-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Rob Oakes wrote: > 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'm always glad to hear when others find Ports useful. > 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. Coincidentally, I just started working on Qt4.5 last night for Cygwin 1.7. Due to its size (source tarball is 110MB!), I doubt that it will be built, tested, and ready for upload before next week. > 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. I'm not familiar with this site, but in general, beware 3rd-party advice about Cygwin; much of it is misconceived or downright wrong. > 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.) I now run Ports with the XWin server provided by the Cygwin distribution. (Disclaimer: I'm a co-maintainer of Cygwin/X as well.) I suggest trying to use that first. Also, both Qt and GTK+ use MIT-SHM when available. That is only available with XWin, and requires the cygserver service to be installed and running (and, with Cygwin 1.5, the CYGWIN variable must include "server" *before* you launch XWin). > 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. Try running them manually from console and see if the error messages tell you anything. If none of this helps, please send the output of 'cygcheck -srv' as a plain-text *attachment* so we can help figure this out. Yaakov Cygwin Ports -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkn5698ACgkQpiWmPGlmQSPtXQCgnmL4Fqb7p4Txzn87sso/pjqJ FEsAnjtNmNQgltOsAxkt3eaW+Q9qhnHe =XVvJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
