I don't think anyone understands what you are trying to do:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2026, Todd Gruhn wrote:
I update the revision number (of .xinitrc) . (1.2x to 2.0).
What does this mean? Where and what is .xinitrc? What does it have to do with CVS? How did you update its revision number?
cvs co .xinitrc cvs checkout: cannot find module '.xinitrc'
The cvs program is a client that speaks to a CVS server. The checkout command (here abbreviated to co) retrieves a whole module stored on that server (e.g. src on anoncvs.netbsd.org) which may contains thousands of subdirectories and files. It is NOT used to deal with individual files.
What do the following say in the directory that you are trying to do this? echo $CVSROOT cat CVS/Repository cat CVS/Root cvs log .xinitrc
Why does cvs hate .xinitrc? How do I fix this?
cvs co doesn't know anything about .xinitrc as it is not a module on the server you are trying to connect to.
This is no different to: % ls .nonexistent ls: .nonexistent: No such file or directory That doesn't mean ls hates .nonexistent - it just doesn't exist. -- Stephen
