> -----Original Message----- > From: Keen Wayne A Contr AFRL/MNGG > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 2:16 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: xfree success! > > (1) I downloaded the newest (at least a couple of hours ago) snapshot of > cygwin1.dll, yes, I renamed it and copied it over > to /bin > (2) I used some ideas on the xfree list, for shorthand, I am going to use > my_domain, my_name for my domain name and > user name, substitute your own: > mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd > mkpasswd -d my_domain | grep "my_name" >> /etc/passwd > Now, a couple of important notes here: > In the original hints, they just used -d, and I was to damn stupid to > realize I had to give a domain name after that. Then I had to remember > what it was. > I am on a large network. This took a very LONG time. I gave up and went > to a meeting, it was finished when I got back. > (3) In another classic Wayne is a moron moment, I immediately tried > /usr/X11R6/bin/startx. It did not work, because I was in the > same window I did the mkpasswd in. I closed that, opened a new one, and > it worked! > (4) Note for the startx to work, you have to have one of those .xinitrc > files in your home directory. You can copy the one from > /etc/X11/xinit to your home and start from there. You also (in theory) > need to have a file called .Xauthority, which has the kicker that it > will work if you just have an empty file by that name. Now, this file > gave me some errors early on, I tried moving it a minute ago, > and things worked without it. > > I am still working some issues with bash, but it works pretty well. > Thanks to all those who were patient with me, while I thrashed around. > As I said earlier, I am not sure what fixed my problem, some of the stuff > above may be unneccessary. I do know it is working. > > Wayne Keen >
