Re: WMaker crashes when starting with startxwin.bat

[Klaus dot Moschner at gmx dot de]

JS,

yes, you're probably right. But now the tricky question:
How can I change the windows home to point to my $HOME in cygwin to solve
that problem?

Klaus

> Hi Klaus,
> 
> This answer probably won't help because I'm probably speaking rubbish, but
> I 
> have got the same problem as you, so I know what you're talking about.
> 
> You can start wmaker from the cygwin window, but not from a batch file (or
> 
> more specifically a windows command window). I think this probably has 
> something to do with the user $HOME, because in Cygwin it knows your $HOME
> 
> is /home/user, and under there you have the GNUstep folder with your 
> WindowMaker settings. However your windows home is probably pointing 
> somewhere else, so WindowMaker can't find the GNUstep folder in your home 
> directory, causing it to crash?
> 
> JS.
> 
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I just installed Cygwin using the Internet installation including XFree86
> >and wmaker.
> >I can start X without any problem and I can start wmaker from the bash
> >prompt.
> >
> >The only problem I have is with startxwin.bat. I changed the window
> manager
> >in this file from twm to wmaker, but whenever I try, I get the following
> >error:
> >Window Maker received signal 11.
> >I see that X is up and it even changed the background color according to 
> >the
> >settings in startxwin.bat.
> >
> >In the archive for this mailing list I found the suggestion to change the
> >HOME path settings, but either I did something wrong there, or the
> problem 
> >is
> >something else.
> >
> >I can start wmaker using startxwin.sh and startx - no problem with this.
> >Just startxwin.bat is the problem and just with wmaker.
> >
> >I'm really sorry if this is the wrong mailing list, or this is a real bug
> I
> >should have reported somewhere else. I just think this is probably not a 
> >bug,
> >because wmaker is running fine when started from the bash.
> >
> >Thanks very much for any help.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Klaus
> >
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