Re: Consensus about man and doc X11 directory structure
Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: [snip] 1) How many of our BDs actually work for Red Hat anymore? 1 (one) Harold also stated: Look, it has been made quite clear to us on several occasions that Red Hat doesn't pay for anyone in their company to do development on Cygwin[...] Is this correct? Yes, Chris has made this statement in the past. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Consensus about man and doc X11 directory structure
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 03:08:50PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: [snip] 1) How many of our BDs actually work for Red Hat anymore? 1 (one) Harold also stated: Look, it has been made quite clear to us on several occasions that Red Hat doesn't pay for anyone in their company to do development on Cygwin[...] Is this correct? Yes, Chris has made this statement in the past. Actually, Corinna does get paid to work on Cygwin from time to time but it isn't a full-time arrangement, AFAIK. I believe that the vast majority of what she does is on a volunteer basis, though. The last work that I did on Cygwin for Red Hat was entirely unpaid, however. I worked through Christmas 2003 implementing some thread-related signal handling stuff for a big customer. My apologies. My memory must be going. My apologies. My memory must be going. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Auto hidden taskbar stays hidden
Thomas Gilgin wrote: Hi list, I use an auto hiding taskbar. If an application, e.g. xterm or a native windows application is maximized, the task bar does not appear if the mouse pointer is moved to the border of the desktop. If no window is maximized, it works as expected. Is this a bug or my fault? :-) Could be a bug, since it doesn't react this way on Linux with Gnome and a maximized xterm. Haven't had a chance to try it on Cygwin-X myself though... -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: CygwinX
hate me wrote: Hi there, from the last two days I have been traying to do download X-cygwin/X and I have been unsucefully. opened the X terminal and it says: A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information. Vendor: The cygwin/project Release: 6.8.2.0-4 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command-line: /cygdrive/cygwin/usr/X11R6/bin/XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-drup-error Please could you inform/help me to sort out this fatal error, please? Sure. Let's start by you helping us to help you. Please read and follow: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html And then, of course, there's the /tmp/XWin.log that you were pointed to. If looking at this doesn't help you resolve the issue, attaching it as well to any follow-up email would help as well. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: No absolute path for shell: error
On 11/30/2005, Douglas Spearot wrote: Thank you for the response Thomas. I downloaded the source from the website that you listed below. When I try to run the 'configure' file that you created to build XTERM, I get a number of error messages (all of which say the same thing): The procedure entry point getline could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll Make sure you have one and only one cygwin1.dll on your system. If you do, make sure you've rebooted after the last install you did (from setup.exe). This is a classic message that occurs when you're running apps that expect a more current cygwin1.dll than can be found/loaded into memory. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Can anyone help with this XWin.log error?
Alan Guedeney wrote: I tried to Google this with no luck! Any help appreciated ... VNC Server is running, but not in use. XWin.log == Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.2.0-4 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin -query 192.168.0.104 -nodecoration -lesspointer ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1024 h 768 winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning _XSERVTransmkdir: Cannot create /tmp/.X11-unix with root ownership winCheckDisplayNumber - Cygwin/X is already running on display 0 Fatal server error: InitOutput - Duplicate invocation on display number: 0. Exiting. Consult the FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#duplicate-invocation -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Why gnome-session is not found in a full-installation of cygwin?
