Hello gang, I am trying to install XFree86 on an NT 4.0 SP 6 within a full install of Cygwin 1.3.9 (Cygwin appears to be running O.K.). I downloaded the XFree86 stuff from http://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.2.0/binaries/ and ran sh Xinstall.sh -check and got
Checking which OS you're running... uname reports 'CYGWIN_NT-4.0' version '1.3.9(0.51/3/2)', architecture 'i686'. Binary distribution name is 'Cygwin-ix86' If you don't find a binary distribution with this name, then binaries for your platform are not available from XFree86.org. Here is the output from ls -al -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 11184173 Feb 7 20:58 Xbin.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 1590147 Feb 7 20:59 Xdoc.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 555852 Feb 7 20:59 Xetc.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 12235356 Feb 7 21:00 Xf100.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 338691 Feb 7 21:01 Xfenc.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 16224626 Feb 7 21:03 Xfnts.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 2273301 Feb 7 21:03 Xfscl.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 217802 Feb 7 21:03 Xfsrv.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 1229502 Feb 7 21:04 Xhtml.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 110101 Feb 7 21:04 Xlib.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 779270 Feb 7 21:04 Xman.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 1170764 Feb 7 21:05 Xnest.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 780050 Feb 7 21:05 Xprog.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 865732 Feb 7 21:05 Xprt.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 5933319 Feb 7 21:06 Xps.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 1289669 Feb 7 21:06 Xvfb.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 1288208 Feb 7 21:06 Xxserv.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 63467 Feb 7 21:07 extract.exe.gz I then ran sh Xinstall.sh with the following results If you are installing a version different from 4.2.0, you may need an updated version of this installer script. Do you wish to continue? (y/n) [n] y Checking which OS you're running... uname reports 'CYGWIN_NT-4.0' version '1.3.9(0.51/3/2)', architecture 'i686'. //gnu-tar: not found Warning: can't detect the bindist version Checking for required files ... Creating /usr/X11R6 Creating /usr/X11R6/lib Creating /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 Creating /etc/X11 Removing some old directories that are no longer required... Creating /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb Extracting Xetc.tgz into a temporary location ... //extract: not found Installing the app-defaults config files ... //gnu-tar: not found //gnu-tar: not found Installing the fs config files ... //gnu-tar: not found //gnu-tar: not found Installing the lbxproxy config files ... //gnu-tar: not found //gnu-tar: not found Installing the proxymngr config files ... //gnu-tar: not found //gnu-tar: not found Installing the rstart config files ... //gnu-tar: not found //gnu-tar: not found Installing the twm config files ... //gnu-tar: not found //gnu-tar: not found Installing the xdm config files ... //gnu-tar: not found //gnu-tar: not found Installing the xinit config files ... //gnu-tar: not found //gnu-tar: not found Installing the xsm config files ... //gnu-tar: not found //gnu-tar: not found Installing the xserver config files ... //gnu-tar: not found //gnu-tar: not found Installing the XftConfig config file ... + cp -p .etctmp/XftConfig /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XftConfig cp: cannot stat `.etctmp/XftConfig': No such file or directory Installing the mandatory parts of the binary distribution //extract: not found //extract: not found //extract: not found //extract: not found //extract: not found //extract: not found //extract: not found Checking for post-release updates ... Checking for optional components to install ... Do you want to install Xfsrv.tgz (font server)? (y/n) [y] //extract: not found Do you want to install Xnest.tgz (Nested X server)? (y/n) [y] y //extract: not found Do you want to install Xprog.tgz (programmer support)? (y/n) [y] y //extract: not found Do you want to install Xprt.tgz (X print server)? (y/n) [y] y //extract: not found Do you want to install Xvfb.tgz (Virtual framebuffer X server)? (y/n) [y] y //extract: not found Do you want to install Xf100.tgz (100dpi fonts)? (y/n) [y] y //extract: not found Do you want to install Xfscl.tgz (Scaled fonts (Speedo, Type1 and TTF))? (y/n) [y] y //extract: not found Do you want to install Xhtml.tgz (Docs in HTML)? (y/n) [y] y //extract: not found Do you want to install Xps.tgz (Docs in PostScript)? (y/n) [y] y //extract: not found You appear to have a termcap file: /etc/termcap This should be edited manually to replace the xterm entries with those in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc/xterm.termcap Note: the new xterm entries are required to take full advantage of new features, but they may cause problems when used with older versions of xterm. A terminal type 'xterm-r6' is included for compatibility with the standard X11R6 version of xterm. You appear to have a terminfo directory: /usr/lib/terminfo New xterm terminfo entries can be installed now. Note: the new xterm entries are required to take full advantage of new features, but they may cause problems when used with older versions of xterm. A terminal type 'xterm-r6' is included for compatibility with the standard X11R6 version of xterm. Do you wish to have the new xterm terminfo entries installed now (y/n)? [n] y Installing new terminfo entries for xterm. On some systems you may get warnings from tic about 'meml' and 'memu'. These warnings can safely be ignored. tic: Can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc/xterm.terminfo Checking if compatibility links for the FreeType2 library are needed ... Installation complete. and what do you know, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 has the following lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 125 Feb 7 22:41 XftConfig -> /etc/X11/XftConfig lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 131 Feb 7 22:41 app-defaults -> /etc/X11/app-defaults lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 111 Feb 7 22:41 fs -> /etc/X11/fs lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 123 Feb 7 22:41 lbxproxy -> /etc/X11/lbxproxy lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 125 Feb 7 22:41 proxymngr -> /etc/X11/proxymngr lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 119 Feb 7 22:41 rstart -> /etc/X11/rstart lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 113 Feb 7 22:41 twm -> /etc/X11/twm lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 113 Feb 7 22:41 xdm -> /etc/X11/xdm lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 117 Feb 7 22:41 xinit -> /etc/X11/xinit drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 xkb lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 121 Feb 7 22:41 xserver -> /etc/X11/xserver lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 113 Feb 7 22:41 xsm -> /etc/X11/xsm and /etc/X11 appears as such drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 app-defaults drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 fs drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 lbxproxy drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 proxymngr drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 rstart drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 twm drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 xdm drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 xinit drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 xserver drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 xsm SO WHAT HAPPENED? _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
