Computer upgrade complete and a nice biography treat

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
I've been meaning to inform the list that I was able to purchase an Athlon XP 2100+ for my system and it works great. Unfortunately, the low price of $50 that I was seeing was for a Thoroughbred chip while I needed a Palomino which ended up costing my $90. Thankfully the chip worked and my bu

Re: Various starting X problems

2004-04-01 Thread luke . kendall
On 1 Apr, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > How about the "macro replace in a postinstall script" approach I suggested > earlier? Also, postinstall scripts already run *in* Cygwin, so there > should be no reason to detect it, right? Just use "cygpath"... > > > > If you'd be interested in a un

Re: Fwd: Re: Various starting X problems

2004-04-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 09:10:18AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I'm re-sending this since the mail server rejected the .zip attachment, >it seems: > > The Postfix program > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host sources.redhat.com[67.72.78.213] said: 552 we >don't accept email wit

Re: Fwd: Re: Various starting X problems

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Luke, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cat: /cygdrive/d/home/luke/.Xauthority: No such file or directory xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no program named "/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm" in PATH Something else must be wrong with your path. I don't think so. FWIW, here is my full and ugly

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. make[1]

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 `/us

Fwd: Re: Various starting X problems

2004-04-01 Thread luke . kendall
I'm re-sending this since the mail server rejected the .zip attachment, it seems: The Postfix program <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host sources.redhat.com[67.72.78.213] said: 552 we don't accept email with executable content (#5.3.4) (in reply to end of DATA command) Ins

Problem report: Netscape program launched from a client server

2004-04-01 Thread Tam T Nguyen
Hi, I launched the Netscape program from a remote Sun Solaris machine to be displayed on a Xterm window of laptop PC using X-Cygwin. The Netscape could not start and came back with an error message as the followings: Error of failed request: Badrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window Parameter)

Re: Various starting X problems

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Igor, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote (irrelevant parts snipped): Phil Betts wrote: Luke said: In my .xinitrc I *don't* have an explicit path for xterm. However, I see xterm has moved from /usr/X11R6/bin to /usr/bin! Did many other Slightly OT: I noticed

Re: numlock

2004-04-01 Thread Alexander Gottwald
Cary Jamison wrote: > I think perhaps the other part of this question is why some X11 servers on > other platforms don't treat numlock as a modifier but XFree86 does. Could > this be made configurable? It's not the server which has problems but the clients. the clients should be aware that num_l

Re: numlock

2004-04-01 Thread Cary Jamison
"Alexander Gottwald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, J S wrote: > > > Ah, not the answer I was expecting! Are you pulling my leg or was that a > > serious answer?! > > This is a serious answer. Numlock is treated as modifier key just like

Re: Various starting X problems

2004-04-01 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote (irrelevant parts snipped): > Phil Betts wrote: > > > Luke said: > > > >>>In my .xinitrc I *don't* have an explicit path for xterm. However, I > >>>see xterm has moved from /usr/X11R6/bin to /usr/bin! Did many other > > > > Slightly OT: I noticed that t

Re: Various starting X problems

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Phil, Phil Betts wrote: Hi Harold, Firstly, it's generally bad form to quote verbatim email addresses - although Luke did so in his original posting, so he can't complain if a spam harvester latches onto him ;-). You know, I know that, but as you said, if they did it to themself first then I'm

Re: Updated: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-66

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Lev, 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: Various starting X problems

2004-04-01 Thread Phil Betts
Hi Harold, Firstly, it's generally bad form to quote verbatim email addresses - although Luke did so in his original posting, so he can't complain if a spam harvester latches onto him ;-). Now... Luke said: >> In my .xinitrc I *don't* have an explicit path for xterm. However, I >> see xterm has

Re: Shouldn't we put [cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 11:53:42AM -0600, David wrote: >1) I understand what you feel. > >But, as I put, " it doesn't seem that I can sort mails to different >folders.", I tried, and I realized that I could not make it at all. > >It turned out that it's impossible to do that with this email account

RE: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques.

