[geeks] RE: [rescue] OT: Q on Cygwin XFree 4.0.1 on PC - anyone used this ?

[Mike Ekholm]

Should have went for the 11:00am flight  :-)

On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 11:36:14PM -0500, Ken Hansen wrote:
> Well, yes - we just wrapped up a huge project at work (an intense review of
> 141 IVR systems that went live in the last 24 months at work), had a Happy
> Hour that lasted a few hours too long, and now I need to do laundry to
> prepare for my vacation to Florida tomorrow.
> 
> The Fscking plane leaves at 8:00am, we need to be there 2 hours early, and
> then it takes about an hour to get to the airport - thats right...
> 
> 5:00 am... Why sleep? ;^)
> 
> Ken
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Leblanc" <gleblanc at linuxweasel.com>
> To: "Geeks" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 9:29 PM
> Subject: [geeks] RE: [rescue] OT: Q on Cygwin XFree 4.0.1 on PC - anyone
> used this ?
> 
> 
> > On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 18:24, Ken Hansen wrote:
> > > Thanks for the reply...
> > >
> > > I had a few problems, first the install of Cygwin di
> > > dnot include the needed bunzip2 executable, os I had
> > > to find that - no biggie, but it took time...
> > >
> > > Then I started up the XFree 4.0.1 X Server, and it
> > > couldn't find a particular .dll file - it turnsout
> > > this is a known problem because Cygwin and Xfree need
> > > an upgrade to ncurses (or some such) for the xterm
> > > application - I couldn't make sense of their
> > > instructions to re-install the cygwin package twice,
> > > but then i didn't spend too much time on it... Maybe
> > > I'll try again and see what I come up with.
> > >
> > > If it works, that owuld be great (X Windows on my
> > > 802.11b-enabled laptop)!
> > >
> > > Thanks fo rthe encouragement,
> >
> > Geeze Ken, did you have a little too much to drink tonight?  Your typing
> > is looking a bit slurred.  ;-)
> > Greg
> >
> >
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