Re: 64-bit xfree86 failing?

2015-02-02 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 04/12/2014 02:53, l.w...@surrey.ac.uk wrote: working again. my mistake was in years of using startx -- -multiwindow -clipboard because /usr/bin/startx no longer starts x I'm kind of surprised this used to work at all, since this is requesting both the internal multiwindow mode window

RE: Need help to replicate old behavior of my X setup scripts with latest Xfree86 update

2015-01-09 Thread Benjamin Richards
-Original Message- From: Marco Atzeri [mailto:marco.atz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 2:17 PM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Need help to replicate old behavior of my X setup scripts with latest Xfree86 update try putting sleep inf in .startxwinrc

Re: Need help to replicate old behavior of my X setup scripts with latest Xfree86 update

2014-12-24 Thread Jacob Niehus
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 08:17:21PM +0100, Marco Atzeri wrote: try putting sleep inf in .startxwinrc It should simulate the old behaviour Running sleep or any command from .startxwinrc adds an icon to the Win7 taskbar now (I'm referring specifically to the part of the taskbar showing icons for

Need help to replicate old behavior of my X setup scripts with latest Xfree86 update

2014-12-23 Thread Ben Richards
Up until the recent update to xinit-1.3.4-1 which overhauled X session handling, I had my session set up nicely for my purposes. With the following code in my .zshrc and an empty .startxwinrc, when I launched Cygwin, Xwin.exe would start on display :0.0, it would set the $DISPLAY variable, and

Re: Need help to replicate old behavior of my X setup scripts with latest Xfree86 update

2014-12-23 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 12/23/2014 7:24 PM, Ben Richards wrote: Up until the recent update to xinit-1.3.4-1 which overhauled X session handling, I had my session set up nicely for my purposes. With the following code in my .zshrc and an empty .startxwinrc, when I launched Cygwin, Xwin.exe would start on display

Re: 64-bit xfree86 failing?

2014-12-03 Thread l.wood
cygwin installations, would be my advice. Lloyd Wood http://about.me/lloydwood From: Tim Kingman tim.king...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, 2 December 2014 3:22 AM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com; Wood L Dr (Electronic Eng) Subject: Re: 64-bit xfree86 failing? I

64-bit xfree86 failing?

2014-12-01 Thread l.wood
Just updated a fairly recent was-working two-months-old 64-bit cygwin install. (Asus X102BA, Win 8.1 - just a little AMD netbook.) XFree86 now failing with the below. Ideas? thanks. (--) Windows reports only 2 mouse buttons, defaulting to -emulate3buttons (II) xorg.conf is not supported (II

Re: 64-bit xfree86 failing

2014-12-01 Thread Tim Kingman
I see the same issue, and it looks like this is because I have an empty (commented-out) ~/.startxwinrc Removing this file causes X to open and start an xterm, probably because it broke several of the new rules in https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2014-11/msg00029.html : * User-defined

Re: 64-bit xfree86 failing

2014-12-01 Thread Mark Hansen
On 12/1/2014 8:35 AM, Tim Kingman wrote: I see the same issue, and it looks like this is because I have an empty (commented-out) ~/.startxwinrc Removing this file causes X to open and start an xterm, probably because it broke several of the new rules in

Re: 64-bit xfree86 failing

2014-12-01 Thread Tim Kingman
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Mark Hansen m...@winfirst.com wrote: On 12/1/2014 8:35 AM, Tim Kingman wrote: *snip* my .bashrc calls startxwin to make sure I always have an X server running ( per http://stackoverflow.com/a/9301966 ) *snip* I'll keep playing with this to see if I can come

Re: 64-bit xfree86 failing?

2014-12-01 Thread l.wood
xfree86 failing? I see the same issue, and it looks like this is because I have an empty (co= mmented-out) ~/.startxwinrc Removing this file causes X to open and start an xterm, probably because it= broke several of the new rules in https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2014-= 11/msg00029.html: * User

RE: Copy images from xapplication to msword with XFree86 as XServer

2007-06-21 Thread Javvaji, Ramareddy
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Holger Krull Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:59 PM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Copy images from xapplication to msword with XFree86 as XServer Javvaji, Ramareddy schrieb: Is there any restriction or settings

