Re: Cannot type in xterm
Lee S Parsons wrote: Never mind, I found a solution. I found that, just as the FAQ says, the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB Does not exist. However, as the file /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB does, I created a symbolic link pointing from the inexistent file to the one that does now exist, and life is good. For reasons I cannot explain, the updated startxwin.bat file did not resolve this situation on its own, nor did startxwin.sh. The meaning of 'unset' as used in this FAQ is perhaps ambiguous. If 'microsoft services for unix' is adding these variables with (as far as Cygwin/X is concerned) bogus values to the environment, it's not enough to simply not set them in startxwin.bat, they must be unset or reset to the default. If startxwin.bat had originally unset these environment variables, rather than setting them to the (now incorrect) default, perhaps we wouldn't be having this particular problem now. Things are always easy with hindsight... So perhaps startxwin.bat needs something like this adding? unset XAPPLRESDIR XCMSDB XKEYSYMDB XNLSPATH -- 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/
Re: Cannot type in xterm
Never mind, I found a solution. I found that, just as the FAQ says, the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB Does not exist. However, as the file /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB does, I created a symbolic link pointing from the inexistent file to the one that does now exist, and life is good. For reasons I cannot explain, the updated startxwin.bat file did not resolve this situation on its own, nor did startxwin.sh. thanks Lee -- 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/
Re: Cannot type in xterm
Lee S Parsons wrote: Never mind, I found a solution. I found that, just as the FAQ says, the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB Does not exist. However, as the file /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB does, I created a symbolic link pointing from the inexistent file to the one that does now exist, and life is good. For reasons I cannot explain, the updated startxwin.bat file did not resolve this situation on its own, nor did startxwin.sh. Did you read the entire FAQ entry? If you are (perhaps unintentionally) using a copy of the old startxwin.bat (perhaps under another name) to start the X server, remove the environment variables XAPPLRESDIR, XCMSDB, XNLSPATH and XKEYSYMDB from it, or (preferrably) use the updated startxwin.bat. So you're apparently using an old startxwin.bat/.sh. While you can certainly tweak things to make these work in the new environment, if it's all the same to you, things will go easier for you if you use the new scripts with the new environment. -- 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/
