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Re: Xfree86 Removed Packages
- From: Alexander Gottwald <Alexander dot Gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 21:53:03 +0100 (MET)
- Subject: Re: Xfree86 Removed Packages
- References: <fc.0066404d002caccb0066404d002caccb.2cad0d@hera.shu.ac.uk>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Aicha Said(ACES) wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have installed cygwin but I realised that all Xfree86 package has been
> removed, I didn't pay to much attention to that considering that X11 was there.
> But when I type the startx command I only have a black X window coming up,
> which doesn't seem right, as I had installed it before and it use to be green
> and white and with multiple windows, this one is just a prompt in black with
> yellow font.
> Also I am trying to install ns-2 on this platform and the fact that some of the
> xfree libraries are not installed seems to be causing problems. How coud I
> install Xfree separatly from cygwin?
install the xorg-x11-* packages. Selecting xorg-x11-base and X-startup-scripts
should be sufficient
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