Copy images from xapplication to msword with XFree86 as XServer

2007-06-20 Thread Javvaji, Ramareddy
Hi, Is there any restriction or settings that one has to explicitly do with Xwin.exe while trying to copy an image from an Xapplication to MS Word ? First, with XFree86 as Xserver, can we able to copy image from an Xapplication and paste it to MS word? I get the following errors thrown

Re: Copy images from xapplication to msword with XFree86 as XServer

2007-06-20 Thread Holger Krull
Javvaji, Ramareddy schrieb: Is there any restriction or settings that one has to explicitly do with Xwin.exe while trying to copy an image from an Xapplication to MS Word ? First, with XFree86 as Xserver, can we able to copy image from an Xapplication and paste it to MS word? As far as i

problems with xfree86 and x11 in Cygwin on notebook

2005-12-31 Thread dschulte
Dear all and René, Thank you for giving me the possibility to post the startx output. Actually I am able to start the xserver and to start applications like nedit on my own localserver (127.0.0.1). But I am not able to start the X11 forwarding and to get Terminals through ssh or telnet

problems with xfree86 and x11 in Cygwin on notebook

2005-12-31 Thread dschulte
winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack

Re: problems with xfree86 and x11 in Cygwin on notebook

2005-12-31 Thread René Berber
Daniel wrote: Thank you for giving me the possibility to post the startx output. Your log looks fine, no problems there. Actually I am able to start the xserver and to start applications like nedit on my own localserver (127.0.0.1). But I am not able to start the X11 forwarding and to get

problems with xfree86 and x11 in Cygwin on notebook

2005-12-22 Thread Daniel Schulte
Dear all, I have tried to install cygwin-x today on my notebook, but it failed unfortunately. The installation process was ok, but I am not able to set a display resp. to initialize a x-server. I think that my graphic ship SIS 650 is the problem. But I don't know how to configure the X11

Re: problems with xfree86 and x11 in Cygwin on notebook

2005-12-22 Thread René Berber
Daniel Schulte wrote: I have tried to install cygwin-x today on my notebook, but it failed unfortunately. The installation process was ok, but I am not able to set a display resp. to initialize a x-server. I think that my graphic ship SIS 650 is the problem. But I don't know how to configure

Re: Spam: XFree86 maintainer

2005-08-23 Thread Alan Hourihane
On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 13:33 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Aug 22 12:09, ?yvind Harboe wrote: I miss Alexander :-) Any word on a new cygwin-xfree maintainer? Unfortunately not. Is anybody willing to step up, perhaps somebody who already looked into the xfree sources more than once?

Re: Spam: XFree86 maintainer

2005-08-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 23 09:19, Alan Hourihane wrote: On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 13:33 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Aug 22 12:09, ?yvind Harboe wrote: I miss Alexander :-) Any word on a new cygwin-xfree maintainer? Unfortunately not. Is anybody willing to step up, perhaps somebody who

Re: Spam: XFree86 maintainer

2005-08-23 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Aug 23 09:19, Alan Hourihane wrote: On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 13:33 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Aug 22 12:09, Øyvind Harboe wrote: I miss Alexander :-) Any word on a new cygwin-xfree maintainer? Unfortunately not. Is

Spam: XFree86 maintainer

2005-08-22 Thread Øyvind Harboe
I miss Alexander :-) Any word on a new cygwin-xfree maintainer? There is a crash in Xming/cygwin-xfree86 that I'd love to have sorted... http://sourceware.org/ml/win32-x11/2005-q3/msg00015.html -- Øyvind Harboe http://www.zylin.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml

Re: Spam: XFree86 maintainer

2005-08-22 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 22 12:09, ?yvind Harboe wrote: I miss Alexander :-) Any word on a new cygwin-xfree maintainer? Unfortunately not. Is anybody willing to step up, perhaps somebody who already looked into the xfree sources more than once? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send

XFree86 command line installation

2005-07-27 Thread Rajagopalan, Karthik
Hi, This is a question about Cygwin-XFree86 installation. I am trying to install XFree86 from command line in silent mode without any user interface. But on using the command structure setup.exe -L -R c:\test\xfree86 -q -l c:\cygwin -n -5 I am seeing the progress bar dialog. Is it not possible

Re: XFree86 command line installation

2005-07-27 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Karthik, Reposting the same question every 24 hours will not get you closer to the answer. On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Rajagopalan, Karthik wrote: Hi, This is a question about Cygwin-XFree86 installation. To dispell a myth, there is no such thing as a separate XFree86 installation

