Re: regression code in in the latest cygwin versions
hugues henocq wrote: I wanted to upgrade my cygwin version from 1.3.17 to 1.5.17 and, then, I tried to compil and link my software using X/lesstif GUI. The link works but I get some new messages like this: ... Then, when I run the software, it fails down with a segmentation fault. The problem happens in an Xm function and I think that aoto-mport doesn't run correctly ? Linked under the previous version (1.3.17) or under linux, my software works very well. So, I think that there is a regression between these 2 versions. Between 1.3.17 and 1.5.17 there have been something like 22 intermediate releases and 30 months of time, so I don't think it's very fair to expect that not much has changed. :-) That said, the entire Cygwin/X suite works fine so if there was a problem linking to lesstif I think it would have affected other packages too. If you were using a Cygwin that old chances are the gcc and binutils used were also ancient as well, and things do change there too. For example, starting in 3.3.3-3 gcc places const structures in .rdata, and this will cause a fault if the structure contains a pointer to an object imported from another DLL since that requires a relocation fixup. I don't mean to imply that's the problem you're facing (esp since that results in a windows error and not a segfault), but your report doesn't really give enough information to know what's going on. All we really have is that it used to work, and now it segfaults. We don't know what the code is trying to do, or how it was compiled or linked, etc. I think that you'll have to either provide a testcase that reproduces the fault, or try to narrow down the problem some more. Brian
Re: Xorg DMX functionality in the Cygwin X Server?
Ill test out the XDMX server youve built on my machine and see how it runs. Did you test it out? Any other info you have on how you tested and built it would help for my testing. On 6/19/05, Alexander Gottwald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lucractius wrote: After reviewing the Xorg archives ive discovered that the DMX extentions have been apart of the main Xorg tree since 6.8.0, Are these extentions ( XDMX ) incorporated into the current Cygwin X server or were they left out at some point? perhaps due to porting problems. Does anyone know whats up with the Cygwin X server and DMX ( XDMX ) At all? I've built Xdmx for cygwin http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~goal/xfree/Xdmx.exe.bz2 But I don't know how to setup nor do I now much about the whole dmx architecture It seems the dmx extension is only available from the Xdmx server which can be run on top of any regular xserver. bye ago NP: X-Fusion - Psycho Maniac -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Re: Xorg DMX functionality in the Cygwin X Server?
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Lucractius wrote: Ill test out the XDMX server youve built on my machine and see how it runs. Did you test it out? Any other info you have on how you tested and built it would help for my testing. For building: Add #define BuildDmx YES to xc/config/cf/host.def and rebuild the xserver with make World running: I've only tested if it would startup properly. Xdmx -display host1:0.0 -display host2:0.0 created the gray hatch pattern on the two xserver and garbled the keyboard settings :( Since I don't know how dmx actually works I did not test it further. It's up to you :-) bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Re: Mouse button copy/paste not working
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Charles Packer wrote: As a Unix veteran but first-time Cygwin user, I've discovered that I can't paste selected text with the middle button under these circumstances: I have logged into a remote Unix system and start some X Wrong list. Please follow-up to cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com (I've set the Reply-To: accordingly). window from there -- an xterm, say, or xedit. I select text in one of those windows (by dragging with the left button down) and then try to paste somewhere else in the window. It will paste only if the selected text is still highlighted. This is not right; it should have been copied to some buffer that is still available to the middle button even if the originally selected text is no longer highlighted. Oddly enough, the problem doesn't exist with the local Cygwin xterms and xedit -- only with those that the remote system creates. For what it's worth, the .xinitrc script that Cygwin uses in this installation runs xwinclip and then wmaker. The invocation of twm has been commented out. When I do a ps, I see that wmaker appears twice. Incidentally, occasionally the middle button does worse than merely not paste; it kills the window. The error message showing in the main Cygwin xterm is: BadAtom(invalid Atom parameter); Major opcode of failed request: 18(X_Change Property). See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#remote (please read the whole section). Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT
FW: Installation issues (newbie)
Someone on the Cygwin list suggested I post this here. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Masterson Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 4:43 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Installation issues (newbie) I used to use Cygwin a long time ago and am now coming back to it. My setup: * Dell Precision Workstation 370 * MS-Windows XP Pro v5.1.2600 Step 1: Install Cygwin * I used setup.exe to first download all of Cygwin to my local hard drive. I do this so that, if I install it a few times, I don't have to hit the Internet after the first time. Somewhat faster. * After downloading everything, I used setup.exe to install the Default. A couple of times, this gave me errors in the postinstall steps about some DLL, but it didn't repeat consistently, so... * After I installed, I brought up Bash and got the usual message about /etc/passwd /etc/group. I used mkpasswd and mkgroup to fill them in. * Default (I believe) doesn't install MAN pages or editors, so figuring out what mkpasswd/mkgroup did and/or adjusting it is kind of difficult. This should be fixed or documented better. Step 2: Get an X server working * Default doesn't install any X, so I reran setup.exe to do an All install (I have room). This got me a Cygwin/X menu in the Start menu list, but didn't provide any obvious way of starting an X server. * Suggestion: Have setup.exe add an icon for startxwin.bat to the Desktop. I manually did that. * Double-clicking startxwin.bat brings up an X server and xterm with the root window hidden. Xclock also seems to work properly. Step 3: Get an editor running * Starting emacs from the xterm window brings up emacs, but it immediately crashes when you try to do anything in it. * Starting xemacs from the xterm window seems a little better as you can do things in it, but it crashes when you try to exit from XEmacs. * I then did an xhost + to disable access control. * Running emacs from an RHEL3 system with the display pointed at my Cygwin system brought up a window, but immediately crashed. * Running xemacs from the RHEL3 system with the display pointed to my Cygwin system worked much better and seemed normal (most times!). I tested this a few times and XEmacs did crash once. So what's wrong with the X server in Cygwin? Since I'm just getting going, I posted this to the cygwin mailing list -- later I may move to the cygwin-xfree mailing list. David Masterson -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Mouse button copy/paste not working
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#remote (please read the whole section). Igor Typical Unix-head response (Read the whole book...). There is nothing in the FAQ that deals with this problem. However, perusing the Cygwin/X installation instructions, under the section on logging on to remote clients, I noticed the suggested ssh command: ssh -Y -l username hostdomain. I checked to see what our PC guy had set me up with under the alias he had given me: ssh -X -l myname $1. Changing -X to -Y made all the difference and solved the problem. Returning to the FAQ, there is a question X forwarding does not work does not work with OpenSSH under Cygwin in which the answer I needed is embedded as an afterthought. Suggestion: Add to the FAQ a question specifically mentioning the symptoms I described.
Re: Mouse button copy/paste not working
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Charles Packer wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#remote (please read the whole section). Igor Typical Unix-head response (Read the whole book...). I initially wrote please read the whole section 5 (which is only one printed page long, BTW), but then omitted the section number because I thought it was self-evident. Apparently not. There is nothing in the FAQ that deals with this problem. However, perusing the Cygwin/X installation instructions, under the section on logging on to remote clients, I noticed the suggested ssh command: ssh -Y -l username hostdomain. I checked to see what our PC guy had set me up with under the alias he had given me: ssh -X -l myname $1. Changing -X to -Y made all the difference and solved the problem. Returning to the FAQ, there is a question X forwarding does not work does not work with OpenSSH under Cygwin That is the exact question I pointed you to. in which the answer I needed is embedded as an afterthought. Suggestion: Add to the FAQ a question specifically mentioning the symptoms I described. The symptoms are there (i.e., the BadAtom message). True, they are not in the form of a question -- the FAQ maintainer reads this list and I'm sure will see your suggestion. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT
