Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:33:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Daniel Senderowicz Message-Id: <200404201733.i3KHXvk07603@bicho.synchrodesign.com> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com, daniel AT bicho DOT synchrodesign DOT com, Olof DOT Lagerkvist AT telia DOT com Subject: Re: incorrect dos version Hi, >>> I'm new to this list. I read the FAQ but I couldn't find an answer >>> nor a fix for my problem. I just installed the latest cygwin version >>> (1.5.9) on a PC running windows NT-4.0. Everything went OK, and I >>> can run programs from the console. However when I try to 'startx' >>> it comes back with the message "Incorrect DOS version". I was >> >>Check if you have any old DOS command line tools in your path with names >>like any cygwin executables, i.e. grep, cut, tar, gzip etc. > >I'm a total neophite with windows, but from looking at what I get >by typing 'path', there is nothing that resembles a unix-like >command. Or I should do this search in a different way? You were right. I just renamed a directory ("util") containing things like grep and tar, and the system started. However it now stumbles into another problem. I'm attaching the Xwin.log file below. Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 4.3.0.67 Contact: cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1024 h 768 winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning OsVendorInit - Creating bogus screen 0 _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1 winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 00000003 winScreenInit - dwWidth: 1024 dwHeight: 768 winSetEngine - Windowed && PseudoColor => ShadowGDI winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 8 bits per pixel winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - User w: 1024 h: 768 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Current w: 1024 h: 768 winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 740 1024 winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 740 1024 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1024 h 740 r 1024 l 0 b 740 t 0 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Returning winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1024 height: 740 depth: 8 winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Dibsection width: 1024 height: 740 depth: 8 size image: 757760 winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Created shadow stride: 1024 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00000000 00000000 00000000 winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00000000 00000000 00000000 BPRGB 8 d 8 bpp 8 winRandRInit () null screen fn ReparentWindow null screen fn RestackWindow winFinishScreenInitFB - Calling winInitWM. InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned winInitWM - Returning. winFinishScreenInitFB - returning winScreenInit - returning winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () InitOutput - Returning. MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00000409" (00000409) (EE) Keyboardlayout "US" (00000409) is unknown Rules = "xfree86" Model = "pc101" Layout = "us" Variant = "(null)" Options = "(null)" Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/