RE: Missing file xfree86-4.0-rgb.tar.bz2

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

How about install xfree86-4.0-devel.tar.bz2.

I know Harold does not recommend it in his HOW-TO, but
on some systems it is needed. Beside rgb.txt files should be
inusr/X11R6/lib/X11
after you install xfree86-4.0-devel.tar.bz2.  By Default, Xfree86 needs
every
package and only stuff you can skip is clients (programs), therefore it is
always
a good idea to install xfree86-4.0-devel.tar.bz2.

Suhaib


> Hello there,
> 
> I tried to install Cygwin/XFree under Cygwin 1.1.8 on Windows 
> NT SP6. Cygwin itsself runs wonderfull.
> For the download I used the mirror:
> 
>      
> ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin/mirrors
> /cygnus/xfree/xc-4-binaries/
> 
> to download the necessary files according to the 
> Installation-Documentation written at:
> 
>      http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/docs/howto/x195.htm
> 
> But on this mirror (and also on some other mirrors) the file 
> "xfree86-4.0-rgb.tar.bz2" was missing.
> 
> The documentation says:
> 
>      Download the following files from xfree/xc-4-binaries, 
> saving them to the root of your Cygwin installation directory 
> (e.g. c:\cygwin), the
>           uncompressed file size appears after each file; you 
> will need approximately 60MB of disk space to download and 
> uncompress all of these files
>      xfree86-4.0-DLLs.tar.bz2 (2.3MB; required, various libraries)
>      xfree86-4.0-fonts.tar.bz2 (12.5MB; required, X fonts)
>      xfree86-4.0-rgb.tar.bz2 (17kB; required, defines screen colors)
>      xfree86-4.0-Xterm.tar.bz2 (0.9MB; required, terminal emulator)
>      xfree86-4.0-Xwin.tar.bz2 (5.6MB; required, DirectX X/Server)
>      xfree86-4.0-Prog.tar.bz2 (39MB; optional, additional X 
> utilities, e.g. xhost)
> 
> I tried XFree without the tar-file, but got a lot of 
> error-messages regarding colours, and at the end the 
> application started with very bad colours.
> (By the way,after the xterm starts, it does not accept any 
> input, and dissapears short after I press "Enter")
> 
> Can you give me some hints, where to find the file?
> Can I use some files from a Linux-Installation? (e.g. from 
> Suse Linux 7.0)
> 
> Please answer to: werner.noeth@gmx.de
> 
> Best thanks for your help in advance.
> 
> With best regards / Mit freundlichen Gruessen
> 
> Werner Noeth, System Consultant for VM/VSE/Open Systems
> Comparex Munich, Germany
> telefon:  +49 89 74355 - 156
> fax: +49 89 24 43 - 3 63 58
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> email:    werner.noeth@gmx.de
> 
> 
> 
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