2004-04-01 Thread Rosenstrauch, David
> -Original Message- > From: Sylvain Petreolle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques. > > > Why would you want to run a notepad ? is your vi infected by > a new cygwin virus ? :) Notepad w

Re: Shouldn't we put [Cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Okay, I think I asked that this email help thing not be discussed here. Harold

RE: Shouldn't we put [Cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of David > Sent: 01 April 2004 18:54 > 1) I understand what you feel. No, you don't. > But, as I put, " it doesn't seem that I can sort mails to > different folders.", I tried, and I realized that I could not > make it at all. > > It

Re: Shouldn't we put [Cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread David
1) I understand what you feel. But, as I put, " it doesn't seem that I can sort mails to different folders.", I tried, and I realized that I could not make it at all. It turned out that it's impossible to do that with this email account. 2) I'm still trying to read/write Korean characters, and I

Re: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques.

2004-04-01 Thread Sylvain Petreolle
Why would you want to run a notepad ? is your vi infected by a new cygwin virus ? :) > I actually tried this as an experiment: started up Cygwin's sshd on the win > box and did an "ssh -X" into it. I was able to ssh in - and even "launch" an > app (notepad). Problem was, of course, that notepad

RE: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques.

2004-04-01 Thread Rosenstrauch, David
> -Original Message- > From: Alexander Gottwald > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:13 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques. > The limiting factor is not the destination os but the > graphics system on the > source. There is

RE: Shouldn't we put [Cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread Sylvain Petreolle
How did you know that ? :-) > yourself. I'm not your mum, and nor is anyone else on the list, so why do > you expect us to spoon-feed you? = Sylvain Petreolle (spetreolle_at_users_dot_sourceforge_dot_net) Say NO to software patents Dites NON aux brevets logiciels "You believe it's the year

RE: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques.

2004-04-01 Thread Rosenstrauch, David
> -Original Message- > From: Harold L Hunt II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques. > Didn't see it. I rarely read past the signature line now > because of the > gigantic BS quasi-legal di

RE: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques.

2004-04-01 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Rosenstrauch, David wrote: > Thanks for the response. Your answer probably still stands, but I just wanted > to point out a typo of mine, just in case it threw anyone off. That should > have read: > > "Is is possible, though, to do the opposite: i.e., use X11 forwarding to

RE: Shouldn't we put [Cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of David > Sent: 01 April 2004 17:12 > I've been using Outlook Express, and > it doesn't seem that I can sort mails to > different folders. I can? Yes. > If so, would you tell me how? You see the "Tools" item on the menu bar? You see

Re: Shouldn't we put or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread David
That's really helpful ! Thank you. David - Original Message - From: "Jack Tanner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Souldn't we put or [CygXwin] here depending on the question? > David, > > You ca

Re: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques.

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Rosenstrauch, David wrote: -Original Message- From: Harold L Hunt II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques. No, but you can use either VNC or RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to accomplish this. Th

RE: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques.

2004-04-01 Thread Rosenstrauch, David
> -Original Message- > From: Harold L Hunt II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques. > No, but you can use either VNC or RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to > accomplish this. Thanks for the r

Re: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques.

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Rosenstrauch, David wrote: -Original Message- From: Alexander Gottwald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques. On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Rosenstrauch, David wrote: Is is possible, though, to do the opposi

Re: Souldn't we put or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread Jack Tanner
David, You can always use Gmane's web or news interfaces[1] to read the Cygwin mailing lists, which doesn't require subscribing at all. To be able to post while unsubscribed, add your e-mail address to the whitelist[2]. 1. http://news.gmane.org/search.php?match=cygwin 2. http://sources.redhat.c

RE: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques.

2004-04-01 Thread Rosenstrauch, David
> -Original Message- > From: Alexander Gottwald > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques. > > > On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Rosenstrauch, David wrote: > > > Is is possible, though, to do the opposite

Re: Souldn't we put [Cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Michel Bardiaux wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: > > >>-Original Message- > >>From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of David > > > >>I got mails from both two groups:cygwin, and cygXwin. > > > > Well, that's because you're on two completely different mailing lists. > > > >>It's somet

Re: Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques.

2004-04-01 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Rosenstrauch, David wrote: > Is is possible, though, to do the opposite: i.e., use X11 forwarding to have > GUI apps from my Windows box run remotely on my Windows box? No. This is not possible with X11 Forwarding. bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.or

Cygwin/X11 forwarding ques.