Yu Lianqing wrote: Hi, folks, I successfully download and install cgywin on my windows xp profesional system. I choose to install everything (at select packages page, I choose All, Install). I prefer GNOME as the window manager but gnome-session is missing, this is weird as I've already installed everything. Hope someone help me with the issue, thanks! If you don't see it, it isn't packaged with Cygwin. http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-02/msg00262.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: CygWin fatal error...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I'm new to all this about Cygwin. I'couldn't find any page concerning this issue. It isn't even about a product of yours. It happens i been tring to use the Axiomatic Multi-platform C Compiler from AxiomSol, it uses the Cygwin basement on the Windows version. I don't know if you even heard about it, it is a C compiler wich produces Java ByteCode instead, quite a good idea. The thing is, once it is installed, if i try to start the Xwin server (following the sequence of commands on the ampcstart bat file), an error is generated indcating A fatal error has ocurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. Whenever i search for a file Xwin.log on the /tmp directory, it happens that this file not even exists!. Some of the directories mentioned on the same bat file wich are part of the Cygwin installation doesn't exist neither. I mentioned this issue to the guys of Axiomsol but they don't seem to understand it (they insist on the firewall stuff but i don't think this is the problem). So i'm writing you in the hope for some more useful tip. Thanks a lot, i'll be waiting your answer This is really off-topic since it's a problem with a 3rd party product. You do really need to get them to resolve it for you. However, if I had to guess, I'd say the problem is duplicate cygwin1.dlls and/or other Cygwin DLLs. You can test this by isolating (or completely uninstalling) the Axiomatic compiler and see if that resolves the issue. You may find that you need to reinstall Cygwin via setup.exe to get all the settings back to where they should be (Axiomatic may muck with these as part of their installation). But take it one step at a time. If you find just uninstalling the Axiomatic compiler resolves the issue, you can look at reinstalling Axiomatic and removing duplicated Cygwin DLLs from the installation (especially cygwin1.dll). Just make sure that the Cygwin bin directory is in your (Windows) path and that the DLLs you remove from Axiomatic's installation exist in your Cygwin instalation. That should allow you to use both Cygwin and Axiomatic together, assuming all the above yielded positive results. But keep in mind that this is a fragile installation on Axiomatic's part. Any update of their stuff will likely break things again. That's something you want to take up with them. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: cygXdmcp-6.dll not found when starting Xwin.exe
Srinivasan N wrote: Sorry, i am a newbie to cygwin, but i get this error when i try to start X-server on cygwin. I have installed all packages in the X11 section. Any help would be great. http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=cygXdmcp-6.dll So is the package found by the above installed? If not, install it. If so, please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines at: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Problem with running application over SSH tunnel?
Michael J. Wheeler wrote: Hello all, I'm having a bit of a strange problem, maybe somebody can help me out... I am running the latest updated cygwin on my windows XP SP2 desktop machine. I'm ssh'ing (ssh -X or ssh -Y) into our AIX 5.1 box. I'm trying to run the eclipse IDE. The application launches fine, but it does not seem to accept any input from me (mouse clicks and key presses seem to do nothing). The strange thing is that I'm able to run other applications over the tunnel just fine. I am pretty sure it's a cygwin X server problem because I had another guy in the office with a linux box do the exact same thing as me, and he is able to launch the application just fine. Any ideas? Try to ssh to Linux instead? ;-) I did this from my Cygwin (latest) to my Fedora Core 4 (pretty close to latest). It worked just fine for me. If it's a Cygwin-X problem, it's a local one. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Problem Starting X-Windows -- Problem solved?
On 03/06/2006, Bill Page wrote: I have also seen the same Cygwin/startx problem that Dean C. Tsai reported on 15 Feb 2006, and I have found the same workaround, killing the sh.exe process that's hogging the CPU. I don't know what's causing it, either. I tried the latest suggestion, renaming sh.exe before running startx, but I got an immediate error message bad interpreter: No such file or directory and the $ prompt, with no X window and no Winit or x* processes running. I, like wonder_6908, have McAfee Privacy Service running -- but when I disabled it, the problem remained. I also disabled the rest of the McAfee Security Center -- VirusScan, Personal Firewall Plus, and SpamKiller. The problem remained. Typically, when McAffee and Norton cause problems, it is not sufficient to just disable them. You have to uninstall them to make a real test. So McAfee still may be getting in your way and the root cause of this problem for you. If you have the option, you may want to consider uninstalling it it and repeating the test. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: How to run _X_ Session from RH8 via ssh -X?
