Rhialto wrote: > > I am testing the Cygwin/XFree server to use it as a remote display for > my Unix box which runs xdm: XWin -broadcast. > > So in the installer I choose to de-install "All", and to install *only* > XFree86-xserv. I noted that the installer installed a lot of things that > are not necessary for that, such as header files, info files, terminfo > stuff, static link libraries, xterm, sh, twm, etc. And it downloaded a > lot more which it apparently did not even install, such as bash, diff, > diffutils, fileutils, etc. >
Cygwin setup by default installs all the packages for an Unix environment. The default XFree86 install includes everything for running local X server and programs. More people want this than a minimal remote X setup. > I could also do without all those megabytes of fonts, since I have a > perfectly ok font server, but apparently no way to specify it for the X > server. > Add -fp tcp/other:7100 to the XWin command line. Or do "xset +fp tcp/other:7100" from a terminal. > I also downloaded xwinclip-test06, but that would not work because the X > server refused the connection, and I could find no way to do the > equivalent of "xhost +localhost" from its command line. > When doing an XDM session, the X server doesn't allow connection from the local machine. You need to do a "xhost +localhost" from an xterm. > So in short, it would be nice to have the installer *just* the files > that are required to run "XWin -broadcast", and nothing more. That would > be the XWin.exe itself, the dlls it really requires, rgb.txt, fonts if > no font server can be used, and maybe a few other files I am forgetting. > All that doesn't need to take the current 63.263.779 bytes (32.158.116 > bytes downloaded). > If you want a minimal install, you can select only the packages that are completely necessary: XFree86-base, XFree86-bin, XFree86-etc, XFree86-xserv, and XFree86-lib. - Ian -- Ian Burrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.znark.com/
