On 2012-03-11 06:33, Markus Liebelt wrote: > Today I tried to install gnome for Cygwin under Windows 7. I have used > in the past cygwin (no X), and the last week the X11 GUI, and now wanted > to switch to a "real window manager". I tried to nail down what to do, > and followed the documentation: > > 1. Started with installing like documented here: > http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/ > 2. Ensured that the installation included the packets: gnome-terminal, > gnome-session > 3. Then I followed the directions in > http://cygnome.sourceforge.net/run.html, there "Environment Settings" > and "Start the GNOME desktop manually". My file ~/.xinitrc contains only > the following line: > exec /opt/gnome/bin/gnome-session
The cygnome project was for GNOME 1.4, which hasn't been updated in over a decade. Why did you try to use instructions from a project whose packages you weren't using? Undo whatever damage you did to your environment settings (since Ports installs into /usr) and use the following for your ~/.xinitrc: dbus-launch gnome-session --session=gnome-fallback Now you can use startx. Yaakov Cygwin Ports ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
