RE: cygX11-6.dll not found

["Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Tor Erik Sønvisen
> Sent: 30 April 2004 12:32

> Have a problem when trying to run Xemacs directly from 
> /Cygewin/bin without
> opening cygwin first. I get the error message: "cygX11-6.dll 
> can't be found.
> You have to re-install the package."
> But I checked and this file exists in the directory /usr/X11R6/bin.
> I tried changing the permissions of the file, but that didn't 
> help. Also I
> located what I think is the configuration file for cygwin, 
> "profile", in
> /etc, and the PATH variable contains the path 
> /usr/X11R6/bin,,, Does anyone
> know why cygwin can't locate this file?

  Let's just recap, shall we?

>trying to run Xemacs directly from 
> /Cygewin/bin without
> opening cygwin first


> located what I think is the configuration file for cygwin, 
> "profile", in
> /etc, and the PATH variable contains the path 
> /usr/X11R6/bin

  Since you aren't running a shell (what you've referred to as "running
cygwin first", the profile isn't executed, and so /usr/X11R6/bin isn't added
to the path.  You need to make sure that your windoze environment variables
have a PATH setting that includes your /cygwin/bin and /usr/X11R6/bin
directories.

  BTW, we should be slightly clearer here.  Cygwin is the system that allows
Unix/POSIX/Linux code to run on 'doze.  The shell is a Unix program that
runs under cygwin and provides your command-line interface.  ".profile" is
the startup script used by the shell.  It is initialisation for the shell,
not for the cygwin system.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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