Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
On 6/30/2010 1:07 AM, Bradley, Mike wrote:
OK, I removed my old cygwin installation (the directory which contains/usr,
/bin/, etc.), and re-installed a new version. I kept the cygwin_package
directory, but setup.exe did not remember my previous installation. In
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:07:44PM -0600, Bradley, Mike wrote:
In the past I have not found a good way to remember which packages where
installed (e.g. non-default packages). Is there a file/way to run setup.exe
so that a specified set of packages are installed?
OK, I removed my old cygwin
It would be great to be able to have a file I can email them saying Use
this, it'll load everything you need.. And of
course have a copy for myself for when I get a new machine, or the OS has to
be reloaded, or I have cygwin problems
Such a thing would be great for anyone who wants
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 09:02:34AM -0500, Timares, Brian (Harris) wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
On 6/30/2010 1:07 AM, Bradley, Mike wrote:
OK, I removed my old cygwin installation (the directory which contains/usr,
/bin/, etc.), and re-installed a new version. I kept the cygwin_package
On 6/30/2010 10:15 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
OTOH, why not use putty if you don't know linux?
You haven't been mean enough. ssh is easier to use than putty,
regardless of knowledge of linux.
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Problem
So, after being told that Cygwin remembers your previous installation
and to just run setup.exe, you removed your previous installation and
are surprised that Cygwin doesn't remember it.
What I did was re-run setup.exe. XWin would still not startup. Then I
Deleted the cygwin install (except
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 08:36:05AM -0600, Bradley, Mike wrote:
cgf wrote:
So, after being told that Cygwin remembers your previous installation
and to just run setup.exe, you removed your previous installation and
are surprised that Cygwin doesn't remember it.
What I did was re-run setup.exe.
cgf,
I'll start off by saying I sense an attitude of only gurus need apply
and gurus don't need help from you. To me that's very OpenBSD, but not
very Cygwin.
If I sense incorrectly, I suggest what you are writing leads me to feel
that way. If that's correct, I suggest we'll never come to an
Brian Timares (me! self-replying) wrote:
However this discussion more properly belongs on a more general Cygwin
list. I'll see if it makes sense to post a suggestion there.
I found something where cgf says the big reason remembered installs
aren't done are because it takes someone with the time
What Mike and I want is actually pretty reasonable. We want to be able
to preserve the work we do in picking the wheat from the chaff (from our
point of view) to avoid having our coworkers or ourselves duplicate that
work, whether they understand Unix or not (I'm sorry I brought it up!
It is
On 6/30/2010 11:22 AM, Timares, Brian (Harris) wrote:
What Mike and I want is actually pretty reasonable. We want to be able
to preserve the work we do in picking the wheat from the chaff (from our
point of view) to avoid having our coworkers or ourselves duplicate that
work, whether they
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 06:11:49PM +0200, Ryan Johnson wrote:
What Mike and I want is actually pretty reasonable. We want to be able
to preserve the work we do in picking the wheat from the chaff (from our
point of view) to avoid having our coworkers or ourselves duplicate that
work, whether
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:51:57AM -0500, Timares, Brian (Harris) wrote:
Brian Timares (me! self-replying) wrote:
However this discussion more properly belongs on a more general Cygwin
list. I'll see if it makes sense to post a suggestion there.
I found something where cgf says the big reason
Bradley, Mike mike_brad...@mentor.com was heard to say:
I don't see any difference if I set DISPLAY to :0.0 or
127.0.0.1:0.0. However, in the past its only worked if I set to
127.0.0.1:0.0
My current procedure to start X is as follows:
1. do not set $DISPLAY anywhere. It is just empty.
, June 29, 2010 11:45 AM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: RE: startxwin/XWin won't start properly
Bradley, Mike mike_brad...@mentor.com was heard to say:
I don't see any difference if I set DISPLAY to :0.0 or
127.0.0.1:0.0. However, in the past its only worked if I set to
127.0.0.1:0.0
On 6/29/2010 10:50 AM, Bradley, Mike wrote:
Hi,
All was good, till a couple weeks ago when I added some packages to cygwin,
and several packages where also upgraded. Then xterm response time became
very slow. I tried a second upgrade yesterday, and now I cannot even start
an xterm, nor will
: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:40 PM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: startxwin/XWin won't start properly
On 6/29/2010 10:50 AM, Bradley, Mike wrote:
Hi,
All was good, till a couple weeks ago when I added some packages to cygwin,
and several packages where also upgraded. Then xterm response
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 04:56:03PM -0600, Bradley, Mike wrote:
In the past I have not found a good way to remember which packages
where installed (e.g. non-default packages). Is there a file/way to
run setup.exe so that a specified set of packages are installed?
Every time you select a new
On 6/29/2010 6:56 PM, Bradley, Mike wrote:
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From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@... [mailto:cygwin-xfree-ow...@...] On Behalf Of Larry
Hall (Cygwin X)
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:40 PM
To: cygwin-xf...@...
Subject: Re: startxwin/XWin won't start properly
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In the past I have not found a good way to remember which packages where
installed (e.g. non-default packages). Is there a file/way to run setup.exe
so that a specified set of packages are installed?
OK, I removed my old cygwin installation (the directory which contains /usr,
/bin/, etc.),
On 6/30/2010 1:07 AM, Bradley, Mike wrote:
OK, I removed my old cygwin installation (the directory which contains/usr,
/bin/, etc.), and re-installed a new version. I kept the cygwin_package
directory, but setup.exe did not remember my previous installation. In the
past I have had to install
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