Re: Unable to load any usable iso8859 font
Christopher Faylor-8 wrote: On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 05:04:08AM -0800, amorphia wrote: Can I plead for developers, please please don't make setup.exe broken? I am sure there are many many users like me who don't expect to have to be monitoring some random mailing lists in order to work out what else you need to do when running setup.exe with default options. Fine, if you make a mistake with dependencies. But I think there must be a lot of other people out there like me who are tech savvy enough to need cygwin but not tech savvy enough for it to be a walk in the park when this happens, so surely it's not OK to deliberately alter cygwin so that setup.exe no longer installs everything you need for the most basic purpose, i.e. opening an xterm window? Huh? This should be a typical scenario wherein you report a *problem* and hope that someone will be available to help you fix it. Once it is fixed, then theoretically it will no longer be a problem. Characterising this as somehow intentional or as the result of inattention is insulting and counterproductive. Apologies for causing offence. I have the utmost respect and gratitude for developers of free software, and I've never come across another scientific researcher who includes such acknowledgements in articles for publication, as I do. As I wrote: if this was a mistake, then fair enough. I reckoned it probably wasn't a mistake, because in the release notes for the package: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree-announce/2008-11/msg0.html it clearly states that the package doesn't provide everything it needs to work. I assumed that whoever incorporated the package into setup.exe would have carefully read those notes. I might be wrong, or I might have misunderstood something else, if so I apologise. But if I'm not wrong, then this was rather careless. Please note when judging me that the main point of my post was to provide an (albeit inelegant) solution to a problem. The plea was made in passing. Cheers, Ben -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Unable-to-load-any-usable-iso8859-font-tp21793574p21826787.html Sent from the cygwin-xfree mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Unable to load any usable iso8859 font
Dan Moulding wrote: I typically update my Cygwin installations about once a month, and rarely run into any difficulties. However, this morning after updating I could no longer start any X applications due to some apparent font problems. Please note that I successfully installed the *new* Cygwin/X a couple of months ago, and previously resolved some of the seemingly more common font problems (like boxes showing up in emacs). This time, I was getting Unable to load any usable iso8859 font errors anytime I'd try to start xterm. I had the exact same problem, and a couple of others including missing adobe fonts. Here are the packages I installed, to get over font related issues. I may have installed a few extra ones. font-adobe-dpi100 - To fix the adobe font issues font-adobe-dpi75 - To fix the adobe font issues font-bitstream-dpi100 - Just in case font-bitstream-dpi75 - Just in case font-bitstream-type1 - Just in case font-bitstream-vera-ttf - Just in case font-misc-misc - I think I read something somewhere on the internet which led me to install this. Don't remember. xorg-scripts - I had trouble with xinit - (specifically the X Win Server shortcut not working from D drive which I've mentioned in another post) I don't think I installed anything else other than the default upgrade options. If someone can tell me how to retrieve a list of all installed packages on my system, I can send that over too. Rajesh -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: rgb.txt not honored in X7?
Mike Ayers wrote: Which is the new location? I've been looking in the manual and FAQ, but seem to have acquired an embarassing blind spot that prevents me from knowing where to put startup files. Also, is .Xresources now .Xdefaults? /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt I never used .Xresources, so I am not sure. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: rgb.txt not honored in X7?
If you are *really* using X7, then your problem is probably that colour wasn't supported until X9, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System#Release_history However, I suspect you mean X version 11 release 7 :-) Jared Silva wrote: In Cygwin X11R6 and Exceed 10, the additional colors in my rgb.txt file are used. However, in Cygwin X11R7, even though the rgb.txt file is the same, but in the new location, the additional colors do not seem to be used. In Cygwin X11R6 and Exceed 10, I see the many different colors, but in Cygwin X11R7, all I see are different shades of gray. Any help is greatly appreciated. How about a testcase? $ xlogo -fg palevioletred -bg goldenrod for e.g. works as expected for me -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: rgb.txt not honored in X7?
