From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: New Installation 17 Oct 1998 06:02:49 -0700 Message-ID: <19981016195948.8014.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send1d.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: "Boda S. Gupta" , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com ---"Boda S. Gupta" wrote: > > Hello Hi, Boda. > > 1. Can any one help me with a nice sequence of instructions to > use Cygwin32. > > I don't want to disturb cygnus->b19->H-* -> directory structure disturbed! I understand your hesitance in doing this. When I was a newbie with cygwin32 I had the same criteria. However, being more experienced, the benefits of physically moving the files are most notible. Check out "My Favored Directory Structure" under "Personal Reflections" on my webpage. > > 2. Do we need to set up /var /etc with mount? I suggest you create a /var/run directory. You'll need /etc for the termcap. > 3. How does one create /etc/passwd and /etc/group files on NT with Cygnus? mkpasswd and mkgroup > > 4. How to use man pages from cdk-man-* ? Any tool or method? Check out the "List of packages" on my webpage. > > 5. Vi or some alternative please? Vim. > > 6. Any good tools you suggest? Again, check the "List of packages" on my webpage. > 7. How to run X Programs? I have installed X Server (MIX Server) from TNT > Lite and also have X11R6.3 libs from Mr. Mummit Khan's Site. > How to configure them to work with me! Compelete instructions? Am I ambitious? > > > 7. I have a X11/Motif program and want to run on WinNT (+cygnus). > Do I need to run always X Server? Is there no way X Server forms part of > my executable? > If yes, please let me know how to do it! I'm ignorant on these. There've been lots of posts concerning them though. You could check the archives. I can tell you that the X Server, in general, must be running. There is a port of rxvt that has mapped the X calls to Win32 calls so that you don't need the X server. The package contains the diffs and extra source. > > Please help me! > I hope I've been, helpful. == - \\||// -----------o0O0--Earnie--0O0o------------ -- earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com -- -- http://freeyellow.com/members5/gw32 -- --------------ooo0O--O0ooo--------------- PS: Newbie's, you should visit my page. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".