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RE: .Xdefaults not being read
- From: "Phil Betts" <Phil dot Betts at ascribe dot com>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:08:41 +0100
- Subject: RE: .Xdefaults not being read
- References: <19507957.post@talk.nabble.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
thetrystero wrote on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:59 AM::
> I just installed cygwin on Windows 2000 using the setup file. I used
> the
> default installation plus all of the X11 files. I'm now having
> trouble with
> xterms starting up without picking up the configurations in
> ~/.Xdefaults.
> when I try to do a xrdb ~/.Xdefaults, I get the following error:
>
> /bin/sh: cpp: command not found
>
> Very strange .. what does xrdb have to do with C++?
cpp is the C Pre-Processor, used to process #if/#endif etc.
It can be installed by installing the gcc-core package.
Phil
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