XFree86 command line installation

2005-07-26 Thread Rajagopalan, Karthik
Hi, This is a question about Cygwin-XFree86 installation. I am trying to install XFree86 from command line in silent mode without any user interface. But on using the command structure setup.exe -L -R c:\test\xfree86 -q -l c:\cygwin -n -5 I am seeing the progress bar dialog. Is it not possible

Re: using xfree86 4.4.0 from remote host

2005-05-19 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Thu, 19 May 2005, nirus wrote: I am currently trying to use XFree86/cygwin 4.4.0. Maybe I would have been more successful with cygwin stuff? Huh? What XFree86 4.4.0 version? Cygwin/X has switched to X.org a long time ago. The problem is that I can't use the X server from the remote

Re: using xfree86 4.4.0 from remote host

2005-05-18 Thread nirus
I am currently trying to use XFree86/cygwin 4.4.0. Maybe I would have been more successful with cygwin stuff? The problem is that I can't use the X server from the remote host. I have tried xhost +remoteIP and xhost + on the windows machine running xfree86. Both succeeded, but the remote

Xfree86 Removed Packages

2004-12-05 Thread Aicha Said(ACES)
Dear all, I have installed cygwin but I realised that all Xfree86 package has been removed, I didn't pay to much attention to that considering that X11 was there. But when I type the startx command I only have a black X window coming up, which doesn't seem right, as I had installed it before

Re: Xfree86 Removed Packages

2004-12-05 Thread Alexander Gottwald
Aicha Said(ACES) wrote: Dear all, I have installed cygwin but I realised that all Xfree86 package has been removed, I didn't pay to much attention to that considering that X11 was there. But when I type the startx command I only have a black X window coming up, which doesn't seem right

Testing CygWin XFree86 with multiple monitors

2004-11-06 Thread Øyvind Harboe
(This is a repost, but with link to source + binary this time). I'm using CygWin XFree86 with a dual monitor setup and a single monitor setup. In my experience there are, not surprisingly, more problems with the dual monitor setup. This made me think a bit about how multi-monitor CygWin XFree86

Re: Testing CygWin XFree86 with multiple monitors

2004-08-24 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Øyvind Harboe wrote: I'm using CygWin XFree86 with a dual monitor setup and a single monitor setup. In my experience there are, not surprisingly, more problems with the dual monitor setup. This made me think a bit about how multi-monitor CygWin XFree86 could get more

Testing CygWin XFree86 with multiple monitors

2004-08-16 Thread Øyvind Harboe
I'm using CygWin XFree86 with a dual monitor setup and a single monitor setup. In my experience there are, not surprisingly, more problems with the dual monitor setup. This made me think a bit about how multi-monitor CygWin XFree86 could get more testing. Is there any interest amongst CygWin

using xfree86 4.4.0 from remote host

2004-05-09 Thread Oleg Leschov
What is the difference between XFree86 4.4.0 binaries for cygwin and the cygwin X packages? Is there any info on why XFree86 is removed from cygwin? Do the cygwin packages support font server usage? I want to use font packages and font server running on the linux box which lacks the video card

Do I need XFree86 now that XOrg-x11 is the default X-windowing system?

2004-04-08 Thread Anybody
Do I need XFree86 now that XOrg-x11 is the default X-windowing system? When I do a fresh install, I see that a couple of packages in the removed packages section are still selected. These are XFree86-base and XFree86-bin. Are these really necessary is I install xorg-x11-base and xorg-xll-bin?

Re: Do I need XFree86 now that XOrg-x11 is the default X-windowing system?

