Re: How do I start WM?
KDE, since version 4, is being developed for windows independently of cygwin. Look here: http://windows.kde.org/ On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Reid Thompson reid.thomp...@ateb.com wrote: On 2/26/2010 6:40 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: Hi; Now, if it isn't asking too much, I'd like to use KDE as my Window Manager and I'd like some KDE-based utilities, like konsole and karm (? the task/time manager). I don't see a great deal of visible difference between twm and openbox, but I'll look on openbox.org and find more details. The Windoze start shortcut did help, and the ~/.xinitrc did help -- thank you. Thanks, Ken Wolcott i've not checked to see if KDE or any of it's components is/are available as part of the cygwin X stuff (when I use a heavyweight desktop environment i use gnome). a quick search on KDE at the package search page of cygwin lists nothing, while a search on gnome lists quite a few. someone with more knowledge will have to advise you -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Regards, -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: Cygwin/X 1.7 keyboard/mouse freeze shortly after Xwin login to Solaris
I just finished trying 1.7.5-1 trying to connect to an AIX server. Here's how I'm starting it from a .bat file: bash -c PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin; XWin -logverbose 255 -ac -query \ aix_server_name -fp \tcp/aix_server_name:8000,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/\ I performed the same test as Mark Veneziano performed (click up-triangle on one of the panels to get my terminal icon...) and got the same results. In case it helps, here is the contents of my /var/log/XWin.0.log, which you will notice I had logging verbose-ly: Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 1.7.5.0 (10705000) Build Date: 2010-02-25 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: XWin -logverbose 255 -ac -query aix_server_name -fp tcp/aix_server_name:8000,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/ ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1280 h 1024 winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning 2010-03-01 07:42:05 (WW) /tmp mounted in textmode 2010-03-01 07:42:05 OsVendorInit - Creating bogus screen 0 2010-03-01 07:42:05 _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 2010-03-01 07:42:05 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/ISO912887:0 2010-03-01 07:42:05 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 2010-03-01 07:42:05 XDMCP warning: INET6 UDP socket creation failed 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winValidateArgs - Returning. 2010-03-01 07:42:05 (II) xorg.conf is not supported 2010-03-01 07:42:05 (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information 2010-03-01 07:42:05 (++) FontPath set to tcp/aix_server_name:8000,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/ 2010-03-01 07:42:05 LoadPreferences: /home/trbennett/.XWinrc not found 2010-03-01 07:42:05 LoadPreferences: Loading /etc/X11/system.XWinrc 2010-03-01 07:42:05 LoadPreferences: Done parsing the configuration file... 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winGetDisplay: DISPLAY=:0.0 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0007 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winScreenInit - dwWidth: 1280 dwHeight: 1024 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL - Using Windows display depth of 16 bits per pixel 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - User w: 1280 h: 1024 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Current w: 1280 h: 1024 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 996 1280 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 996 1280 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1274 h 971 r 1274 l 0 b 971 t 0 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winWindowProc - WM_ACTIVATEAPP 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Returning 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Creating primary surface 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Created primary surface 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Attached clipper to primary surface 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - lPitch: 2548 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - Created shadow pitch: 2548 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - Created shadow stride: 1274 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: f800 07e0 001f 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winInitVisualsShadowDDNL - Masks f800 07e0 001f BPRGB 6 d 16 bpp 16 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winRandRInit () 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreateDefColormap - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap () 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winFinishScreenInitFB - returning 2010-03-01 07:42:05 Screen 0 added at XINERAMA coordinate (0,0). 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winScreenInit - returning 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winGenerateAuthorization - GenerateAuthorization success! AuthDataLen: 16 AuthData: µ–ã›Ä¤âŠxÓž4- 2010-03-01 07:42:05 InitOutput - Returning. 2010-03-01 07:42:05 MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support 2010-03-01 07:42:05 XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel 2010-03-01 07:42:05 (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so 2010-03-01 07:42:05 (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0 2010-03-01 07:42:06 winPointerWarpCursor - Discarding first warp: 637 485 2010-03-01 07:42:06 (II) XKB: Reusing cached keymap 2010-03-01 07:42:06 (--) 3 mouse buttons found 2010-03-01 07:42:06 (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 2010-03-01 07:42:06 (--) winConfigKeyboard -
