RE: xfree error

["Karr, David" <david dot karr at cacheflow dot com>]

I don't know about making it the default, but that choice has so many
implications that most people don't think about.  Whenever I do a Cygwin
install, the ratio of time I spend thinking about whether I have that choice
right to the display area the choice takes up is quite large.  Sometimes I
think it should be on a dialog by itself, with a short statement summarizing
its impact.

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Ramsing [mailto:framsing@unr.edu]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:03 PM
To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
Subject: RE: xfree error


On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Karr, David wrote:
> This happens when you install Cygwin-XFree on a text mount.  Presently, it
> has to be installed on a binary mount.  I hit the same problem a few days
> ago, and I got some background on it, but I don't have time yet to change
my
> mount and reinstall, much less invest time to fully investigate this and
> actually provide a FIX for it.

Just re-run the Cygwin setup program and select the following at the
Install root directory window:
	Default Text File Type = Unix
	Install For = Just Me

This will mount the cygwin root directory on a binary mount (in addition
to downloading any newer packages).  Then re-run the XFree86 Xinstall.sh
script.

This request occurs so often that I think the Cygwin Setup program should
be changed so that the above options are the default.


Fred