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Re: SFU installed -> rxvt problems


On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 09:33:51AM -0800, David A. Case wrote:
>On Fri, Jan 16, 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 03:07:04PM +0100, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>> >I don't know if SFU is the reason, but after installing it and rebooting
>> >the computer I cannot open a rxvt terminal without running X.  It
>> >complains:
>> >$ /usr/bin/rxvt
>> >rxvt: can't open display 127.0.0.1:0.0
>> 
>> I hope this isn't the start of a lot of posts about SFU.  I really don't
>> want to get too bogged down in incompatibilities between cygwin and
>> an essentially competing project.
>> 
>
>A few such posts are actually helpful, to warn people (like me) who might have
>been tempted to install SFU.  Based on posts like Gerrit's, I will probably
>wait a while, since rxvt is far more important to me than is nfs.  Knowing
>that others find problems is useful information, even if no fixes are
>forthcoming.

The fact that this is useful is really irrelevant.  There are all sorts
of useful off-topic tidbits that could be posted to the cygwin mailing
list.  The issue, as always, is remaining on-topic and making sure that
this list adheres to its core focus.  This isn't a mailing list devoted
to various unix packages for windows.  It is a mailing list for the
cygwin unix application for windows.

I have no problem with some minor chatter, along the lines of general
discussions about shell programming that crop up from time to time.  I
just don't want it to get out of hand.
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