-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Santiago Serebrinsky > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 7:02 PM > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com > Subject: xterm does not find cygX11-6.dll > > > Hi all, > > I performed an upgrade to cygwin while inadvertently having an xterm > open. After that, when launching xterm I get the following message in a > dialog window: > > This application has failed to start because cygX11-6.dll was not found. > Re-installing the application may fix this problem. > > I have googled the message, and I found some links that pointed to the > presence of the adequate directory in the path, and to the > re-installation of a couple of packages. The links that I found, with > the suggestions they give, the actions that I took, and the outcome > (none fixing the problem) are listed below. > > I do not know how to get the cygwin or x version. From the file > cygcheck.out (see below and the attachment), I guess that they are > > xorg -> 6.8.2.0 > cygwin -> 1.5.9-4 > xterm -> 202-1 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------------- > http://cygwin.com/problems.html suggests: > > $ cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out > > A text terminal works fine. There, I have executed the command above. > The output file is attached. In addition, there was the following output > line on the screen (I guess it went to stderr) > > cygcheck: dump_sysinfo: GetVolumeInformation() for drive F: failed: 2 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------------- > http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html and > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/CygwinXTroubleShooting#head-76c228 7a9b1d02f8ea57be05f5052e7fb1d6a7e3 > suggest: > > "8.7. cygX11-6.dll not found after installation or upgrade > Reinstall the xorg-x11-bin-dlls package. Make sure not to reinstall any > XFree-* packages. > Check if /usr/X11R6/bin/cygX11-6.dll does exist. > Check if $PATH contains /usr/X11R6/bin. " > > I have reinstalled xorg-x11-bin-dlls. I did not reinstall any XFree > package. Actually, > > $ grep -i xfree cygcheck.out > XFree86-lib-compat 4.3.0-2 > > The file C:/cygwin/usr/X11R6/bin/cygX11-6.dll exists > > From the contents of C:\cygwin\etc\profile.d\00xorg-x11-base.sh (see > attachment) I guess that the path should contain /usr/X11R6/bin > I actually do not know how to check this, since I can't open a graphic > terminal. In a text terminal, > > $ printenv.exe $PATH > > gives no output (no PATH set). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------------- > http://geni.ath.cx/wiki_grass.html suggests: > > # Run startxwin.bat. > # Go to c:\cygwin in IE. > # Run cygwin.bat. Now you have a cygwin shell. > # Type "DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 xterm&<ENTER>" in the cygwin shell. xterm > should start. > > This did not work either > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------------- > I have reinstalled > > xorg-x11-base 6.8.2.0-1 > xorg-x11-bin 6.8.2.0-1 > xorg-x11-bin-lndir 6.8.2.0-1 > > and it did not work > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------------- > > Any clue? Perhaps trying to execute other programs, or having access to > the path set after executing the x scripts, may give a better idea. > > Thanks > > Santiago > > >
Try setting the paths BEFORE you even try to execute XWin.exe. That just means that you might have to tweak startxwin.* in order to get it to work sucessfully. I understand that the DLLs are installed in /usr/bin and /usr/X11R6/bin, so please check the PATH in startxwin.bat in Notepad to see if C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin is in your path, and search for /usr/X11R6/bin in an editor (emacs, vim) Charli -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Cygwin) iD8DBQFElrHtKGyf4JaPChgRAskoAJ9lgt2nYxLD8sCqJZpl8IiS7kLx0gCgjXiH x53qubJK3eGQBECTgjhanKc= =dKWL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/
