Re: XWin stopped working with xorg-server 1.7.1 - no log-file created

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Breuer
Try -noclipboard. I hit this as well. Gertjan van Noord wrote: after upgrading to xorg-server 1.7.1-3 starting X does no longer work. Previous version 1.6.? worked. However, I can't seem to go back to that version using the cygwin setup programme. the startxwin.bat script does not complain,

Re: XWin stopped working with xorg-server 1.7.1 - no log-file created

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Breuer
For what it's worth, I tracked that down yesterday by looking at the error log on the server - there was a complaint about clipboard - don't recall what... seemed innocuous but figured I'd try turning off clipboard. Viola, it worked. One other point - as older versions of CygwinX have major

cygwinx 1.7 beta - crashes runing virt-manager

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Breuer
Connecting to F12 running Gnome, running python based applications causes Xwin to segfault. For example, running virt-manager kills Xwin immediately. Most of the F12 admin tools exhibit this behavior. I tried -swcursor based on some old discussions on this list regarding Java crashing Xwin

Re: XWin stopped working with xorg-server 1.7.1 - no log-file created

2009-11-20 Thread Michael Breuer
I've attached the log. Jon TURNEY wrote: On 19/11/2009 16:25, Michael Breuer wrote: For what it's worth, I tracked that down yesterday by looking at the error log on the server - there was a complaint about clipboard - don't recall what... seemed innocuous but figured I'd try turning off

Re: psexec does not work under cygwin-X

2009-11-20 Thread Michael Breuer
Different environment variables are set. I'd suggest in the xterm version saving the env variables (envfile) and then see which one causes the non-X version to stop running psexec. Hemal Pandya wrote: Hello, It seems psexec (from sysinternals) does not work correctly under cygwin-X. If I run

Re: XWin stopped working with xorg-server 1.7.1 - no log-file created

2009-11-20 Thread Michael Breuer
Fedora 12 - kdm for the greeter. Jon TURNEY wrote: On 20/11/2009 15:46, Michael Breuer wrote: I've attached the log. Thanks. Can you also please tell me what OS the XDMCP host at 10.0.0.1 is running? Jon TURNEY wrote: On 19/11/2009 16:25, Michael Breuer wrote: For what it's worth, I

Re: cygwinx 1.7 beta - crashes runing virt-manager

2009-11-22 Thread Michael Breuer
Ok - that worked. Was able to remove -noclipboard as well. Will use for a while and make sure it stays up... so far, so good. Jon TURNEY wrote: On 20/11/2009 04:04, Michael Breuer wrote: Connecting to F12 running Gnome, running python based applications causes Xwin to segfault. For example

Re: cygwinx 1.7 beta - crashes runing virt-manager

2009-11-22 Thread Michael Breuer
anyway as the proper way is to run VNC remotely, not in a remote X session... but I figured I'd try to break it. Michael Breuer wrote: Ok - that worked. Was able to remove -noclipboard as well. Will use for a while and make sure it stays up... so far, so good. Jon TURNEY wrote: On 20/11/2009 04

Re: cygwinx 1.7 beta - crashes runing virt-manager

2009-11-23 Thread Michael Breuer
Ok - just one more FYI - after a shutdown and restart, I once again need -noclipboard... so -extension Composite and -noclipboard are working, -noclipboard seems to fix an intermittent problem. Michael Breuer wrote: Ok - just an FYI - F12+Cygwin 1.7 seems rock solid with -extension Composite

Re: vnc btter than X...?

2009-11-23 Thread Michael Breuer
wrote: Michael Breuer wrote: That was probably pushing things anyway as the proper way is to run VNC remotely, not in a remote X session... but I figured I'd try to break it. --- Why is VNC more proper than X? I haven't been able to get VNC to work, but X runs wonderfully. What am I

Re: remote desktop

2009-11-25 Thread Michael Breuer
If you're running the beta, try adding -extension Composite -noclipboard Linda Walsh wrote: I'm trying to get a remote desktop to come up, but am not sure what's required on the remote end. Locally, I've been trying 'Xwin -query hostname Either they come up with no login screen, or in one

Re: how do I get help if I can't figure out how to do anything?

2009-12-04 Thread Michael Breuer
Have you looked at the troubleshooting documentation? You know you can run with verbose and log options. My guess is that the reason the display can't be opened is made reasonable clear in your log file(s). I'm also going to hazard a guess that your xserver doesn't have opengl support. Wendel