2004-04-08 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Anybody wrote: Do I need XFree86 now that XOrg-x11 is the default X-windowing system? When I do a fresh install, I see that a couple of packages in the removed packages section are still selected. These are XFree86-base and XFree86-bin. Are these really necessary is I install xorg-x11-base

Re: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-66

2004-04-01 Thread Lev Bishop
1) winclipboardxevents.c/winClipboardFlushXEvents/SelectionRequest - Change the 'format' value for the first call to XChangeProperty from 8 to 32 since we are passing a data array of Atoms, which are 32 bits long. (Lev Bishop) TARGETS still doesn't work right. Now, a request for TARGETS puts

Re: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-66

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
: == $ cd /usr/src $ cp xc/CYGWIN-PATCHES/XFree86-4.3.0.sh . $ ./XFree86-4.3.0.sh mkdirs \ ./XFree86-4.3.0.sh conf \ ./XFree86-4.3.0.sh build build.log 21 == Then you can find your own XWin.exe at: /usr/src/xc/.build/programs

Re: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-66

2004-04-01 Thread Lev Bishop
Harold:I tried the build method you described, but I get an error: I get: ... making all in programs/Xserver/xkb... make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xc/.build/programs/Xserver/xkb' make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/xkmread.c', needed by `xkmread.c'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory

Re: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-66

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Lev, Lev Bishop wrote: Harold:I tried the build method you described, but I get an error: I get: ... making all in programs/Xserver/xkb... make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xc/.build/programs/Xserver/xkb' make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/xkmread.c', needed by `xkmread.c'. Stop.

RE: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-65

2004-03-29 Thread Orrigo, Giampaolo .
Subject: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-65 The following package has been updated in the Cygwin distribution: *** XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-65 Changes === 1) _usr_X11R6_lib_X11_system.XWinrc, win.h, windialogs.c, winprefs.h, winprefslex.l, winprefsyacc.y - Introduce SilentExit feature

XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-63: xterm problem

2004-03-27 Thread tulitanssi
Hi, I noticed that the handling of xterms is not working correctly with WindowMaker. When I iconize the first xterm window, I cannot easily get it back anymore (I have to switch between workspaces, and sometines even that doesn't work). This problem arrived with 4.3.0-63, it didn't exist in

Problem with Gnuplot under Cygwin/XFree86

2004-03-24 Thread ncokwqc02
I described a problem with Gnuplot under Cygwin/XFree86 here: http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=hl=enlr=ie=UTF-8threadm=c3mrn7%24oko%241%40nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DEprev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Dcomp.graphics.apps.gnuplot In the opinion of one of the Gnuplot gurus

Re: Problem with Gnuplot under Cygwin/XFree86

2004-03-24 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Cygwin/XFree86 here: http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=hl=enlr=ie=UTF-8threadm=c3mrn7%24oko%241%40nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DEprev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Dcomp.graphics.apps.gnuplot In the opinion of one of the Gnuplot gurus (Hans BB), it's a Cygwin/XFree86 problem

Re: Problem with Gnuplot under Cygwin/XFree86

2004-03-24 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
Harold == Harold L Hunt writes: Harold Have you tried the Cygwin/X gnuplot package instead of the one that Harold you compiled? It is possible that Volker has already fixed this Harold problem in his Cygwin-specific patch. If not, he reads this list and Harold maybe he will

US keyboard not working with recent XFree86-xserv

2004-03-20 Thread Troy Runkel
Greetings, I was interested in picking up the multi-window fix in XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-59 so I recently reinstalled cygwin on my Windows XP machine. However, after the reinstall I'm unable to type into an xterm. I start Xwin.exe using the startxwin.bat script. The Xwin.exe process starts

Re: US keyboard not working with recent XFree86-xserv

2004-03-20 Thread Harold L Hunt II
You need this: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree-announce/2004-03/msg00032.html Harold Troy Runkel wrote: Greetings, I was interested in picking up the multi-window fix in XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-59 so I recently reinstalled cygwin on my Windows XP machine. However, after the reinstall I'm

emacs {hang, crashes} under X on 2k, was: Emacs crashing under XFree86-4.3

2004-03-19 Thread Thomas L Roche
segfaults, dumps core, etc. Hopefully I will get a chance to build sources and debug soon. Just to amplify (though of course what I should be doing is building cygwin1, xfree86, and emacs from source and debugging--props to Moira Regelson), here's some more data. Note that I stay pretty current

Re: emacs {hang, crashes} under X on 2k, was: Emacs crashing under xfree86-4.3

2004-03-19 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 07:43:49PM -0500, Thomas L Roche wrote: The cygwinized GNU Emacs was very stable under X (with -multiwindow and -clipboard) in 1.5.5-1. Since upgrading from that, I have had * apparently-random crashes: segfaults, dumps core, etc. Rarely, but occasionally, the crashes