RE: Cygwin/X 1.7 keyboard/mouse freeze shortly after Xwin login to Solaris
Parenthetically, I am currently using XMING due to this problem, but would like to go back to using cygwin-X. If any X11-developer would like to give me a debug version of xorg-server to try capture the location of the problem, I would be assist. -Original Message- From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Bennett, Tony Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 7:55 AM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: RE: Cygwin/X 1.7 keyboard/mouse freeze shortly after Xwin login to Solaris I just finished trying 1.7.5-1 trying to connect to an AIX server. Here's how I'm starting it from a .bat file: bash -c PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin; XWin -logverbose 255 -ac -query \ aix_server_name -fp \tcp/aix_server_name:8000,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/\ I performed the same test as Mark Veneziano performed (click up-triangle on one of the panels to get my terminal icon...) and got the same results. In case it helps, here is the contents of my /var/log/XWin.0.log, which you will notice I had logging verbose-ly: Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 1.7.5.0 (10705000) Build Date: 2010-02-25 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: XWin -logverbose 255 -ac -query aix_server_name -fp tcp/aix_server_name:8000,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/ ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1280 h 1024 winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning 2010-03-01 07:42:05 (WW) /tmp mounted in textmode 2010-03-01 07:42:05 OsVendorInit - Creating bogus screen 0 2010-03-01 07:42:05 _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 2010-03-01 07:42:05 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/ISO912887:0 2010-03-01 07:42:05 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 2010-03-01 07:42:05 XDMCP warning: INET6 UDP socket creation failed 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winValidateArgs - Returning. 2010-03-01 07:42:05 (II) xorg.conf is not supported 2010-03-01 07:42:05 (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information 2010-03-01 07:42:05 (++) FontPath set to tcp/aix_server_name:8000,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/ 2010-03-01 07:42:05 LoadPreferences: /home/trbennett/.XWinrc not found 2010-03-01 07:42:05 LoadPreferences: Loading /etc/X11/system.XWinrc 2010-03-01 07:42:05 LoadPreferences: Done parsing the configuration file... 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winGetDisplay: DISPLAY=:0.0 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0007 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winScreenInit - dwWidth: 1280 dwHeight: 1024 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL - Using Windows display depth of 16 bits per pixel 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - User w: 1280 h: 1024 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Current w: 1280 h: 1024 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 996 1280 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 996 1280 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1274 h 971 r 1274 l 0 b 971 t 0 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winWindowProc - WM_ACTIVATEAPP 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Returning 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Creating primary surface 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Created primary surface 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Attached clipper to primary surface 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - lPitch: 2548 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - Created shadow pitch: 2548 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - Created shadow stride: 1274 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: f800 07e0 001f 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winInitVisualsShadowDDNL - Masks f800 07e0 001f BPRGB 6 d 16 bpp 16 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winRandRInit () 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winCreateDefColormap - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap () 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winFinishScreenInitFB - returning 2010-03-01 07:42:05 Screen 0 added at XINERAMA coordinate (0,0). 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winScreenInit - returning 2010-03-01 07:42:05 winGenerateAuthorization - GenerateAuthorization success! AuthDataLen: 16 AuthData: µ–ã›Ä¤âŠxÓž4- 2010-03-01 07:42:05 InitOutput - Returning. 2010-03-01 07:42:05 MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support 2010-03-01 07:42:05 XFree86-Bigfont extension
fvwm2 and startxwin
I have read: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html I have figured out how to run fvwm2 using startx in windowed mode. But how can I run startxwin with fvwm2 ? If I put fvwm2 inside of .startxwinrc I get: [FVWM][CatchRedirectError]: ERROR another WM is running -Thanks -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: fvwm2 and startxwin
On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 04:32:06PM -0500, Stephen More wrote: I have read: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html I have figured out how to run fvwm2 using startx in windowed mode. But how can I run startxwin with fvwm2 ? If I put fvwm2 inside of .startxwinrc I get: [FVWM][CatchRedirectError]: ERROR another WM is running We *just* had a long thread about this: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2010-02/threads.html#00119 cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: How do I start WM?