Brett Serkez wrote: But now I just realized the obvious: Only X GUIS work and not windows. Is this correct? Yes! I assume I can tunnel rdesktop the same way I tunnel vnc? I guess I'll try tunneling both vnc and rdesktop next. I've heard this works, but have not tried personally. If you get this working, can you post your ssh command with the port(s) you needed to forward? I used to use the following all the time to access my Windows machine remotely: ssh -f -L 5901:localhost:5900 -N -C -o Compression=yes -o CompressionLevel=9 machine name or ip vncviewer YMMV. Obviously, you need to make sure that the port ssh is using is open through any firewall. None of this is really Cygwin-specific so further discussion on this l list along this line is really off-topic though. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: How to run VNC thru ssh (openssh question)
Siegfried Heintze wrote: I used to use the following all the time to access my Windows machine remotely: ssh -f -L 5901:localhost:5900 -N -C -o Compression=yes -o CompressionLevel=9 machine name or ip vncviewer YMMV. Obviously, you need to make sure that the port ssh is using is open through any firewall. None of this is really Cygwin-specific so further discussion on this l list along this line is really off-topic though. H... I hope that is not true. I hope this is on topic because I think it is an issue with installing ssh. I get the following error when I try the command above: No matching comp found: client zlib server none,[EMAIL PROTECTED] I tried leaving off the -o and compression flags, but this did not help. I got the same error until I removed the -C and then it did not even give me an error message (and still did not work). It is off-topic because there is nothing Cygwin-specific about the process to getting this working. So unless you can point to how this works on some other platform and not on Cygwin, you need to find a good book, site, or forum for ssh tunneling information. Consulting the man page is a good start if you haven't already. I don't know what lines you typed to get the above error but I'm guessing from the error you typed: ssh -f -L 5901:localhost:5900 -N -C -o Compression=yes -o CompressionLevel=9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can't reproduce your issue. When I try it, it tells me: ssh: connect to host openssh.com port 22: Connection timed out -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Newbie help
John Rehill wrote: John Rehill wrote: Total newbie here in relation to not only cygwin cygwin/X but also to UNIX... I'm a total windows slave. Anyway I've been given the delightful task of trying to configure cygwin and cygwin/X server for use on our systems. But I've run into a wall. Well actually quite a few really but I'll get to the point of the first one... How do I enable cygwin/X server as a service on Windows 2k XP? I've read the help files and FAQ but although it said to use the cygserver-config script I'm at a lost as to how to do that. René Berber replied Uh? where exactly did you read that? All I need for the moment is the ability to start the server first. The rest I'll ask about later (if people are kind) René Berber replied Type startx in a Cygwin window. -- Oops sorry my mistake I was reading that in the cgywin user guide, about cgyserver and not in the cgywin/x server user guide. Since realising my mistake I've tried adding xwin.exe as a service, which worked but when I try to run a terminal window nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? You're trying to start the X server as a Windows service. Don't do that. Just run startxwin. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Facing problem with bit fields, when compiling with GCC.
Devendra Mulakkayala wrote:
Hello,
ISSUE: Facing problem with bit fields, when i am compiling my code with
GCC. It was previously compiled with diab compiler and was working fine.
In our code Union definition is as follows...,
union
{
unsigned_8 indicator;
struct
{
unsigned_8 unused : 6;
unsigned_8 speed :1;
unsigned_8 time:1;
}bit;
}msg;
In code, speed and time bits are set as follows
msg.bit.speed=TRUE;
msg.bit.time=TRUE;
Some where in code there is check for indicator as follows
if(indicator==03) /* this is to check whether speed and time bits are set.
If yes go iside block */
{
}
unused 6 bits are initialized to 0.
This code previously compiled with diab compiler and working fine. Now i am
trying to compile with GCC compiler.
The problem here is
1. If speed and time bits are set, these bits are coming in MSB. That is it
is coming 1100 ( C0 ) instead of 0011 (03 ). That why eventhough
speed and time bits are set, condition is not satisfying because indicator
value is 'C0' not '03'.
2. Compiler is assigning the memory from bottom to top for bit fields in
the structure. Previously in diab compiler it is aligning bits from top to
bottom, with that our code was working fine.
2. I know that these bit fields are compiler dependent. Is there any option
in GCC to set the bit fields from top to bottom ( MSB to LSB )
in structure.
3. As per the client requirement we are not supposed to change the code. I
am looking for any option or any other way to solve this problem.
