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Subject: Re: Window Maker issues, launching from cygwin
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Cc: David DLC <drvrddc AT gmail DOT com>
From: Jon Turney <jon DOT turney AT dronecode DOT org DOT uk>
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Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 21:31:33 +0100
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On 27/06/2017 21:05, David DLC wrote:
> I have been trying to use WindowMaker with Cygwin, but I'm receiving
> some errors. When starting WindowMaker from Windows directly, it will
> open for a second, shutting down immediately after that.
> 
> If I run startx, the window opens, but I can't click on anything. I
> get this output when running startx. There is some kind of error near
> the bottom, but I have the .Xresources file in my home directory, so
> I'm not sure what's wrong. Any help would be much appreciated!
> 
> 
> $ startx
[...]
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common: line 20: [: too many arguments
> Excessive file argument "Cruz/.Xresources"

I'm guessing this is failing because the pathname of your home directory 
has spaces in it.



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