Dear Members of the Cygwin Ports, I just stumbled upon the Cygwin Ports project while searching for a Cygwin version of Qt4. I was absolutely thrilled to not only find a compiled version of the latest Qt4 source, but also python bindings and many of the best open source programs. Before asking any questions, I wanted to say thank you for the countless hours it must have taken to successfully port these pieces of software. I've spent the last three days trying to get a Qt4.5 to compile, and after working through more than a few errors, I realized that it would likely take much more time to get anything resembling a working patch. I can only imagine the time spent by the community.
With that said, I had a few configuration questions about the GUI software in Cygwin ports. I am incredibly new to Cygwin and I have not been able to get much of the software to correctly launch. Whenever I start a new program, I immediately get a Windows crash window. The program will then attempt to launch three or more times before releasing the command prompt. No errors are provided. After a great deal of Google and a few helpful links (http://robust.cs.utep.edu/arch1-wiki/index.php/Setup_Xming_and_Cygwin), I've started to realize that my cygwin installation is probably broken. After installation, the setup scripts did not run correctly (as an example, it didn't create either an /etc/passswd or /etc/group; the default environment variables weren't set either and I had to manually create a path variable in /etc/profile). I've since gone back and regenerated the /etc/passwd and /etc/groups files. I installed XMing and created a display variable for local:0. Now I can safely launch some of the X utilities (XTerm, XEmacs). However, any of the Qt programs or GNOME programs crash upon launch. This includes anything built by qmake. (The PyQt4 bindings aren't recognized.) Can anyone point me to a tutorial or provide some advice on how I can successfully rebuild/configure my cygwin installation? Using the instructions above, I was able to correctly configure the TeTeX installation, and it correctly works. But as near as I can tell, very few (if any) of the post-installation scripts are running. I am currently running Windows Vista 64. Cheers, Rob Oakes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
