It seems that there are applications like gv-3.5.8-2 that require gs-x11.
If you look at the post-install, gv.sh, at the end, it says: # Quiet the cygwin mailing lists about 'unknown device x11' mails cd /bin ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin/gs.exe gs-x11 (the comment # Quiet... is in gv.sh!) Cheers, Angelo -- 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/