Installing tcltk does not force installation of XFree86-prog

2004-03-18 Thread Marc Daumas
...although X11/Xlib.h is needed. -- Marc Daumas (CNRS-LIP) - http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/marc.daumas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (suspect emails are discarded) PGP Key FP : 86C8 3DB3 7118 517A AA13 5707 D617 13D6 7510 D750 ENS de Lyon - 46, allee d'Italie - 69364 Lyon Cedex 07 - FRANCE Phone: (+33) 4

Re: Updated: XFree86-[base,xserv]

2004-03-18 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Earle, Earle F. Philhower III wrote: It's bad form to talk to yourself, but... At 06:19 PM 3/17/2004 +, Earle wrote: OK, I feel really stupid now. I did test this locally but not with xterm menus. I do most of my work in emacs, which seems OK, so didn't notice... There's a transient

Re: Installing tcltk does not force installation of XFree86-prog

2004-03-18 Thread Charles Wilson
Marc Daumas wrote: ...although X11/Xlib.h is needed. You've stuck your finger right on a sore spot. tcltk is a *native MS windowing* port of tk (tcl is GUI-agnostic; tk is the important bit wrt display technology). The X11/Xlib.h file that cygwin's tk wants is NOT the one distributed by

Re: Emacs crashing under XFree86-4.3

2004-03-17 Thread Gregory Borota
Rajesh Balakrishnan Wed, 17 Mar 2004 04:21:28 + (UTC) emacs (under X11) is working fine since Mar 06 snapshot of cygwin1.dll. http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ That has not been my experience: I have been tracking the snapshots, but my emacs still segfaults, dumps core, etc. Hopefully I will get

Re: Updated: XFree86-[base,xserv]

2004-03-17 Thread Danilo Turina
Harold L Hunt II wrote: The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution: *** XFree86-base-4.3.0-7 *** XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-57 Changes === 1) xserv - Cascade Win32 windows when -geometry is not specified, using CW_USEDEFAULT, instead of always creating at X(0,0). (Earle F

Re: Updated: XFree86-[base,xserv]

2004-03-17 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Earle, Earle F. Philhower, III wrote: Hi Danilo, Subject: Re: Updated: XFree86-[base,xserv] 1) xserv - Cascade Win32 windows when -geometry is not specified, using CW_USEDEFAULT, instead of always creating at X(0,0). (Earle F. Philhower III) Now all the secondary windows (I don't know how

Re: Updated: XFree86-[base,xserv]

2004-03-17 Thread Earle F. Philhower, III
Howdy Harold, Harold wrote ... While you are at it, would you mind looking at what happens in emacs when you have set the Always On Top flag for a window? The menus in that case briefly popup, then get stuck behind the main emacs window. If you hold the mouse button down and drags it around

Re: Updated: XFree86-[base,xserv]

2004-03-17 Thread Earle F. Philhower III
It's bad form to talk to yourself, but... At 06:19 PM 3/17/2004 +, Earle wrote: OK, I feel really stupid now. I did test this locally but not with xterm menus. I do most of my work in emacs, which seems OK, so didn't notice... There's a transient property on the window that should be

Re: Emacs crashing under XFree86-4.3

2004-03-17 Thread Ehud Karni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Zdzislaw Meglicki zdzisiekm (at) hotmail.com wrote: These are tidings of great sorrow and melancholy, for ever since I upgraded X11 on my Cygwin workstation (about a week ago) I lost my reliable faithful friend, GNU Emacs,

conflicting file xft-config in XFree86-prog-4.3.0-17 and libXft-2.1.5-1

2004-03-16 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
Harold == Harold L Hunt writes: Harold The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution: Harold *** XFree86-base-4.3.0-5 Harold *** XFree86-bin-4.3.0-16 Harold *** XFree86-etc-4.3.0-10 Harold *** XFree86-nest-4.3.0-7 Harold *** XFree86-prog-4.3.0-17

Re: Updated: XFree86-[base,bin,etc,nest,prog,vfb,xserv]

2004-03-16 Thread Alejandro López-Valencia
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:51:20 -0500, Harold L Hunt II wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution: *** XFree86-base-4.3.0-5 *** XFree86-bin-4.3.0-16 *** XFree86-etc-4.3.0-10 *** XFree86-nest-4.3.0-7 *** XFree86-prog-4.3.0-17 *** XFree86-vfb

