Re: new install problems

[Alexander Gottwald <Alexander dot Gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>]

Denny Figuerres wrote:

>
> Ok I HOPE this is not too much of a nube question but here goes:
>
> I have been using Linux for over 5 years with few problems.
>
> I have a laptop with Windows 2000 Pro and current service packs etc.
>
> I ran the current (as of yesterday) Cygwin setup with all the standard
> stuff.
>
> The included X startup works ok..
>
> Tried to run WindowMaker to get a better setup..
>
> Found wmaker.exe run it and it just goes ape with errors!

Which errors? The recent releases have startup scripts which start XWin in
multiwindow mode by default and do not allow running an external windowmanager.

Try starting XWin without the -multiwindow paramter

> Seems like the main problem may be long filenames & path with a space.
>
> My Documents folder and all that..

As long as there is no space in the username there is no problem. The
windowmaker configuration files are stored in /home/$USER/... and it does
not matter if /home is mounted to c:\Program Files\xxx or c:\My Documents\yyy

> But I did not change anything! I would think that a normal install on a know
> OS would "Just Work"
> It's not like I was compiling the source and changing stuff??
>
> I have been looking for some kind of How-to or known problems but have not
> yet found anything that tells me what is broken.
>
> I did see two obscure references to usernames with a space and tiff problem
> but I can't tell if the info was a current problem or a different problem.

bye
    ago

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