ferbar wrote:
> Hello, I just installed KDE under Cygwin, and I have this error when I
> try to start KDE with startx & or the other commands..
>
> + test -f '/home/Fernando Barsoba/.kde_mountchecked'
> ++ mount
> ++ grep ' / .*textmode'
> + test -n ''
> + touch /home/Fernando Barsoba/.kde_mountchecked
> touch: cannot touch `Barsoba/.kde_mountchecked': No such file or
> directory
> + IPC_PID=3528
> + client_opt=
> + server_opt=
> + xinit /opt/kde3/bin/startkde -- /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin :0 -noreset -ac
> -nowinkill
> + ipc-daemon2
> ./startx: line 42: xinit: command not found
> + kill -15 3528
> ./startx: line 50: 3528 Terminated ipc-daemon2
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks,
>
> FBM
>

Yes - note the error message:

cannot touch `Barsoba/.kde_mountchecked': No such file or directory

The directory name 'Fernando Barsoba' is causing the 'touch'
command to be malformed.

Get rid of the space character in your home directory
name. This won't work under Unix style file systems.

Regards,
Larry