kkm> ./configure --with-xpm --with-file-coding --with-jpeg --with-png --with-xface kkm> Build went smoothly. XEmacs does not run under X, and when I kill it, the kkm> backtrace tops at (make-device 'x nil). What's wrong? kkm> Oh, I do not have xemacs-base. See below. kkm> With -nw, it reports in the warnings buffer: kkm> Initialization error while loading nil kkm> WTA: stringp, nil kkm> With -q, this error goes away. I do not have: ~/.em* ~/.xem* /usr/lib/xem* kkm> /usr/local/lib/xem* kkm> What could get loaded? ?? kkm> I cannot install packages. The XEmacs package finding logic will always be kkm> black magic to me. Wherever I put packages, XEmacs does not notice them, kkm> as per load-path. Where should I put them? Under Windows, the path kkm> ../../packages (or maybe /xemacs/packages) works perfectly, not under Unix. kkm> Help! I continue to claim our packages are a user install nightmare. Cygnus built and distributed XEmacs on their cygwin CD without any packages (and who can blame them? - build and install went perfectly). I'm sure Kirill can debug the problems he's having, but what about ordinary users?