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RE: xfree install probs. win98 (resend)
- To: "Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng" <hgs at dmu dot ac dot uk>, <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: xfree install probs. win98 (resend)
- From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:51:59 -0400
Hugh,
This should tell you all you need to know:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q230/2/05.ASP
Harold
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Hugh Sasse
> Staff Elec Eng
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 9:50 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: xfree install probs. win98
>
>
> I have followed the installation procedure in the user guide, and
> have the following errors on trying to start X using the Icon (i.e.
> not using cygwin windows to start it):
>
>
> Out of environment space
> Out of environment space
> Too many parameters
> startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows 95/98/Me
> Cannot find file 'XWin' (or one of its components). Check to
> ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required
> libraries are available.
> Cannot find file 'xterm' (or one of its components). Check to
> ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required
> libraries are available.
> Cannot find file 'twm' (or one of its components). Check to
> ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required
> libraries are available.
>
>
> X doesn't start up after this.
>
> Having a Unix background, I am a bit at sea with quite where to
> look to fix this stuff.
>
> Environment space: I have hardly anything in my autoexec.bat (compared
> to what we used to have on DOS systems circa 1990. Are there variables
> I must set in there to fix this?
>
> Too many parameters: This is presumably the startx program complaining.
> There were refs in the guide to the need to set these up, but there was
> AFAICS no actual guidance on what they should be, so I left them alone
> rather than meddle with them.
>
> These xwin, xterm, and twm are things that I think must be installed
> with X. If there are files missing I don't know which they are. How
> do I find and fix this? Or can I make this cough up better diagnostics?
>
> I have RTFAQ and had a very quick look at the archives....
>
> Is there more information I should provide -- I got the Cygwin/Xfree86
> yesterday, from following:
> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/docs/ug/cygwin-xfree-ug.html
> and thus from:
> ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/xfre
e/xc-4-binaries/4.1.0/
I have a windows 98 system.
$ uname -a
CYGWIN_98-4.10 BUZZ 1.3.2(0.39/3/2) 2001-05-20 23:28 i586 unknown
Thank you,
Hugh