On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 06:32:26PM +0100, Jon TURNEY wrote: >Frank Mori Hess wrote: > >> I did an install of cygwin/x and the xwin server shortcut it installs in the >> start menu didn't work. I had to go into its properties and set the "Start >> in:" field to C:\ >> >> This may be due to the fact that my home directory is at H:\ >> >> Running the command >> >> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/startxwin.bat >> >> from the command prompt doesn't work if my current drive is H:\ but it does >> work if I am on the C:\ drive. > >Thanks for the bug report. This is a pretty obvious defect in the postinstall >script which writes the shortcut, which means the shortcut fails when the >cygwin installation and user profile are on different drives.
Actually, it's been a shortcoming since startxwin.bat was first introduced. cgf -- 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/