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Re: cannot use Xfree86
- From: "Macdonald, Luke H" <LHMACDONALD at PARTNERS dot ORG>
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 16:45:03 -0400
- Subject: Re: cannot use Xfree86
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Tom,
Your solution was right on the mark, and you fixed another problem I had wanted
to fix -- the 'i have no name' bash prompt. Thanks,
Luke
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From: "Rice, Thomas D" <thomas dot d dot rice2 at boeing dot com>
To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 15:23:12 -0500
Subject: RE: cannot use Xfree86
Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Does your bash prompt say 'i have no name', if so your ID in /etc/passwd is too
large, it has to be less than 65536 (16 bit). Your ID is the third field
(separated by ':') on the line with your login. I was getting the same useless
window that you are describing and this was what my problem is. If this is
what's wrong, just change the ID to something < 65536.
Tom Rice
Boeing RTS-Comanche