Re: Updated: XFree86-[base,bin,etc,nest,prog,vfb,xserv]

2004-03-16 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Alejandro López-Valencia wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:51:20 -0500, Harold L Hunt II wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution: *** XFree86-base-4.3.0-5 *** XFree86-bin-4.3.0-16 *** XFree86-etc-4.3.0-10 *** XFree86-nest-4.3.0-7 *** XFree86

Re: conflicting file xft-config in XFree86-prog-4.3.0-17 and libXft-2.1.5-1

2004-03-16 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Dr. Volker Zell wrote: Harold == Harold L Hunt writes: Harold The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution: Harold *** XFree86-base-4.3.0-5 Harold *** XFree86-bin-4.3.0-16 Harold *** XFree86-etc-4.3.0-10 Harold *** XFree86-nest-4.3.0-7 Harold

Re: Emacs crashing under XFree86-4.3

2004-03-16 Thread Rajesh Balakrishnan
Zdzislaw Meglicki zdzisiekm at hotmail.com writes: These are tidings of great sorrow and melancholy, for ever since I upgraded X11 on my Cygwin workstation (about a week ago) I lost my reliable faithful friend, GNU Emacs, whose X11 version crashes often and unpredictably with segmentation

Emacs crashing under XFree86-4.3

2004-03-15 Thread Zdzislaw Meglicki
1 cygwin 1.5.7-1 XFree86-base4.3.0-4 XFree86-xserv 4.3.0-55 XFree86-lib 4.3.0-2 XFree86-bin 4.3.0-15 XFree86-etc 4.3.0-9 XFree86-prog4.3.0-16 emacs 21.2-12 emacs-el21.2-12 emacs

XFree86-base-4.3.0-3

2004-03-14 Thread Frédéric L. W. Meunier
setup.hint: requires: cygwin cygipc expat termcap libncurses6 terminfo zlib gettext libintl libintl1 ash pcre XFree86-bin XFree86-etc XFree86-lib XFree86-fenc XFree86-fnts XFree86-startup-scripts XFree86-xserv Shouldn't libncurses6 be replaced by libncurses7, libintl and libintl1 removed

Re: XFree86-base-4.3.0-3

2004-03-14 Thread Frédéric L. W. Meunier
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote: setup.hint: requires: cygwin cygipc expat termcap libncurses6 terminfo zlib gettext libintl libintl1 ash pcre XFree86-bin XFree86-etc XFree86-lib XFree86-fenc XFree86-fnts XFree86-startup-scripts XFree86-xserv Shouldn't libncurses6

Re: XFree86-base-4.3.0-3

2004-03-14 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote: On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote: setup.hint: requires: cygwin cygipc expat termcap libncurses6 terminfo zlib gettext libintl libintl1 ash pcre XFree86-bin XFree86-etc XFree86-lib XFree86-fenc XFree86-fnts XFree86-startup-scripts XFree86-xserv

Re: XFree86-base-4.3.0-3

2004-03-14 Thread Frédéric L. W. Meunier
are: textutils grep findutils. Guess what ? They're all from 2002. And the only packages with a requirement for gettext are mod_php4 and XFree86-base. -- http://www.pervalidus.net/contact.html

Re: Keyboard problems with XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50

2004-03-09 Thread Harald Joerg
Alexander Gottwald [EMAIL PROTECTED] didn't fail noticing: On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Harald Joerg wrote: Everything is back to normal now with XWin -rootless -clipboard -xkbmodel pc105 -xkblayout de BTW: (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: 00090407 (00090407) indicates an unusual layout.

XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-51 Performance Improvement

2004-03-09 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Takuma Murakami made an improvement to the multi-window code in the 4.3.0-51 release that restricts redraws to only the changed portions of windows. My earlier review of the original code made me believe that the code was redrawing the entire contents of each window, regardless of whether

Re: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-51 Performance Improvement

2004-03-09 Thread Takuma Murakami
That is just a starting point of my optimization. 4.3.0-52 release should be more impressive :) Takuma Murakami Takuma Murakami made an improvement to the multi-window code in the 4.3.0-51 release that restricts redraws to only the changed portions of windows. My earlier review of the

Re: Emacs crashing with XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50

2004-03-08 Thread tulitanssi
Hi, the tip helped. I just added line ForwardX11Trusted yes to the ssh_config file. This fixed also the other problem of Alt Gr not working. However, the FAQ 5.1 seems to be slightly out of sync with the setup.exe, since file ssh_config resides in /etc after setup, not in /etc/ssh as in FAQ.