Please help me in this
This isn't a Cygwin-X issue. If this is a Cygwin issue, ask it on the main
list. But before you do that, you should make sure that it is a Cygwin issue
and not a gcc one. If it is the latter, then you want to ask about this on
the gcc list instead.
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Re: SSH X11 forwarding issues
Brett Serkez wrote: ZoneAlarm, but I have the remote PC in my trusted list. Plus, both Cygwin/X/putty and X-Win32/StarnetSSH work fine, so this seems to be a Cygwin issue... The only way I've been able to use either the -X or -Y switches is to uninstall ZoneAlarm, shutting it down is insufficient. The problem, atleast in my case seems to have something to do with xauth getting stuck and never returning, it actually locks up to the point of having to shutdown the X server and usually causes Windows to hang when trying to logout or reboot. This used to work, I have an older system that I use occasionally that is running ZoneAlarm and an older version of Cygwin that I can use -X/-Y and works great. I've tried using this as a model to work backwards to diagnose with no luck. I've tried various times to debug and have given up, I manually set the X display variable myself like: ssh -R 6010:localhost:6000 target then after login: export DISPLAY=:10 Of course the issue is that I'm guessing on the target as to which port is open, but so far this has worked for me. Still sounds like a ZoneAlarm issue. It's worth another look. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: SSH X11 forwarding issues
Brett Serkez wrote: Still sounds like a ZoneAlarm issue. It's worth another look. There was a time when this worked with ZoneAlarm, from the best I can recall, it was after a Cygwin update that it broke. My older system that I mentioned, is running almost the lastest ZA with an older Cygwin install and it works fine. I tried back reving a new system to the older version cygwin packages, but this didn't work. There was something that changed in cygwin that ZoneAlarm doesn't like. Since I'm unable to precisely identify what that is and ZoneLabs has been horrible in terms of any sort of response (not only this issue but many), I've written if off as unlikely to be resolved. Well if you're absolutely sure ZoneAlarm is configured in exactly the same way on both systems, then looking at Cygwin may make some sense. Or if you're convinced that Cygwin is the problem regardless, take the new Cygwin DLL to the old system and try this out. Stepping forward slowly is easier than trying to back up, which I assume is what you meant when you said you tried to back rev and it didn't work. That should allow you to home in on where the problem starts for you and point you to where you'd want to concentrate your efforts to resolve it. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: SSH X11 forwarding issues (with verbose data)
On 04/09/2006, Philip H. Schlesinger wrote: Somebody else posted that ZoneAlarm jumps in the way of Cygwin's OpenSSH - even if ZoneAlarm is shut down, but I have a hard time believing that's the issue... Well, you could help convince yourself one way or the other by uninstalling ZoneAlarm for the purposes of testing and try the failing scenario again. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Default directory is C:\PROGRA~1\RATIONAL\RATION~1\NUTCROOT\mksnt\?
Schlesinger, Philip wrote: Hi all. I just downloaded and installed Cygwin onto a Windows 2000 Server computer. I chose to do All: Install. After all was said and done, I started the Xserver, then ran Xterm via the Start Menu (as it didn't pop up on its own). I got a Xterm window for about 30 seconds with the following line: xterm: Could not exec C:\PROGRA~1\RATIONAL\RATION~1\NUTCROOT\mksnt\sh.exe: No such file or directory I copied sh.exe to the directory it wanted. Now I get the following error when I open an xterm: 70 [main] sh 1676 child_copy: stack write copy failed, 0x22E4D0..0x23, done 0, windows pid 2286596, Win32 error 5 -C:\PROGRA~1\RATIONAL\RATION~1\NUTCROOT\mksnt\sh: fork: No error $ Since I made my install directory C:\cygwin, why the heck is it now looking in someplace I never go to? How do I fix this? Help!!! When looking for help on the Cygwin lists, it's always best to read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html This instructs you on all the basic information a problem report should contain, which keeps the responders to your pleas from having to ask for it prior to helping you find your problems. Without the benefit of all the info that http://cygwin.com/problems.html recommends, I can hazard a guess that you have a copy of the MKS tools installed. These tools will conflict with the like named tools in Cygwin. Your best bet is to remove them. You'll likely find little advantage to having them both and you certainly invite difficulties if you decide to keep them both. If you want both installed, you must make sure that one environment doesn't see the other. That includes manipulating your PATH appropriately and all your other shell variables. In particular, you've already found that MKS has set SHELL to point to it's version. You'll likely see other problems like this as well. As I said, the easiest thing to do is to uninstall MKS and rely on the Cygwin version of these tools for your needs. Obviously, you are free not to take this advice but your configuration will generally be considered non-standard by those who frequent the Cygwin lists so further problems you may have as a result your MKS installation is likely to fall on deaf ears. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Default directory is C:\PROGRA~1\RATIONAL\RATION~1\NUTCROOT\mksnt\?
