Thanks Larry. The dll cygexpat-0.dll is indeed missing ! Cheers, Michael
On Nov 26, 2007 2:59 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin X) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Defoin Platel wrote: > > Hi, > > I just installed a cygwin/x environment on a mahcine with XP running. > > > > Everything seems to be okay. The X server starts smoothly and I can > > run some programs such as xeyes, xemacs or display. > > However some others such as xterm, xclock, xload fail without any > > error message. > > > > For example: > > > >> xterm > > > >> echo $? > > 53 > > > > The TERM variable is set to cygwin and DISPLAY to localhost:0.0 > > > > Does anybody get what's going on ? > > # net helpmsg 53 > > The network path was not found. > > This means one of the DLLs the failing application needs can't be found. > 'cygcheck xterm' will give you a list of DLLs required and complain about > those that are missing. Make sure the packages with the missing DLLs are > are installed. Repeat for other apps. > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 429-6305 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/