On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 11:20, Harold Hunt wrote:
Jehan,
Excellent summarization of the thread regarding how we can add
/usr/X11R6/bin to the path.
Looks like we had Dave Cook and Robert Collins discussing the best way to do
things but then the thread died.
I don't really think that I
Jehan,
As a rule of thumb, packages should *never* modify the /etc/profile
script (even if you do back it up). This is a big no-no, as most
*nix people would tell you. If you insist on getting into a
discussion on why this is, then so be it. Instead, create 2 scripts
(a csh and a sh) and drop
Nicholas Wourms wrote:
As a rule of thumb, packages should *never* modify the /etc/profile
script (even if you do back it up). This is a big no-no, as most
*nix people would tell you. If you insist on getting into a
discussion on why this is, then so be it. Instead, create 2 scripts
(a
Let me see if I understand what is going on here:
We are debeating whether to:
1) Modify /etc/profile, which is not installed via a package, but is
created directly by setup.exe.
2) Add two scripts, one for bash-style shells and one for c-shell-style
shells to /etc/profile.d/. These
Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 04:47:39PM -0400, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
Let me see if I understand what is going on here:
We are debeating whether to:
1) Modify /etc/profile, which is not installed via a package, but is
created directly by setup.exe.
2) Add two scripts,
Harold, thanks for the suggestions. I was hoping that oue of them would
solve the problem. I checked and found only one cygwin1.dll on the
system. It's dated 5 July. I update frequently using setup.exe.
I agree with you assessment of Windows. However, my problem isn't the
BSOD but
will just have to leave this up to others.
Harold
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Subject: Re: problems with XFree
Harold L Hunt II wrote:
Sylvain Petreolle wrote
Harold Hunt wrote:
Harold, thanks for the suggestions. I was hoping that oue of them would
solve the problem. I checked and found only one cygwin1.dll on the
system. It's dated 5 July. I update frequently using setup.exe.
I agree with you assessment of Windows. However, my problem isn't the
3) within the first few hours of usage, I ran a find / -name
abc -print
from the command-line, and my trusty Windows 2000 box
restarted.
If that crashed your windows box then that sounds like a bug in
either Windows 2000 or base cygwin - rather than the Xfree86 port.
but i'm still
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I think Cygwin/XFree86 is a great product -- but there is nothing so
good that it can't be improved. I agree with all of you comments,
although I haven't had the system
website: http://WWW.CS.Binghamton.EDU/~foreman
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Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 5:14 AM
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Subject: RE: problems with XFree
From: Dennis Foreman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
I have
Dennis Foreman wrote:
The message said to type xterm -help, not xfree -help. My error. Here is
what I got:
foreman@FOREMAN ~
$ xterm -help
bash: xterm: command not found
I suspect that it is because the xfree directories are not in the basic
cygwin path. Again, for newbies, one cannot
I don't know about all the problems you are having, but I might be able to
help with one at least.
Number 2, No App-Defaults... If you do a fresh install, take a look and
you will find a /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults directory. Inside that
directory is a Mwm file and an app-defaults link that
--- Stuart Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Granted, the XWin man page is out of date now and could do with an
update
...
Patches are, as usual, Gratefully Accepted.
Cheers,
Nicholas
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Why not install a file in /etc/profile.d ?
Yes, the problem is because /usr/X11R6/bin is not in the path by
default.
Yes, we have thought many, many times about how to fix this.
No, no one has yet come up with a solution that will work for all
cases.
Yes, we are very much looking
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 10:13:37AM +0100, Stuart Adamson wrote:
3) within the first few hours of usage, I ran a find / -name
abc -print
from the command-line, and my trusty Windows 2000 box
restarted.
If that crashed your windows box then that sounds like a bug in
either Windows 2000 or
Dennis,
Dennis Foreman wrote:
Harold,
My problems are not with the code base and hence the implementation, but
rather the lack of conformity between the different implementations as to
the arguments allowed. If you know your UNIX history, you know that what
hurt its widespread usage most
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Subject: Re: problems with XFree
Dennis,
Dennis Foreman wrote:
Harold,
My problems are not with the code base and hence the implementation
Dennis Foreman wrote:
Harold,
Since you admit to having to play with addresses, could you PLEASE not send
postings to me twice. I am now getting ONE from the LIST and ANOTHER direct,
for YOUR replies to my postings.
Since you deprecated my use of your personal email address, I have no
[Smoke billows from Harold's keyboard as he quickly rewrites 20 years of
open-source and free-software to be compatible with Solaris, because
Dennis Foreman thought it would be a neat idea.] Nice idea, but you
will have to work on that one yourself.
It's not my idea. I have been to conferences
I think Cygwin/XFree86 is a great product -- but there is nothing so
good that it can't be improved. I agree with all of you comments,
although I haven't had the system reboot experience.
One persistant problem that you didn't mention (manybe you haven't run
into it yet) is a very
Well this mail came there so you managed to do it :-) Lets
get started!
Gentlemen, this fellow of ours is having a problem, he have
downloaded xfree, installed it, I think all by the manual..
(I assisted him a little and can fill out with some of my thoughts)
When he runs
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