Keyboard problems with XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50

2004-03-08 Thread Harald Joerg
After upgrading to XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50, I've noticed two annoying changes for which I don't have any explanation: - the '' key does not work - I've got to run `setxkbmap de` manually. I've just re-installed 4.3.0-47, and everything is fine again (except from the occasional emacs crashes

Re: Keyboard problems with XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50

2004-03-08 Thread Harald Joerg
Harald Joerg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After upgrading to XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50, I've noticed two annoying changes for which I don't have any explanation: - the '' key does not work - I've got to run `setxkbmap de` manually. I should have looked closer to the diff of the XWin.log files

Re: Keyboard problems with XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50

2004-03-08 Thread Takuma Murakami
Harald, I should have looked closer to the diff of the XWin.log files. Both of them seem to indicate that /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 isn't evaluated with 4.3.0-50. The file contains: Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayoutde [...] The differences beteen the XWin.log files

Re: Emacs crashing with XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50

2004-03-08 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, the tip helped. I just added line ForwardX11Trusted yes to the ssh_config file. This fixed also the other problem of Alt Gr not working. However, the FAQ 5.1 seems to be slightly out of sync with the setup.exe, since file ssh_config

Re: Keyboard problems with XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50

2004-03-08 Thread Harald Joerg
Takuma Murakami [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Harald, I should have looked closer to the diff of the XWin.log files. Both of them seem to indicate that /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 isn't evaluated with 4.3.0-50. [...] Any hints? XF86Config-4 file is no longer read. See the following article.

Re: Keyboard problems with XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50

2004-03-08 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Harald Joerg wrote: Everything is back to normal now with XWin -rootless -clipboard -xkbmodel pc105 -xkblayout de BTW: (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: 00090407 (00090407) indicates an unusual layout. How is this keyboard layout called? bye ago -- [EMAIL

Re: Emacs crashing with XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50

2004-03-07 Thread tulitanssi
Hi Takuma, thanks for the tip. I'll check it as soon as possible. Tuli Takuma Murakami wrote: Let me confirm that you have checked http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-ssh-no-x11forwarding especially ForwardX11Trusted parameter. Then, could you show the error message from

Re: Convenient script for starting an XFree86 xterm

2004-03-06 Thread frederic bregier
I try a previously proposed set of scripts to launch xterm from an icon and I found some difficulties (mainly PATH set). I keep the same approach, just correct some problem I found (PATH related), in case any needs them. So here is my proposition to correct this : 1) Create a shorcut as

Emacs crashing with XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50

2004-03-05 Thread tulitanssi
Hi, as Harold adviced, I'll make a new problem thread: Emacs and xemacs (as started on Solaris or Linux) experience crashing problems with the new XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50. With XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-44 this problem did not exist. The crashing can easily be reproduced just by clicking on the emacs

Re: Emacs crashing with XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50

2004-03-05 Thread Harold L Hunt II
a valid problem in the multi-window code. Harold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, as Harold adviced, I'll make a new problem thread: Emacs and xemacs (as started on Solaris or Linux) experience crashing problems with the new XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-50. With XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-44 this problem did

RE: Convenient script for starting an XFree86 xterm

2004-03-02 Thread Thomas Chadwick
for starting an XFree86 xterm Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 22:37:52 -0800 I've seen some other postings on this subject recently, so I'm submitting this contribution as a potential starting point for others. I have convenient Windows desktop shortcuts to start up a Cygwin/Bash shell window and an RXVT/Bash shell

RE: Convenient script for starting an XFree86 xterm

2004-03-02 Thread ncokwqc02
Thomas, Thanks for the tip. I hadn't known about '/usr/X11R6/bin/run.exe'. Now that I am aware of it, I'm not finding much documentation about it. However, it does improve upon my offering by simplifying it. As you suggested, I can eliminate the VBScript and replace the target in my shortcut by

Re: [Fwd: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-48]

2004-02-29 Thread Colin Harrison
Hi, Test 48 looks good to me. Ran all my usual junk on it..no problems. (WinXP + UK keyboard with mutltiwindow remote to linux or XDMCP) Thanks Colin

