> From: Paul Thomas <paulthomas2 at wanadoo dot fr> > To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 06:44:21 +0100 > Subject: XFree86 for cygwin installation hanging - a clarification > Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
> Hello once more, > The problem with the XFree85 install is associated with the XFree-bin-icons package. If > I eliminate that from the list of packages, I get a sufficiently complete installation > that I can at least run Nedit. XWin still produces a background and nothing else. > Yours > Paul Thomas There is a fix for the XFree-bin-icons hang (see recent threads on the Cygwin mailing list). This turned out to be an obscure problem in the bash shell, now fixed. If you update the bash shell the bug should go away. It worked for me!