[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: xorg-server-1.6.1.902-1

The following package has been updated for Cygwin 1.7: * xorg-server-1.6.1.902-1 This is an update to the latest upstream version, released earlier today. This version includes a patch from upstream which may fix the previously reported problems with X clients on Solaris; we would appreciate

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: cairo-1.8.8-1

The following package has been updated for Cygwin 1.7: * libcairo2-1.8.8-1 * libcairo-devel-1.8.8-1 This is an update to the latest upstream version, built for cygwin-1.7 with gcc-4.3. Yaakov Cygwin/X CYGWIN-XFREE-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO == If you wan

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: xinput-1.4.2-1

The following package has been updated for Cygwin 1.7: * xinput-1.4.2-1 This is a routine version update. Yaakov Cygwin/X CYGWIN-XFREE-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO == If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-xfree-announce mailing list, please use the aut

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: mesa-7.4.4-1

The following packages have been updated for Cygwin 1.7: * libGL-devel-7.4.4-1 * libGL1-7.4.4-1 * libGLU-devel-7.4.4-1 * libGLU1-7.4.4-1 * libGLw-devel-7.4.4-1 * libGLw1-7.4.4-1 * libOSMesa-devel-7.4.4-1 * libOSMesa7-7.4.4-1 * mesa-7.4.4-1 This is an update to the latest upstream version. Yaak

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: libX11-1.2.1-1

The following packages have been updated for Cygwin 1.7: * libX11_6-1.2.1-1 * libX11-devel-1.2.1-1 * libX11-xcb1-1.2.1-1 * libX11-xcb-devel-1.2.1-1 This is an update to the latest upstream version. Yaakov Cygwin/X CYGWIN-XFREE-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO ==

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: xcb-proto-1.5-1, libxcb-1.3-1, xcb-util-0.3.5-1

The following packages have been updated for Cygwin 1.7: * libxcb1-1.3-1 * libxcb-atom-devel-0.3.5-1 * libxcb-atom1-0.3.5-1 * libxcb-aux-devel-0.3.5-1 * libxcb-aux0-0.3.5-1 * libxcb-composite-devel-1.3-1 * libxcb-composite0-1.3-1 * libxcb-damage-devel-1.3-1 * libxcb-damage0-1.3-1 * libxcb-devel-1

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: glproto-1.4.10-1, xproto-7.0.15-2, xtrans-1.2.3-2

The following packages have been updated for Cygwin 1.7: * glproto-1.4.10-1 This is a routine update. * xproto-7.0.15-2 Added a patch to silence "visibility attribute not supported" warnings. * xtrans-1.2.3-2 Added a patch to remove weak definition of in6addr_any which broke the inet6 liste

Re: fastpath 0 -> xterm?

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 02:29:30PM -0400, Tom Roche wrote: >Since I'm not seeing this in the FAQ, I wanted to propose the following >item: what would be required to go "from zero to xterm"? I.e. from a >Cygwin-less windows box (windows >= 2k) to getting a Cygwin/X xterm up >on one's screen? You

fastpath 0 -> xterm?

Since I'm not seeing this in the FAQ, I wanted to propose the following item: what would be required to go "from zero to xterm"? I.e. from a Cygwin-less windows box (windows >= 2k) to getting a Cygwin/X xterm up on one's screen? >From my recent experience, it seems to me the "minimal install" wou

Re: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct

Tom Roche Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:32 PM > Despite installing package=font-misc-misc (recommended by > http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=nil2 > ) via setup.exe, everytime I start an xterm I get > > Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct Jon TURNEY Mon, Jun 29, 20

[1.7] Building the X server

To help anyone who might like to debug their own problems with the new 1.6 X server, I've made a git repo available on freedesktop.org which contains the X.Org X server 1.6 branch with the 70 or so additional patches which were applied to produce the Cygwin/X 1.6.0.0 (20090401) release. A q

Re: [1.7] Socket problems after xorg-server update

Ken Brown wrote: On 6/28/2009 2:17 PM, Jon TURNEY wrote: Ken Brown wrote: After I upgraded to xorg-server-1.6.0-10, XWin.exe exited immediately with the following error message in the log file: _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 Although it's clear as mud, thi

Question for Corinna (was Re: Novice Question)

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:09:12PM +0100, Jon TURNEY wrote: >Andy wrote: >> /opt/wip/cygport-svn/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.6.0-10/src/xorg-server-1.6.0/ >> os/access.c >> (gdb) p *ifr >> $1 = {ifa_next = 0x1447798, ifa_name = 0x14474c4 >> "{B8B51884-C69A-4592-B65D-89ABB3DCF18D}", ifa_flags = 69635,

RE: Novice Question

Jon, Your patch seems to overcome the issue( whatever it is... ) .. xterm window now fires up Is there anything further I can help you with ?? Thanks for your time Andy -Original Message- From: Jon TURNEY [mailto:jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk] Sent: Monday, 29 June 2009 8:39 PM To: cygw

Re: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct, was: post-upgrade problems

2009/6/29 Jon TURNEY: > Perhaps to avoid this, xterm's setup.hint should list font-alias as a > requirement since it names fonts defined there in it's default resources? font-adobe-dpi100 (and -dpi75?) should probably be xterm's or xorg-server's dependencies as well, otherwise you get a warning ab

Re: Novice Question

Andy wrote: /opt/wip/cygport-svn/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.6.0-10/src/xorg-server-1.6.0/ os/access.c (gdb) p *ifr $1 = {ifa_next = 0x1447798, ifa_name = 0x14474c4 "{B8B51884-C69A-4592-B65D-89ABB3DCF18D}", ifa_flags = 69635, ifa_addr = 0x14474f0, ifa_netmask = 0x14475f0, ifa_dstaddr = 0x0, ifa_d

Re: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct, was: post-upgrade problems

Tom Roche wrote: Tom Roche Mon, May 25, 2009 at 3:54 PM Jon TURNEY Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:48 PM (heavily edited) http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-how-do-i-get-rid-of-xterm-menu http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-where-are-my-fonts Thanks: those (and fiddling) h

RE: Novice Question

$ gdb --args ./XWin.20090628173519.exe -multiwindow -clipboard -logverbose 3 GNU gdb 6.8.0.20080328-cvs (cygwin-special) Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and

Re: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct, was: post-upgrade problems

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009, Tom Roche wrote: Despite installing package=font-misc-misc (recommended by http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=nil2 ) via setup.exe, everytime I start an xterm I get Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct nil2 is used for the pointerMode