On 04/25/2006, Charles Wilson wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Without the benefit of all the info that http://cygwin.com/problems.html recommends, I can hazard a guess that you have a copy of the MKS tools installed. These tools will conflict with the like named tools in Cygwin. Your best bet is to remove them. You'll likely find little advantage to having them both and you certainly invite difficulties if you decide to keep them both. Not entirely true, Larry. If he *were* to remove that installation of MKS, he would then discover that his Rational Rose/Clearcase/Clearquest installation was broken. IBM's Rational toolkit relies on having those MKS tools available (and no, they cannot be coerced into using cygwin's tools instead). Sorry Chuck and Philip. There was no way for me to devine this possibility from information given. If you're right, then it may be worth the work of separating them both and using them that way. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Help please !!!
Oleg Moshinpo wrote: Please help ! Cygwin gives me an error ! About this I send you files : Screenshot of error Error message from tmp dir Error from the log: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' From the FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Can't run graphical aplications
João Esteves wrote: Meanwhile I found that starting X with startxwin.sh sets the display correctly and opens a X console. xpdf, xmgrace, etc... work nicelly now. Must I start an X session this way? You must start the X server if you plan to use X applications. You can choose to start the server any way you like. However, if you're not familiar with the intracacies of X, you'll find starting the X server with startxwin.[sh|bat] to be the easiest way. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: Cygwin's RUN command and Windows Vista Beta 2
Chuck McDevitt wrote: -Original Message- On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 08:22:02PM -0400, Chuck McDevitt wrote: The RUN commands that comes with Cygwin-X (\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe) has a problem on Windows Vista Beta 2. When I tried running Xwin.exe and ssh.exe using that RUN command on Vista, it caused a blue-screen crash of the OS. Clarification: This isn't a problem on Windows Vista Beta 2, it is a problem *with* Windows Vista Beta 2. cgf snip I'll of course be reporting the problem to Microsoft as well, since nothing the program does should cause a crash. Bingo! That's Chris' point. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: UK keyboard layout
Phil Reynolds wrote: On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 11:38:15AM +0100, Phil Reynolds wrote: I am trying to get Cygwin/X to support the UK keyboard layout, but cannot work out what it is I need to do. The XWin.log shows the following lines: (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: 0809 (0809) (--) Using preset keyboard for English (United Kingdom) (809), type 4 (EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap I figure I must have a package missing, but do not know which it is. Can anyone please advise me what it is I am missing? ... and yes, I have tried the FAQ. OK. Then perhaps you can elaborate on why they following category of FAQ entries aren't sufficient for you to solve your problem: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#i18n-keyboard -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: XWin 100% CPU usage (Remote Desktop)
David Balazic wrote: More info. Maybe it is related to the trayicon. What happened : - XWin.exe using 100% CPU (those are 2 CPUs, both used to max) - I close a window or two in the X session - I notice there are two X icons in systray - I move the mouse over them, one disappears (this is normal when a dead icon is left in the systray) - CPU usage drops to 50% Unfortunately, I did more steps, so I can not say that the problem is really in the systray icons, but hopefully this is a step towards the solution for this annoying problem. Did you try a recent snapshot? http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - 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: can't open fontforge--get error cygxml2-2.dll not found
naomi gill wrote: I downloaded Cygwin and got it to work. Then I downloaded FontForge to run on Cygwin. All well and good until I tried to open FontForge. Then I got an error message saying that cygxml2-2.dll could not be found. From what I was able to gather from the Cygwin site, the above file is part of the libxml2 package. So I went through the setup.exe process again and made sure I downloaded and installed all the libxml2 packages. The thing is, I'm still getting that error. What can I do? Consult the party from whom you got FontForge? FontForge isn't part of the Cygwin distribution so asking for help with it here isn't really appropriate. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: can't open fontforge--get error cygxml2-2.dll not found