Re: [Fwd: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-48]

2004-02-29 Thread Alexander Gottwald
Harold L Hunt II wrote: I forgot to mention that XF86Config support is disabled in this release. It may be possible to get XF86Config support building again, but Alexander recently added some command-line options that should be a useable replacement for most users. In addition, the

Re: [Fwd: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-48]

2004-02-29 Thread Alexander Gottwald
Harold L Hunt II wrote: I forgot to mention that XF86Config support is disabled in this release. It may be possible to get XF86Config support building again, but Alexander recently added some command-line options that should be a useable replacement for most users. In addition, the

Re: [Fwd: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-48]

2004-02-29 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Might be a good idea to stick those parameters in the User's Guide section on command line parameters, even if they are covered by the generic documentation. Harold Alexander Gottwald wrote: Harold L Hunt II wrote: I forgot to mention that XF86Config support is disabled in this release. It

[Fwd: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-48]

2004-02-28 Thread Harold L Hunt II
I forgot to mention that XF86Config support is disabled in this release. It may be possible to get XF86Config support building again, but Alexander recently added some command-line options that should be a useable replacement for most users. In addition, the keyboard autoconfiguration seems

Re: [Fwd: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-48]

2004-02-28 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Oh, I also forgot to mention that this is a test release, so I need people to report on how well it works before I can mark it a the current version. Harold

Re: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-47 copy/paste trouble and BadAtom.

2004-02-27 Thread Keith Thompson
there; cut-and-paste worked correctly. Now I've re-upgraded all the XFree86 packages and downgraded OpenSSH to OpenSSH_3.7.1p2, and cut-and-paste still works correctly. It looks like there's a problem with X forwarding in the new OpenSSH package. From the new OpenSSH-3.8p1-1

Re: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-47 copy/paste trouble and BadAtom.

2004-02-27 Thread Virgilio, Vincent
Keith and Igor, thanks for this thread http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-02/msg00288.html. The reasoning is still beyond my ken, mostly because I haven't yet digested the right set of man pages. Nonetheless, it solved my problem, as described in

RE: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-47 copy/paste trouble and BadAtom.

2004-02-27 Thread Andrew Braverman
That solved my problem as well. Thanks. -Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Keith Thompson Subject: Re: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-47 copy/paste trouble

Re: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-47 copy/paste trouble and BadAtom.

2004-02-27 Thread Alexander Gottwald
Virgilio, Vincent wrote: when using ssh and X-forwarding (now with ForwardX11Trusted = yes)? It looks like I have cookies in the right place. xauth report the same ones on both the local and remote machine. Though, I have gnawing concerns about the host part of the display name in those

Re: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-47 copy/paste trouble and BadAtom.

2004-02-27 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Alexander, Alexander Gottwald wrote: Virgilio, Vincent wrote: when using ssh and X-forwarding (now with ForwardX11Trusted = yes)? It looks like I have cookies in the right place. xauth report the same ones on both the local and remote machine. Though, I have gnawing concerns about the host

Re: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-47 copy/paste trouble and BadAtom.

2004-02-27 Thread Alexander Gottwald
Harold L Hunt II wrote: I was wondering if this change in behavior meant that our multi-window window manager would be unable to connect to the server when an ssh session had been opened on the local machine already. I did some testing but was not able to cause this to happen. In any case,

Re: cygwin/xfree86/emacs problems after upgrading

2004-02-26 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Takuma Murakami wrote: Igor, Yes, it's a neat trick *if* the only thing people changed was the install drive. If they change the path, all bets are off. I'm surprised you don't actually customize startxwin.bat (and similar files, like startxdmcp.bat) in a

Re: cygwin/xfree86/emacs problems after upgrading

2004-02-26 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Takuma Murakami wrote: Igor, Yes, it's a neat trick *if* the only thing people changed was the install drive. If they change the path, all bets are off. I'm surprised you don't actually customize startxwin.bat

Re: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-47 copy/paste trouble and BadAtom.

2004-02-26 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
the XFree86 packages and downgraded OpenSSH to OpenSSH_3.7.1p2, and cut-and-paste still works correctly. It looks like there's a problem with X forwarding in the new OpenSSH package. From the new OpenSSH-3.8p1-1 announcement: * ssh(1) now uses untrusted cookies for X11-Forwarding. Some X11

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