Mike Ayers wrote: However, in Cygwin X11R7, even though the rgb.txt file is the same, but in the new location, Which is the new location? I've been looking in the manual and FAQ, but seem to have acquired an embarassing blind spot that prevents me from knowing where to put startup files. /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt This is mentioned in the FILES section of 'man Xserver', The '.txt' seems to be missing for some reason from the description of the '-co' option. Also, is .Xresources now .Xdefaults? .Xdefaults is read by X libraries by default .Xresources is xrdb -merge'd by /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc (i.e. if you use startx) I don't think anything has changed. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems
May I say in its defence (after a bit more experimenting) that when comparing Cygwin-X/gtk-x11 against gtk-win32, X's text handling is noticeably superior at high resolutions (at least, on my system). With my monitor set to 1600x1200, Cygwin-X's text is still crisp and clear - whereas gtk-win32's looks decidedly fuzzy. Anyway, I wanted to try working in 'rooted' mode to see if this would improve the flickering that I reported yesterday. Normally I start X just by running the batch file startxwin.bat. Looking in that file I can see that the command to start X is:- %RUN% XWin -multiwindow -multiplemonitors -clipboard -silent-dup-error Perhaps naively I figure that if I changed it to this:- %RUN% XWin -clipboard -silent-dup-error I'd get a single monitor in the 'rooted' mode that John referred to yesterday (i.e. able to use DirectDraw). However, there seems to be more to it than that. The above line causes xserver to run in a very flickery window, as if something isn't set up properly. What do I need to do to see the DirectDraw feature in action? John -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Semaphore handle leaks in WindowMaker with latest Xorg distribution
Yaakov writes: Dr. Volker Zell wrote: After switching to the latest Xorg packages (still under cygwin-1.5), WindowMaker-0.90.0-2 stops working after more or less 36 hours continues uptime of my laptop. When this happens I see the following in a bash window from where I started my X environment via startx: Can you confirm that libX11_6-1.1.5-2 fixes this? Yes it's fixed. By the way could you promote your latest ports WindowMaker to the distro ? Yaakov Cygwin/X Ciao Volker -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Semaphore handle leaks in WindowMaker with latest Xorg distribution
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Dr. Volker Zell wrote: Yes it's fixed. Great; thanks for the detailed bug report. By the way could you promote your latest ports WindowMaker to the distro ? I'll add it to the queue. :-) Yaakov Cygwin/X -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkmJxxwACgkQpiWmPGlmQSNxtwCeKFAWaMUApgIizyjqqPMRGcwL mSQAnAzh/TQV2+kbUjV0RScXT5sneIXO =Siap -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Unable to load any usable iso8859 font
Rajesh Advani wrote: If someone can tell me how to retrieve a list of all installed packages on my system,... This link is a hint: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html But if you just want a list (with versions), cygcheck -cd is what you're looking for. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 429-6305 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: rgb.txt not honored in X7?
Colin Harrison wrote: Isn't -co and rgb.txt dead now in X.Org? i.e. no external rgb database anymore Then how do you add colors? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: rgb.txt not honored in X7?
Jon TURNEY wrote: However, I suspect you mean X version 11 release 7 :-) Yes, X11R7 :) How about a testcase? $ xlogo -fg palevioletred -bg goldenrod for e.g. works as expected for me $ xlogo -bg S_AckMed Warning: Color name S_AckMed is not defined Warning: Cannot convert string xlogo32 to type Pixmap $ showrgb | grep S_AckMed 255 230 31 S_AckMed What next? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Unable to load any usable iso8859 font
I hope this isn't a double post, my 1st msg was bounced for having some sort in inline html. Anyway, I'm having the same issue. I upgraded and now X doesn't start, and has the same error. I tried reinstalling fonts, adding additional fonts, etc. Even renaming my cygwin and download dirs and creating a fresh (unless there were registry hooks from beyond the grave) install, same issue.I read the upgrade info, but to my limited understanding the known issue were around custom startup scripts, while I just use the vanilla stuff that's provied. If I start the server from the start menu icon, the server loads, but no x apps load. If, for example, from bash I try and start xterm, I get a msg about display not set, which I fix, and then: $ xterm Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Error: Aborting: no font found - Here's the error when I use startx instead: (and log file at the bottom). $ startx xauth: creating new authority file /home/mstave/.serverauth.9888 /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 47: twm: command not found /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 48: xclock: command not found Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 fontWarning: Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Error: Aborting: no font foundError: Aborting: no font found Aborting: no font found waiting for X server to shut down . - Here's what I have installed - my apologies if there's more here than's needed. Cygwin Package Information Package Version _update-info-dir 00796-1 alternatives 1.3.30c-2 ash 20040127-4 autossh 1.4b-1 base-files 3.7-1 base-passwd 2.2-1 bash 3.2.48-21 bash-completion 20060301-2 bzip21.0.5-2 coreutils6.10-2 crypt1.1-1 csih 0.1.8-1 cygrunsrv1.34-1 cygutils 1.3.2-1 cygwin 1.5.25-15 cygwin-doc 1.4-4 diffutils2.8.7-1 e2fsprogs1.35-3 editrights 1.01-2 expat2.0.1-1 findutils4.4.0-3 font-adobe-dpi1001.0.0-1 font-alias 1.0.1-1 font-bh-dpi100 1.0.0-1 font-encodings 1.0.2-1 fontconfig 2.6.0-1 gawk 3.1.6-1 grep 2.5.3-1 groff1.19.2-2 gzip 1.3.12-2 inetutils1.5-4 less 382-1 libbz2_1 1.0.5-2 libdb4.5 4.5.20.2-2 libexpat12.0.1-1 libexpat1-devel 2.0.1-1 libfontconfig1 2.6.0-1 libfontenc1 1.0.4-2 libfreetype262.3.8-1 libfreetype6 2.3.8-1 libgdbm4 1.8.3-8 libGL1 7.2-2 libICE6 1.0.4-2 libiconv21.12-1 libintl2 0.12.1-3 libintl3 0.14.5-1 libintl8 0.17-3 libncurses8 5.5-3 libpcre0 7.8-1 libpixman1_0 0.12.0-1 libpopt0 1.6.4-4 libreadline6 5.2.13-11 libSM6 1.1.0-1 libwrap0 7.6-4 libX11_6 1.1.5-2 libXau6 1.0.4-1 libXaw7 1.0.5-1 libxcb-xlib0 1.1-2 libxcb1 1.1-2 libXdmcp61.0.2-3 libXext6 1.0.4-1 libXft2 2.1.13-1 libxkbfile1 1.0.5-2 libXmu6 1.0.4-1 libXmuu1 1.0.4-1 libXpm4 3.5.7-2 libXrender1 0.9.4-2 libXt6 1.0.5-2 login1.9-8 luit 1.0.3-1 man 1.6e-1 minires 1.02-1 mkfontdir1.0.4-1 mkfontscale 1.0.5-1 ncftp3.2.1-1 openssh 5.1p1-10 openssl 0.9.8j-1 perl 5.10.0-5 ping 1.0-1 rebase 2.4.4-1 rgb 1.0.3-1 rsync3.0.4-1 run 1.1.10-1 sed 4.1.5-2 tar 1.21-1 termcap 20050421-1 terminfo 5.5_20061104-1 texinfo 4.8a-1 tzcode 2008h-1 util-linux 2.14.1-1 which2.20-1 X-start-menu-icons 1.0.4-1 xauth1.0.3-1 xcursor-themes 1.0.1-1 xinit1.1.1-1 xkbcomp 1.0.5-1 xkeyboard-config 1.4-1 xman 1.0.3-3 xmodmap 1.0.3-1 xorg-server 1.5.3-5 xrdb 1.0.5-1 xterm238-1 zlib 1.2.3-2 zsync0.5-1 - XWin.0.log: Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 1.5.3.0 (20090121) Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /home/mstave/.serverauth.9888 ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1400 h 1050
Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems
John Emmas john...@tiscali.co.uk writes: monitor set to 1600x1200, Cygwin-X's text is still crisp and clear - whereas gtk-win32's looks decidedly fuzzy. Cygwin-X uses bit-mapped fonts, with only black and white pixels, perhaps gtk-win32 uses some form of antialiasing? -- Fredrik Stax\ang | rot13: s...@hcqngr.hh.fr This is all you need to know about vi: ESC : q ! RET -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xinit requires util-linux which requires perl
Mark Geisert m...@maxrnd.com writes: In the interests of PTC I could try to figure out a better package to contain chkdupexe, or mcookie for that matter. Or recode chkdupexe as a shell script. Is anything else but startx using mcookie? If not, why not move it there. -- Fredrik Stax\ang | rot13: s...@hcqngr.hh.fr This is all you need to know about vi: ESC : q ! RET -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Cygwin-X on Windows 7 Beta Success!
I have been running Cygwin with X on Windows 7 Beta for a few weeks. It works. I think it works rather well considering what it does. I had to do the rebase/reinstall libncurses thing, but then most things work with only a few problems. First, the startxwin icon succeeds in bringing up the the X server, but not the xterm. But when I run my start script from a Cygwin command prompt it works. Then, the first xterm appears instantly, but the second one takes a while (half a minute?). This seems very strange to me, so perhaps I am imagining things. Also, sometimes, e.g when running M-x grep in emacs, what look like command prompt windows flashes by quickly. They appear and then disappear. This does not really bother me much, but it kills the show-off potential. The audience would womder about those flashing windows and stop paying attention to the good things. Is there any way I could help with fixing these problems? -- Fredrik Stax\ang | rot13: s...@hcqngr.hh.fr This is all you need to know about vi: ESC : q ! RET -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xinit requires util-linux which requires perl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Fredrik Staxeng wrote: Is anything else but startx using mcookie? If not, why not move it there. Because mcookie comes from util-linux, not xinit, and that's where it's going to stay. Yaakov Cygwin/X -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkmKhmEACgkQpiWmPGlmQSPmjACfS3jxoJvZO2SzKUWiKIUj9yz7 RzsAn1lHDycF+IQuhQhRuniDV4qhkhK9 =1qfm -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
