Re: xterm.exe not reading XTerm file in app-defaults
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 12:32:21AM -0500, Bryan Crader wrote: I think i have run in to a similiar problem with XTerm not reading the app-defaults file. I've deleted the cygwin directory and reinstalled it several times, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't load up the XTerm defaults file. I then noticed that in the directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ there is a simlink 'app-defaults' that somtimes points to the /etc/X11/app-defaults/ directory, and sometimes it just points to /etc/X11/ if you remake the simlink to /etc/X11/app-defaults/ it seems to load the XTerm file then. Attempting to try how it works here, I found _two_ entries in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ both named app-defaults. One the link to /etc/X11/app-defaults/ and the second a real directory. The directory contained only one file Mwm and was shadowing (i.e. took precedence) over the sym-link. After removing that directory Xterm.exe definitely reads its app-defaults file (and current user, as well as installing user is non-admin). -- Daniel
xterm.exe not reading XTerm file in app-defaults
I think i have run in to a similiar problem with XTerm not reading the app-defaults file. I've deleted the cygwin directory and reinstalled it several times, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't load up the XTerm defaults file. I then noticed that in the directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ there is a simlink 'app-defaults' that somtimes points to the /etc/X11/app-defaults/ directory, and sometimes it just points to /etc/X11/ if you remake the simlink to /etc/X11/app-defaults/ it seems to load the XTerm file then. Bryan
xterm.exe not reading XTerm file in app-defaults
I have run into a problem where xterm.exe ignores the XTerm file in \usr\X11R6\lib\X11\app-defaults. I have been able to reproduce this problem on the current binaries and the current CVS tree. It has showed up on both Windows NT and XP. The tricky part is that the problem is intermittent; on identical hardware, with identical ghost images, it will work on one machine and not the other. The Cygwin install is identical on each box. The current user is an admin user on both boxes. I am thinking that it could be an 8.3 naming problem with the app-defaults folder. Any ideas? Thanks, Bryan
