run.exe will not work with upgrade from 1.14.4 to 1.16.3
i have been running cygwin/x for a long time. i was on 1.14.4 and decided to upgrade to 1.16.3. the problem is that i am unable to start an xterm from a dos prompt. i have been using the following command line for years now: D:\cygwin\bin\run.exe -p /bin bash ~/scripts/xtermLaptop the contents of xtermLaptop are: #!/usr/bin/env bash export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 xterm -geometry 80x75 -sb -rightbar exit this has worked for years, now when i run this command, a window very briefly blinks into existence but then goes away. any idea why this would stop working now? -- 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: run.exe will not work with upgrade from 1.14.4 to 1.16.3
On 2-1-2015 21:10, schilpfamily wrote: this has worked for years, now when i run this command, a window very briefly blinks into existence but then goes away. any idea why this would stop working now? This is most likely due to a major rewrite of the xinit package which contains all start-up scripts. If you downgrade the xinit package from 1.3.4-1 to 1.3.2-1 does your setup work again? Here is how you downgrade: 1. Start the Cygwin installer 2. Select the appropriate mirror and directories 3. In the package selection screen search for 'xinit' 4. Select the one from the 'X11' category and click on the version until it cycles to 1.3.2-1 in stead of 1.3.4-1. 5. Click Next and install If this does solve your problem you may want to read my request to the maintainers: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2014-12/msg00060.html Laurens -- 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: run.exe will not work with upgrade from 1.14.4 to 1.16.3
rolling back to 1.3.2-1 fixed it. thank you very much for this, i was really pulling my hair out on this. i read your request to the maintainers and fully agree. while i only brought up this one bug, since it was basically making cygwin/x useless, there were other issues that made it annoying. thanks again. bill On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Laurens Blankers laur...@blankersfamily.com wrote: On 2-1-2015 21:10, schilpfamily wrote: this has worked for years, now when i run this command, a window very briefly blinks into existence but then goes away. any idea why this would stop working now? This is most likely due to a major rewrite of the xinit package which contains all start-up scripts. If you downgrade the xinit package from 1.3.4-1 to 1.3.2-1 does your setup work again? Here is how you downgrade: 1. Start the Cygwin installer 2. Select the appropriate mirror and directories 3. In the package selection screen search for 'xinit' 4. Select the one from the 'X11' category and click on the version until it cycles to 1.3.2-1 in stead of 1.3.4-1. 5. Click Next and install If this does solve your problem you may want to read my request to the maintainers: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2014-12/msg00060.html Laurens -- 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: run.exe will not work with upgrade from 1.14.4 to 1.16.3
On 01/02/2015 03:35 PM, schilpfamily wrote: rolling back to 1.3.2-1 fixed it. thank you very much for this, i was really pulling my hair out on this. i read your request to the maintainers and fully agree. while i only brought up this one bug, since it was basically making cygwin/x useless, there were other issues that made it annoying. Certainly it is good feedback to know that the issue you were seeing is related to the new version of xinit. I would encourage you and others that see issues with the latest release to report the problems (as you have) and to try the solutions offered in the cygwin-xfree mailing list discussions from the last couple of months. If there are technical issues with those solutions, they need to be reported as well. Obviously, the key thing here is to figure out how to make this transition smoother, so the more useful feedback there is, the better. Downgrading may be a practical short-term solution to the problems you're having at the moment and that's fine. But the functionality in the latest release of the xinit corrects some long-standing Cygwin incompatibilities with startx, so there's no benefit to turning back as a strategy. -- Larry _ 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/