>> pbs wrote: >>> pbs wrote: >>>> pbs wrote: >>>>> I have come back to this problem and have messed around with xdm on a >>>>> Windows XP home edition using Cygwin 1.5.24(0.156/4/2). It still has >>>>> similar problems to those I experienced back in 2003. So in the >>>>> interim >>>>> has anyone successfully run the program? >>>> So that I can trace the problems further, I would like to download the >>>> source code for xdm and compile it. I looked at the instructions at >>>> http://x.cygwin.com/ and could not work out how I can go about >>>> downloading xdm sources and supporting libraries. Please could someone >>>> point me to a document on how to download the necessary source code, or >>>> tell me how to do it. >>> OK I know it is available in this package >>> http://cygwin.com/packages/xorg-x11-bin/xorg-x11-bin-6.8.99.901-1-src >>> but I don't now yet how to download and build it. Can someone please >>> give me some pointers. >> >> found a mirror site via >> http://sourceware.org/ -> http://sourceware.org/mirrors.html -> >> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/sources.redhat.com/pub/cygwin/ etc >> Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > I do not know about this package but all other packages' source can be > downloaded via setup.exe with checking the proper checkbox. > > The sources will then automatically fit to the binary you have on your > machine.
Thanks I had not see the src column, It was scrunched up until you mentioned it and I expanded it :-) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
