Re: XWin Server shortcut broken
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/
Re: XWin Server shortcut broken
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. Entered into bugzilla with a patch to fix http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10292 -- 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/
XWin Server shortcut broken
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkov/7IACgkQ5vihyNWuA4WKgwCgnRyozzV/puGFn/lmo3pggZ9R tT0AoLITGr21x5zCpnoaz6fqfmucecID =QQJe -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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/
