-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greg Smith wrote: >> startx won't start X, after fresh install of latest cygwin on fresh XP >> laptop > >> See previous report here: > >> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2006-08/msg00099.html > >> (no responses to that). I've found one other user with exactly the same >> problem, but have had no response in this forum or in the cybertechhelp >> forum where the other user posted, so I'm posting again. > >> Currently, my options seem to be: >> (1) go buy another laptop, maybe cygwin-x will work on that one. I kind >> of like this one, though, everything else works on it. >> (2) attempt to 'downgrade' from 6.8.99 to 6.8.1 / 6.8.2 (there's a mix >> of these available on the mirrors); I've seen one report by a user who >> had success fixing a similar issue by this means. Is there anythng I >> should know before I try this? It seems that setup.exe will refuse to >> change all the X components at once, in particular the xorg-x11-base >> needs to be changed separately. Do I change it first, or last? My >> previous experience with this sort of thing makes me concerned that I'll >> irrevocably mess up my install if I do this wrong. > > > > > > > > > > You may want to use startxwin.sh or startxwin.bat, since there seems to > be no evidence of anybody trying those methods yet. My experience is > that I have tried startx and startxwin.sh, and they both don't work; the > startxwin.bat file is the only one that worked for me. Try it out, and > see what happens. > > And the next time you report a problem, you might want to read: >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >
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