No more Cygwin-X start menu entries
Andrea Venturoli
ml@netfence.it
Mon Jan 13 17:42:58 GMT 2025
Hello.
Today I run setup to upgrade all packages: an error popped up saying
xinit post-install script was not able to complete.
I'm in fact missing Cygwin-X entries in start menu.
I tried running it again, but I always get the same error.
Extract from setup.log.full:
> removing /var/cache/rebase/rebase_lst
> creating empty /var/cache/rebase/rebase_lst
> Updating rebase information for installed dynamic objects in /var/cache/rebase/rebase_lst.
> Updating rebase information for installed executables in /var/cache/rebase/rebase_exe.
> Rebasing with list /var/cache/rebase/rebase_all, built from /var/cache/rebase/rebase_dyn /var/cache/rebase/rebase_lst.
> 2025/01/13 18:30:57 running: C:\cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_texlive_prep.dash"
> 2025/01/13 18:30:57 running: C:\cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_update-info-dir.dash"
> 2025/01/13 18:30:58 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh"
> mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X/XWin Server.lnk" failed; does the target directory exist?
> mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X/User .xsession script.lnk" failed; does the target directory exist?
> 2025/01/13 18:30:59 abnormal exit: exit code=3
> 2025/01/13 18:30:59 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_adwaita-icon-theme.sh"
> 2025/01/13 18:30:59 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_desktop-file-utils.sh"
> 2025/01/13 18:30:59 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh"
> 2025/01/13 18:31:00 running: C:\cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/zp_fontconfig_dtd.dash"
> 2025/01/13 18:31:00 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_glib2.0.sh"
> 2025/01/13 18:31:00 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_hicolor-icon-theme.sh"
> gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
> 2025/01/13 18:31:00 running: C:\cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/zp_man-db-update-index.dash"
> ManDB index not available.
> 2025/01/13 18:31:00 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_shared-mime-info.sh"
> 2025/01/13 18:31:00 running: C:\cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/zp_texlive_finish.dash"
> Program directory for program link: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
> Desktop directory for desktop link: C:\Users\Public\Desktop
> 2025/01/13 18:31:09 note: Installation Complete
> 2025/01/13 18:31:09 Ending cygwin install
Any idea on how to fix this?
bye & Thanks
av.
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