Re: Help with startxwin.bat (I did read the FAQ)
Srinath Avadhanula wrote: Hi, On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The latest xorg-server is 1.5.3-4. Either it, or last Thursday's 1.5.3-3, will certainly fix the "could not open default font 'fixed'" error. Thanks for the info! I finally got it working :) I had to change the server from which I was fetching stuff to see the latest version. Also I had a shortcut to an outdated startxwin.bat. It looks like the new location of startxwin.bat is /usr/bin/startxwin.bat whereas it was previously /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat. Hmm... you mean like it says here [1] in the FAQ, which you have read? :) http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-whereis-startxwin-bat -- 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: Help with startxwin.bat (I did read the FAQ)
Hi, On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The latest xorg-server is 1.5.3-4. Either it, or last Thursday's > 1.5.3-3, will certainly fix the "could not open default font 'fixed'" error. > Thanks for the info! I finally got it working :) I had to change the server from which I was fetching stuff to see the latest version. Also I had a shortcut to an outdated startxwin.bat. It looks like the new location of startxwin.bat is /usr/bin/startxwin.bat whereas it was previously /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat. Regards, Srinath -- 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: Help with startxwin.bat (I did read the FAQ)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Srinath Avadhanula wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I did upgrade to the latest xorg-server. (It is > now at 1.5.3-2). In fact, as I mentioned previously, I tried > reinstalling all packages under the X11 category. However, this > doesn't seem to fix things. The latest xorg-server is 1.5.3-4. Either it, or last Thursday's 1.5.3-3, will certainly fix the "could not open default font 'fixed'" error. Yaakov Cygwin/X -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkkrPocACgkQpiWmPGlmQSN6VgCgyXMv4upJKq0D8BW9f8yCANi5 UvMAn2XAgkfa++sBAnILAx08/INQAyRQ =q3sA -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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: Help with startxwin.bat (I did read the FAQ)
Srinath Avadhanula wrote: Hi Yakov, On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Srinath Avadhanula wrote: I suddenly began getting the error message: A fatal error has occured and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information. The trailing part of /tmp/XWin.log mentions the following: Please upgrade to the latest xorg-server. Thanks for the reply. I did upgrade to the latest xorg-server. (It is now at 1.5.3-2). In fact, as I mentioned previously, I tried reinstalling all packages under the X11 category. However, this doesn't seem to fix things. I have a suspicion that my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 directory is somehow corrupted. An "ls" there shows fewer directories that on another machine where this seems to work. On my (problem) machine: $ ls /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ app-defaults lbxproxy rstart xdmxkb xsm fsproxymngr twm xinit xserver Strangely, no fonts/ directory! On another machine which I use where X seems to be working fine, I see a whole bunch of other directories... The current version doesn't have/use /usr/X11R6 It uses just plain /usr for X stuff now, along with a modular X installation. See the anouncements. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 429-6305 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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: Help with startxwin.bat (I did read the FAQ)
Hi Yakov, On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Srinath Avadhanula wrote: >> I suddenly began getting the error message: >> >> A fatal error has occured and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open >> /tmp/XWin.log for more information. The trailing part of /tmp/XWin.log >> mentions the following: > > Please upgrade to the latest xorg-server. > > Thanks for the reply. I did upgrade to the latest xorg-server. (It is now at 1.5.3-2). In fact, as I mentioned previously, I tried reinstalling all packages under the X11 category. However, this doesn't seem to fix things. I have a suspicion that my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 directory is somehow corrupted. An "ls" there shows fewer directories that on another machine where this seems to work. On my (problem) machine: $ ls /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ app-defaults lbxproxy rstart xdmxkb xsm fsproxymngr twm xinit xserver Strangely, no fonts/ directory! On another machine which I use where X seems to be working fine, I see a whole bunch of other directories... Regards, Srinath -- 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: Help with startxwin.bat (I did read the FAQ)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Srinath Avadhanula wrote: > I suddenly began getting the error message: > > A fatal error has occured and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open > /tmp/XWin.log for more information. The trailing part of /tmp/XWin.log > mentions the following: Please upgrade to the latest xorg-server. Yaakov Cygwin/X -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkkrMA8ACgkQpiWmPGlmQSOBNwCgw+Zc9Ve+6mhrgwrTpgPJ3y2I NVYAoMF4d5kPv8lbgn1OAiyDxQjfwJ9q =98SE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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/