2004-04-01 Thread Rosenstrauch, David
I think I know the answer to this already, but thought I'd check to make sure. (I googled first, but didn't find anything.) I know how to use X11 forwarding with Cygwin so that I can have GUI apps from my Linux box run remotely on my Windows box. Is is possible, though, to do the opposite: i.e.,

Re: Shouldn't we put [Cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
David wrote: I've been using Outlook Express, and it doesn't seem that I can sort mails to different folders. I can? If so, would you tell me how? No. This list is not for support with the various email clients that people are using. Please seek help elsewhere. Anyway, I'm on several mailing l

Re: License for X-startup-scripts package

2004-04-01 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Dick, startx and xinitrc come from the X Window System Sample Implementation tree that follows the rule of including a license at the top of each file; these two files did not have a license in that tree, so they do not have a license in this package. startxwin.bat, startxwin.sh, and startxdmc

Re: Shouldn't we put [Cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread David
I've been using Outlook Express, and it doesn't seem that I can sort mails to different folders. I can? If so, would you tell me how? I need to read/write Korean fully, so I did not try other mail clients before. I think most of the mail clients can cover foreign languages now, but at this time, it

Re: Souldn't we put [Cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread Michel Bardiaux
Dave Korn wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of David I got mails from both two groups:cygwin, and cygXwin. Well, that's because you're on two completely different mailing lists. It's sometimes confusing. You're very easily confused then. Why don't you s

License for x-startup-scripts

2004-04-01 Thread Dick Repasky
I'm looking for the statment of license for the x-startup-scripts package. The COPYING file in the binary tarball and in the source tarball is just one byte long. This is true for the version released on 25 March. Thanks, Dick - Dick Repasky Bioinformatics Support UITS Cubicle

RE: Souldn't we put [Cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of David > I got mails from both two groups:cygwin, and cygXwin. Well, that's because you're on two completely different mailing lists. > It's sometimes confusing. You're very easily confused then. Why don't you set up your mail

Souldn't we put [Cygwin] or [CygXwin] here depending on the question?

2004-04-01 Thread David
I got mails from both two groups:cygwin, and cygXwin. It's sometimes confusing. Don't we need to seperate one from the other by putting a head into Subject, for example, [cygwin] vs. [cygXwin]? Just an opinion, as a beginner ^^ David

How to set other languages in Emacs mule?

2004-04-01 Thread David
Hi, I am trying to read and type Korean chracters in emacs, and could anyone tell me how? It's for a Korean Parser, and the input sentences are, of course, Korean. I'd like to read and type Korean characters in XWin shell, and in emacs too. Please help. Thank you in advance. David

Re: numlock

2004-04-01 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Alexander Gottwald wrote: > On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, J S wrote: > > > Ah, not the answer I was expecting! Are you pulling my leg or was that a > > serious answer?! > > This is a serious answer. Numlock is treated as modifier key just like caps > lock or control. pressing a key while

Re: numlock

2004-04-01 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, J S wrote: > Ah, not the answer I was expecting! Are you pulling my leg or was that a > serious answer?! This is a serious answer. Numlock is treated as modifier key just like caps lock or control. pressing a key while numlock is on is just like pressing ctrl + key. bye

Re: numlock

2004-04-01 Thread J S
Why is it that I need to turn off the numlock key on Xfree to get the keys to work properly? Is this a feature or a bug? X11 Design feature bye ago Ah, not the answer I was expecting! Are you pulling my leg or was that a serious answer?! JS. ___

X Error of failed request BadMatch (invalid parameter

2004-04-01 Thread kamilzapart
Hi I have problem with running application on machine : Sun-Solaris with Unix using Cygwin/X on machine with Windows XP I connect with Solaris after command : xwin -querry . I add even -fp tcp/:7100 ,but it seems it isn't a problem, because I can run all other Unix programs even without that.

Re: numlock

2004-04-01 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, J S wrote: > Why is it that I need to turn off the numlock key on Xfree to get the keys > to work properly? Is this a feature or a bug? X11 Design feature bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723

numlock

2004-04-01 Thread J S
Why is it that I need to turn off the numlock key on Xfree to get the keys to work properly? Is this a feature or a bug? JS. _ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

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 p