I'm aware of this, but thank you. They are not able to port konsole :-( On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 02:17, Anonymous bin ich ichbina...@gmail.com wrote: KDE, since version 4, is being developed for windows independently of cygwin. Look here: http://windows.kde.org/ On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Reid Thompson reid.thomp...@ateb.com wrote: On 2/26/2010 6:40 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: Hi; Now, if it isn't asking too much, I'd like to use KDE as my Window Manager and I'd like some KDE-based utilities, like konsole and karm (? the task/time manager). I don't see a great deal of visible difference between twm and openbox, but I'll look on openbox.org and find more details. The Windoze start shortcut did help, and the ~/.xinitrc did help -- thank you. Thanks, Ken Wolcott i've not checked to see if KDE or any of it's components is/are available as part of the cygwin X stuff (when I use a heavyweight desktop environment i use gnome). a quick search on KDE at the package search page of cygwin lists nothing, while a search on gnome lists quite a few. someone with more knowledge will have to advise you -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Regards, -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: fvwm2 and startxwin
Let me ask this question to clarify things: multiwindow mode (startxwin) -- Is this the same thing as --rootless I read the thread, and there is alot about changing .xinitrc to add a window manager. But I did not read how to add a window manager to .startxwinrc or a parameter. I need to run fvwm rootless like: http://x.cygwin.com/screenshots/cygx-rootless-fvwm2-20031224-0010.png -Steve More On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-ple...@cygwin.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 04:32:06PM -0500, Stephen More wrote: I have read: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html I have figured out how to run fvwm2 using startx in windowed mode. But how can I run startxwin with fvwm2 ? If I put fvwm2 inside of .startxwinrc I get: [FVWM][CatchRedirectError]: ERROR another WM is running We *just* had a long thread about this: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2010-02/threads.html#00119 cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: fvwm2 and startxwin
From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree- ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Stephen More Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 2:16 PM Let me ask this question to clarify things: multiwindow mode (startxwin) -- Is this the same thing as --rootless No. I read the thread, and there is alot about changing .xinitrc to add a window manager. But I did not read how to add a window manager to .startxwinrc or a parameter. You can't. Read again. I need to run fvwm rootless like: http://x.cygwin.com/screenshots/cygx-rootless-fvwm2-20031224-0010.png Then run rootless, not multiwindowed. If my responses seem curt, it is because I am concerned you won't have the attention span to get through them. Over the next several years, please try to get all the way through the FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html Mike P.S. Ease up on the sugar, champ - that stuff'll kill you eventually!
Re: fvwm2 and startxwin
On 01/03/2010 22:16, Stephen More wrote: Let me ask this question to clarify things: multiwindow mode (startxwin) -- Is this the same thing as --rootless http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/configure.html#configure-cygwin-x-windowing-modes I read the thread, and there is alot about changing .xinitrc to add a window manager. But I did not read how to add a window manager to .startxwinrc or a parameter. I need to run fvwm rootless like: http://x.cygwin.com/screenshots/cygx-rootless-fvwm2-20031224-0010.png Start the x server using 'startx -- -rootless' and start fvwm2 from your .xinitrc file (typically by making 'exec fvwm2' the last line. NB this does not end with an '') If you aren't interested in starting other programs from your .xinintrc, you can just do 'startx fvwm2 -- -rootless' for the all in one solution :-) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: fvwm2 and startxwin
On 02/03/2010 01:22, Jon TURNEY wrote: Start the x server using 'startx -- -rootless' and start fvwm2 from your .xinitrc file (typically by making 'exec fvwm2' the last line. NB this does not end with an '') If you aren't interested in starting other programs from your .xinintrc, you can just do 'startx fvwm2 -- -rootless' for the all in one solution :-) Oops. I mean 'startx /usr/bin/fvwm2 -- -rootless' (as man xinit says, the client supplied to startx or xinit must begin with / or ., otherwise it's treated as client arguments to the default xterm) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Problem running Xwin.exe in Windows 7
Dear Madam/Sir, I upgraded my OS from Windows XP to Windows 7 and installed the Cygwin/X but have problem running Xwin.exe in the new OS. Since it was running well in XP I changed the compatibility to Windows XP but it didn't help (my computer does not have Hardware-Assisted Virtualization so I can not run virtual machine on my PC). I was wondering if there is any way to fix the problem and run the Xwin.exe in Windows 7. The error window says: -- A fatal error has happened and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /var/log/XWin.0.log for more information. Vendor: The Cygwin/X project. Release 1.7.5.0 (10705000) contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Build date: 2010-02-25 X-Win was started with the following command line: (null) - Thanks, Babak Fallah -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Problem running Xwin.exe in Windows 7
On 3/2/2010 12:19 AM, Babak Fallah wrote: Dear Madam/Sir, I upgraded my OS from Windows XP to Windows 7 and installed the Cygwin/X but have problem running Xwin.exe in the new OS. Since it was running well in XP I changed the compatibility to Windows XP but it didn't help (my computer does not have Hardware-Assisted Virtualization so I can not run virtual machine on my PC). BZZT! Oh, I'm sorry. That was the wrong answer. :-) I was wondering if there is any way to fix the problem and run the Xwin.exe in Windows 7. The error window says: -- A fatal error has happened and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /var/log/XWin.0.log for more information. Vendor: The Cygwin/X project. Release 1.7.5.0 (10705000) contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Build date: 2010-02-25 X-Win was started with the following command line: (null) - Please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Also take a look at the FAQ for Cygwin-X and the recent archives. Many of the common problems have been hashed out there already and some good information is available to help you solve problems like this. If you're still not finding any joy, then make sure to provide a full problem report to the Cygwin-X list so that we know what you did and how your machine is configured. Remember, any files that you send should be *attached* and not appended to any follow-up email. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
