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Portable Cygwin works, but XWin fails
- From: <fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: <fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 21:31:19 -0000
- Subject: Portable Cygwin works, but XWin fails
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: <fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net>
I have been able to run portable versions of Cygwin, reduced in one way or
another, both from writable USB memory sticks and from unwritable CDs.
Lately I tried running XWin from a writable stick. By observing which files
were written where, and as a consequence setting up links using
ln -s /dev/null /tmp/Xwin.log
ln -s /dev/null /var/run/utmp
it really seemed that I had addressed all problems: in repeated uses,
nothing new was written to the stick at all. I then burned a CD, but
disappointingly XWin "dies" as soon as it is started. That is, I start the
process with bash, and then try
XWin -multiwindow &
which I would normally follow with
rxvt -display localhost:0.0 -e bash
but XWin does not persist. (Sorry: I don't know how to express what happens
other than to say it "dies" immediately.)
This is VERY disappointing. Any clues to what else I might try?
By the way, in mounting the portable version, I have already established
that the directory /cygdrive/c/tmp/ must exist, so I suppose I could try
ln -s /cygdrive/c/tmp/XWin.log /tmp/XWin.log
before burning to CD. (I've already made 5 coasters. At this rate I'll be
able to floor the bathroom.)
Thanks.
Fergus