Solved problem starting new X Server

2008-11-12 Thread Tallak Tveide
Hi. Just yesterday I installed the updated cygwin X server. When I retstarted the system, I was not able to type characters in my shell. I found the problem - I had previously made a copy of the startxwin.bat file and modified it to start rxvt instead of xterm. The startxwin.bat file has been up

startx is failing in X11R7.4

2008-11-12 Thread bali asur
After the new X upgrade 'startx' is failing. What is going on? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ startx xauth: creating new authority file /cygdrive/c/unix/cygwin/home/asura/.serverauth.3208 xauth: unable to link authority file /cygdrive/c/unix/cygwin/home/asura/.serverauth.3208, use /cygdrive/c/unix/cyg

Re: Problems with keyb layout and fonts?

2008-11-12 Thread Jon TURNEY
Angelo Graziosi wrote: > I want to flag the following problems I meet with the new X11R7.4. They > happen both with just an upgrade and reinstalling all from scratch. > > 1. > With the new X11R7.4 I have lost the italian layout of keyboard which > now reacts as an english KB. In the XWin.log I fou

Re: fonts broken in xemacs with latest x server update

2008-11-12 Thread David Rothenberger
On 11/12/2008 2:46 PM, hazen wrote: Given the latest X server update, what should I do to get a working xemacs? I've tried installing cygwin from scratch with the new x server release and xemacs, but the fonts are broken on my system: http://www.nabble.com/file/p20471230/emacs-fonts-buggered.jp

Re: fonts broken in xemacs with latest x server update

2008-11-12 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
hazen wrote: Given the latest X server update, what should I do to get a working xemacs? I've tried installing cygwin from scratch with the new x server release and xemacs, but the fonts are broken on my system: http://www.nabble.com/file/p20471230/emacs-fonts-buggered.jpeg Are there specifi

fonts broken in xemacs with latest x server update

2008-11-12 Thread hazen
Given the latest X server update, what should I do to get a working xemacs? I've tried installing cygwin from scratch with the new x server release and xemacs, but the fonts are broken on my system: http://www.nabble.com/file/p20471230/emacs-fonts-buggered.jpeg Are there specific font packages

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Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Maarten Vanneste
Hello, I am currently at home (where I have not yet updated for a few days). I usually start it by double-clicking the XWin starter followed by the cygwin both on the desktop (coming from the installation). My .bashrc looks fairly simply, as I do not set anything in particular (except some GMT an

HELP ... Get me out of here !!!

2008-11-12 Thread Paul McFerrin
Folks: In the past several years, I have both subscribed and unsubscribed to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list without any problems. For this last cycle, the incoming mail from cygwin users after an unsubscribed action has been greatly reduced. However today, I have received 27 mail messages

Re: HEADSUP: cygwin-xfree announcements

2008-11-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:54:45PM -0600, Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote: >Please be aware that announcements on cygwin-xfree-announce are not >currently being echoed to this list as they were in the past. We are >working on automating this, but in the meantime please subscribe to the >- -announce li

HEADSUP: cygwin-xfree announcements

2008-11-12 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Please be aware that announcements on cygwin-xfree-announce are not currently being echoed to this list as they were in the past. We are working on automating this, but in the meantime please subscribe to the - -announce list separately if you want

Re: The uncommon valor of Yaakov Selkowitz *amended*

2008-11-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:17:43AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >Yesterday, Yaakov released a new version of X for Cygwin, rectifying a >long-standing problem in the Cygwin distribution. > >He was amazingly diligent in making sure that his upgrade did not break >the Cygwin distribution. His ne

Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Jon TURNEY wrote: > Hmm... this looks very much like a log from the old 6.8.99 monolithic server, > rather than 1.5.3 you should have just installed. This is definitely NOT 1.5.3, here's why: > XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization di

Re: xmkmf problem with latest X11R7.4

2008-11-12 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > When generating the Makefile with xmkmf from latest X11R7.4 > for Xaw3d I get the following lines in the Makefile > > SOXAWREV = SharedXawRev > DEPXAWLIB = > XAWLIB = -lXaw > > and the following with the old release. > >

Re: X11R7.4 is broke

2008-11-12 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 bali asur wrote: > Noticing Yahov's e-mail about the new X11 releases, I have > been attempting to follow Yakov's upgrade path instructions. > The instruction seem to imply that the following packages > must be installed. The instructions tell you t

X11R7.4 is broke

2008-11-12 Thread bali asur
Noticing Yahov's e-mail about the new X11 releases, I have been attempting to follow Yakov's upgrade path instructions. The instruction seem to imply that the following packages must be installed. However apart from the first package, all xorg-x11-* packages are not to be found in the cygwin setup

Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Jon TURNEY
Maarten Vanneste wrote: > Hello, > I have attached the file requested. I would hope that there will be a > patch released soon that sorts out these issues automatically. That > would certainly help for those (as me) who are no experts on these > matters (but find cygwin extremely useful). Hmm... t

Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Maarten Vanneste wrote: > Thanks for your quick reply and suggestions. The nedit suggestion does > the trick. I notice that the fonts are a bit messed up, as the text > appears very big (much larger than the original setting). > > The keyboard issue

Re: The uncommon valor of Yaakov Selkowitz

2008-11-12 Thread Mark Rousell
Christopher Faylor wrote: > Yesterday, Yaakov released a new version of X for Cygwin, rectifying a > long-standing problem in the Cygwin distribution. Very well done to Yaakov! -- MarkR PGP public key: http://www.signal100.com/markr/publickey Key fingerprint: 2F64 8EC1 771C 3895 A230 3BE1 2501

xmkmf problem with latest X11R7.4

2008-11-12 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
Hi When generating the Makefile with xmkmf from latest X11R7.4 for Xaw3d I get the following lines in the Makefile SOXAWREV = SharedXawRev DEPXAWLIB = XAWLIB = -lXaw and the following with the old release. SOXAWREV = 7.0 DEPXAWLIB = XAWLIB = -lXaw This leads to a cygXaw3d-SharedXawRev.dll af

Re: The uncommon valor of Yaakov Selkowitz

2008-11-12 Thread Danilo Turina
Christopher Faylor wrote: Yesterday, Yaakov released a new version of X for Cygwin, rectifying a long-standing problem in the Cygwin distribution. He was amazingly diligent in making sure that his upgrade did not break the Cygwin distribution. His new packages are laid out in a more sensical fa

The uncommon valor of Yaakov Selkowitz

2008-11-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
Yesterday, Yaakov released a new version of X for Cygwin, rectifying a long-standing problem in the Cygwin distribution. He was amazingly diligent in making sure that his upgrade did not break the Cygwin distribution. His new packages are laid out in a more sensical fashion and attempt to rigorou

Re: X11R7.4: XWinrc does not work anymore

2008-11-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 09:09:29AM -0500, jose isaias cabrera wrote: >No, but I have not upgraded, nor I will anytime soon. :-) It really isn't important for hundreds of people to know this detail about you. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Maarten Vanneste
Hello, I have attached the file requested. I would hope that there will be a patch released soon that sorts out these issues automatically. That would certainly help for those (as me) who are no experts on these matters (but find cygwin extremely useful). Thanks for your feedback ! Maarten On Wed

Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Jon TURNEY
Jon TURNEY wrote: > Maarten Vanneste wrote: > >> I am not doing anything different as before. The Xemacs editor opens >> fine, however, I had to install additional fonts as it became nearly >> impossible to read the scripts. I just found out that I however cannot >> type into the editor, same for

Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Maarten Vanneste
Hmm, I have one startxwin.bat file, located under c:/cygwin/bin (and not c:/cygwin/urs/bin), but this one has no reference to this key either. With best regards / Vennlig hilsen Maarten On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Marco Atzeri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Maarten Vanneste ha scritto

Re: X11R7.4: XWinrc does not work anymore

2008-11-12 Thread jose isaias cabrera
No, but I have not upgraded, nor I will anytime soon. :-) - Original Message - From: "Danilo Turina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:41 AM Subject: X11R7.4: XWinrc does not work anymore Hello, yesterday I installed the fresh new X11R7.4, this morning I

Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Marco Atzeri
--- Maarten Vanneste ha scritto: > Hello again, > > > The keyboard issue is not sorted out (and it does > not work with nedit > either). Cannot find this XKEY..., neither in the > window environment > nor using cygcheck -c -s -r > > A bit strange. Is it an option to go back to the > previous X

Re: X11R7.4: XWinrc does not work anymore

2008-11-12 Thread Danilo Turina
Jon TURNEY wrote: Danilo Turina wrote: Hello, yesterday I installed the fresh new X11R7.4, this morning I also updated various packages and now the menu on the X tray icon does not work anymore: the menu items (also within submenus) are all there, but clicking them does nothing (apart a brie

Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Maarten Vanneste
Hello again, Thanks for your quick reply and suggestions. The nedit suggestion does the trick. I notice that the fonts are a bit messed up, as the text appears very big (much larger than the original setting). The keyboard issue is not sorted out (and it does not work with nedit either). Cannot f

Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Jon TURNEY
Maarten Vanneste wrote: > Dear all, > > I have just updated my cygwin settings, something I do on a weekly > basis. This typically goes without any trouble. Now I have noticed > that there was a substantial update on X11. After the update, the > nedit editor fails to operate, returning the followi

Re: X11R7.4: XWinrc does not work anymore

2008-11-12 Thread Jon TURNEY
Danilo Turina wrote: > Hello, > yesterday I installed the fresh new X11R7.4, this morning I also > updated various packages and now the menu on the X tray icon does not > work anymore: the menu items (also within submenus) are all there, but > clicking them does nothing (apart a brief flickerin

Re: nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Jon TURNEY
Maarten Vanneste wrote: > I am not doing anything different as before. The Xemacs editor opens > fine, however, I had to install additional fonts as it became nearly > impossible to read the scripts. I just found out that I however cannot > type into the editor, same for emacs. The problem where

nedit gives X-error of failed request - also issues with (x)emacs

2008-11-12 Thread Maarten Vanneste
Dear all, I have just updated my cygwin settings, something I do on a weekly basis. This typically goes without any trouble. Now I have noticed that there was a substantial update on X11. After the update, the nedit editor fails to operate, returning the following error message: X Error of failed

Re: X11R7.4: XWinrc does not work anymore

2008-11-12 Thread Marco Atzeri
--- Danilo Turina ha scritto: > Hello, > yesterday I installed the fresh new X11R7.4, > > I have a personalized .XWinrc in my home directory, > so I tried to remove > it and use the system's default one: no way. > > Only the "default" items work: >1) "Reload .XWinrc" >2) "Hide R

X11R7.4: XWinrc does not work anymore

2008-11-12 Thread Danilo Turina
Hello, yesterday I installed the fresh new X11R7.4, this morning I also updated various packages and now the menu on the X tray icon does not work anymore: the menu items (also within submenus) are all there, but clicking them does nothing (apart a brief flickering of the hourglass mouse poin