, was not found.
> > >
> > > That file does exist, in C:\cygwin\bin. Rebooting does not help.
> > > What part of the installation process did I miss?
> >
> > Is C:\cygwin\bin in your Windows PATH ? If not he will not be able to find the
> > DLL.
>
> Now it seems to do nothing at all. No sign of it on the screen, nor on
> the taskbar, nor in the tray. Is there a "getting started" doc somewhere?
>
> I wonder if there's something wrong with the way I went about getting
> it into the path (PATH=%PATH%;C:\CYGWIN\BIN prior to starting Windows).
> In NT, PATH and other environment settings can be adjusted in Control
> Panel/System; but 95 doesn't seem to work that way.
On 95 you have to set the path in autoexec.bat.
It works from here when I start XWin out of a DOS window so other people will
need to help you.
What is the output of the 'mount' command ?
What if you type 'ls /usr/X11R6'
Staf.