GNOME on cygwin
I'm a little confused about GNOME on Cygwin. Cygwin installer claims to have a whole GNOME section, but I can't find basic applications like gnome-terminal or gnome-text-editor. Google shows there are ports of GNOME for Cygwin; but then why does the installer have a GNOME section that only seems to have libraries and bitmaps? Thanks, Raul -- 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: GNOME on cygwin
So why are there GNOME packages in Cygwin? What is actually in them? On Aug 4, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: On 8/4/2010 2:20 PM, Raul Acevedo wrote: I'm a little confused about GNOME on Cygwin. Cygwin installer claims to have a whole GNOME section, but I can't find basic applications like gnome-terminal or gnome-text-editor. Google shows there are ports of GNOME for Cygwin; but then why does the installer have a GNOME section that only seems to have libraries and bitmaps? Because those ports aren't part of the distribution and are, therefore, not supported by cygwin.com. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/ -- 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: GNOME on cygwin
My real question is what is the point of these packages, if GNOME is not actually in them. It's a bit confusing and I wasted a chunk of time trying to install GNOME through Cygwin only to find out it's not possible. Thanks, Raul On Aug 4, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 12:43:11PM -0700, Raul Acevedo wrote: So why are there GNOME packages in Cygwin? What is actually in them? http://cygwin.com/packages/ would answer that question for you. -- 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/ -- 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: GNOME on cygwin
The short answer is that it's there to house all-that-is-Gnome. It just doesn't contain everything yet. With some luck, it will someday. In the meantime, there are allot of packages that make up Gnome. Since the distribution has some of them now, it makes sense to put them in this category. The same is true for KDE, Perl, etc. I appreciate the detailed response. Hopefully Cygwin will contain a full GNOME package someday. Thanks, Raul -- 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/
Problems with display resize over RDP connections
At work, my display is at 1280x1024. When I RDP from home, I have a bigger screen so my work computer's desktop is resized to 1920x1200. When this happens, X applications cannot display anything below 1024 pixels; below 1024 pixels nothing is displayed, and you can see the other application windows underneath the current X window below 1024 pixels. Is this a known issue? It's a pain to restart X and my apps just to get X to properly adjust its display size. Thanks, Raul Acevedo http://www.cantara.com -- 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: Problems with display resize over RDP connections
Didn't X figure out how to dynamically change its display resolution long time ago? (I remember the good old days when this really was fixed on server start up, and the only way to change it was to restart X.) Isn't there some way to tell the X server, even if it's via a command line utility, that the display has been reconfigured? Modern Linux desktops certainly let me do this. This is definitely over a secure link. I'm not 100% sure what protocol is used; I go through a web portal interface, so it's not like I'm running a VNC/RDP client directly. Thanks, Raul On Apr 28, 2010, at 7:16 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: My understanding is that the X server inherits the properties of the screen it's started on. For example, if you normally have 2 monitors, and for some reason only 1 monitor is active, and you start Xwin there, if you then active the 2nd monitor, you can't move your Xterm window over there (or you can, but you can't do anything with it). What is RDP? I like LogMeIn for this sort of thing, as long as you're not on a secure (ie. VPN) connection. I really HATE when you log into a remote system and it changes those screen properties. Then when you come into work, it's all messed up. On 4/28/2010 12:38 PM, Raul Acevedo wrote: At work, my display is at 1280x1024. When I RDP from home, I have a bigger screen so my work computer's desktop is resized to 1920x1200. When this happens, X applications cannot display anything below 1024 pixels; below 1024 pixels nothing is displayed, and you can see the other application windows underneath the current X window below 1024 pixels. Is this a known issue? It's a pain to restart X and my apps just to get X to properly adjust its display size. Thanks, Raul Acevedo http://www.cantara.com -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us -- 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/ -- 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/
startxwin.exe without lingering DOS window
How do you run startxwin.exe so that it doesn't leave a lingering MS-DOS window after it starts the programs in ~/.startwinrc? Are there plans to update http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html so people like me don't waste a few hours finding out that startxwin.bat has been replaced by startxwin.exe and that it is documented in its man page? Thanks, Raul Acevedo http://www.cantara.com -- 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/
Window icons in multi-window mode
I asked about this a few days ago and got no response so I thought I'd try again... When in multi-window mode, all X windows iconify to the Windows taskbar using the same generic X icon. Is there a way to get Windows to use the X11 icon that would normally be used if you were in root window mode with a window manager? E.g. Emacs would iconify using its normal X11 icon, XTerm would iconify with its icon, etc. Thanks, Raul Acevedo http://www.cantara.com -- 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: Window icons in multi-window mode
I think the lack of an answer can be interpreted as a no, not that we know of. Fair enough. :) Good to hear it explicitly though. Thanks, Raul -- 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: Window icons in multi-window mode
Seems as if there is a way since sometimes, some of the apps DO use their X11 icons. In fact, emacs is a case in point. See: http://www.mi-nts.org/sl/icons.jpg How did that happen? When I start emacs, it uses the stock X icon. Raul -- 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: Window icons in multi-window mode
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the intent of the OP was to ask Is there a configuration switch that one can throw to see the X11 icons on the Windows frames? The answer to that is no, not that we know of. If the question is instead Can individual apps be built and/or configured provide icons to be shown by the Windows manager?, the answer is yes. But these are vastly difference questions with very different scopes and presumed levels of technical expertise. You are right in assessing my original question, but what I really care about is seeing different icons for different Windows. So, a way to make individual apps provide different icons to be shown by Windows would work for me too. Any guidance in this regard would be appreciated... Thanks! Raul -- 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: Window icons in multi-window mode
I don't know any general answer, but for emacs I think you can get a special icon by putting emacs*bitmapIcon: on in your .Xdefaults file. Unfortunately that did not work. :( Raul -- 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/
disabling tcp sockets problems with winClipboardProc, winInitMultiWindowWM and winMultiWindowXMsgProc
If I add -nolisten tcp to startxwin.sh, and change export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 to export DISPLAY=:0.0, X half works. I get errors from winClipboardProc, winInitMultiWindowWM and winMultiWindowXMsgProc because they still think DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0 and thus presumably try to listen on port 6000. I want to disable port 6000, but these clients aren't listening to what I set DISPLAY to. Is there a way around this? Thanks! Raul -- 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/
