Re: X server fails to start

2009-12-29 Thread Feng Dai
Charles Wilson cygwin at cwilson.fastmail.fm writes: I guess I should be specific: that's checkX from the run2-0.4.0-1 package, which should begin hitting the mirrors soon. -- Chuck I downloaded latest run2-0.4.0-1. One of machine is still failing. one Windows 7 and another XP work

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2

2009-12-29 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
The following package has been updated in the Cygwin distribution: * xinit-1.2.0-2 This package includes the startx, startxdmcp.bat, and startxwin commands for launching the XWin server. IMPORTANT: THE startxwin.bat AND startxwin.sh SCRIPTS ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED. This release replaces

Re: Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2

2009-12-29 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: This release replaces those scripts with a startxwin executable. Should we use run to launch startxwin.exe, or is it OK to just create a shortcut to startxwin.exe? - Jim -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2

2009-12-29 Thread Charles Wilson
Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: IMPORTANT: THE startxwin.bat AND startxwin.sh SCRIPTS ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED. This release replaces those scripts with a startxwin executable. facepalm! Sounds like a good idea, but I wish I'd known this was coming before wasting time on: 2009-12-29 run2-0.4.0

Re: Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2

2009-12-29 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 29/12/2009 16:15, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Should we use run to launch startxwin.exe, or is it OK to just create a shortcut to startxwin.exe? In general, you should be using run.exe in Windows shortcuts. The Start Menu shortcut created during postinstall goes a step further, running:

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2

2009-12-29 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 29/12/2009 16:27, Charles Wilson wrote: Sounds like a good idea, but I wish I'd known this was coming before wasting time on: * Improve checkX behavior when used as 'barrier' in startxwin. Sorry about that, Chuck, but this was just the latest of a long string of issues involving

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2

2009-12-29 Thread Charles Wilson
Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: On 29/12/2009 16:27, Charles Wilson wrote: Sounds like a good idea, but I wish I'd known this was coming before wasting time on: * Improve checkX behavior when used as 'barrier' in startxwin. Sorry about that, Chuck, but this was just the latest of a long

Re: What is correct way to start xterm from .XWinrc?

2009-12-29 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu wrote: My .XWinrc file has this menu line:        xterm      EXEC  xterm -e tcsh Since my default shell in /etc/passwd is /bin/tcsh, why should I need to specify it here also?  If I don't specify it, a new xterm

Re: Cygwin 1.7 beta XWin Crashs from Ubuntun 9.10 after Firefox sessions (update)

2009-12-29 Thread ERIC HO
After I upgraded to xorg-server1.7.3-1, XWin does not crash anymore after I ssh to Ubuntun 9.10 invoking gnome-session. But it hangs intermittently after a few Firefox sessions and I need to terminate XWin. Hope the next xorg-server upgrade will improve this. -- Unsubscribe info: