Hello, I tried issuing "startx" from my home directory, ~. I got the following error:
> if: Malformed file inquiry. > giving up. > xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > + [ x != x ] > It works if I issue the command from /usr/X11R6/bin. I have that directory in my path. It doesn't matter if I copy xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc or not. I tried change "sh" to "sh -x" in the startx script and in ~/.xinitrc. I get the following traces: > $ startx > + echo startx: PATH = .:./bin:/c/mydocu~1/techni~1/laptop~1/mybin:/home/Name/bin > :/cygdrive/c/mingw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/cygdrive/c/progra~1/vim/vim > 60:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINNT:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/Wbem: > /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/COMMAND:/cygdrive/c/progra~1/psutils/bin > :/c/progra~1/imagem~1.3-q:/usr/X11R6/bin > startx: PATH = .:./bin:/c/mydocu~1/techni~1/laptop~1/mybin:/home/Name/bin:/cygdr > ive/c/mingw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/cygdrive/c/progra~1/vim/vim60:/cyg > drive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINNT:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/Wbem:/cygdri > ve/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/COMMAND:/cygdrive/c/progra~1/psutils/bin:/c/pro > gra~1/imagem~1.3-q:/usr/X11R6/bin > + userclientrc=/home/Name/.xinitrc > + userserverrc=/home/Name/.xserverrc > + sysclientrc=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc > + sysserverrc=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc > + defaultclient=/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm > + defaultserver=/usr/X11R6/bin/X > + defaultclientargs= > + defaultserverargs= > + clientargs= > + serverargs= > + [ -f /home/Name/.xinitrc ] > + defaultclientargs=/home/Name/.xinitrc > + [ -f /home/Name/.xserverrc ] > + [ -f /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc ] > + whoseargs=client > + [ x != x ] > + [ x = x ] > + [ x = x ] > + client=/home/Name/.xinitrc > + [ x = x ] > + [ x = x -a x = x ] > + server= > + [ x = x ] > + export XAUTHORITY=/home/Name/.Xauthority > + removelist= > + xinit /home/Name/.xinitrc -- > > if: Malformed file inquiry. > I'm using cygwin 1.3.19-1, and XFree86-base 4.2.0-1. Various pieces of XFree86 have slightly different "dash" suffixes. Thanks for any suggestions, or feedback confirming the problem. Fred -- Fred Ma, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Carleton University, Dept. of Electronics 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario Canada, K1S 5B6