Top-post reformatted. From: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) reply-to-list-only-lh-x splat cygwin spot com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree splat cygwin spot com To: cygwin-xfree splat cygwin spot com Don't feed spammers. http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR Subject: Re: can't open fontforge--get error cygxml2-2.dll not found Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:19:40 -0400 naomi gill wrote: I downloaded Cygwin and got it to work. Then I downloaded FontForge to run on Cygwin. All well and good until I tried to open FontForge. Then I got an error message saying that cygxml2-2.dll could not be found. From what I was able to gather from the Cygwin site, the above file is part of the libxml2 package. So I went through the setup.exe process again and made sure I downloaded and installed all the libxml2 packages. The thing is, I'm still getting that error. What can I do? Consult the party from whom you got FontForge? FontForge isn't part of the Cygwin distribution so asking for help with it here isn't really appropriate. naomi gill wrote: Yeah, I thought about that. But since the error had to do with a missing Cygwin component and FontForge hadn't even opened, I thought the problem might be with something I missed with Cygwin. That's why I'm asking here. But what would be requesting the missing Cygwin component? FontForge! Please take your questions about how to get this binary distribution of FontForge working in the Cygwin environment to the FontForge mailing list. That's the appropriate place for your questions on this matter. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: can't open fontforge--get error cygxml2-2.dll not found
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 07:52:41PM +, naomi gill wrote: Well, thanks all anyway. Turns out it actually was a Cygwin problem. I did a lot of digging and found out that the libxml2 package has somehow managed to escape installation. I installed the missing component and the problem has been solved. So, fontforge (not part of the cygwin package) relied on libxml2 (part of the cygwin package) and it is a cygwin problem that cygwin's setup.exe didn't know that it was needed? I don't think that is correct. I'm in agreement here. I'm also confused as to why Naomi states that the solution was to install the libxml2 package when she claimed it was not solving her problem in her first post. In any case, since the problem is solved, I don't mind just ending this rather pointless thread now. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Cygwin/X does not start after updating Cygwin1.dll to 1.5.20-1
Charli Li wrote: -Original Message- From: cgf Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 1:38 PM To: Cygwin/X Mailing List Subject: Re: Cygwin/X does not start after updating Cygwin1.dll to 1.5.20-1 On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 01:30:50PM -0400, Charli Li wrote: Reformatted. -Original Message- From: Robert McNulty Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 7:08 PM To: Cygwin/X Mailing List Subject: Re: Cygwin/X does not start after updating Cygwin1.dll to 1.5.20-1 Charli Li wrote: There seems to be a problem with the new Cygwin1.dll version 1.5.20-1 made available by cgf in setup.exe. - --- First of all, the subject says it all. Please don't ask me to try a different startup method, since I have tried all three (startx, startxwin.sh, startxwin.bat) unsucessfully. Startup worked with Cygwin1.dll version 1.5.19-4, though. Charli It works for me. Called up a bash prompt in an xterm. The error looks something like this (this is startx/startxwin.sh output; startxwin.bat doesn't output anything): 849 [main] ? (1920) X:\XX\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\xinit.exe: *** fatal error - proc magic mismatch detected - 0x704D1F7E/0xC87757A7. This problem is probably due to using incompatible versions of the Cygwin DLL. Search for Cygwin1.dll using the Windows Start-Find/Search utility and delete all but the most recent version. The most recent version *should* reside in x:\cygwin\bin, where 'x' is the drive on which you have installed the cygwin distribution. Rebooting is also suggested if you are unable to find another cygwin DLL. ...and similar error codes and the same message appear 5 more times. Is that telling me to downgrade back to 1.5.19-4 or what? Just because it feels that 1.5.20-1 is incompatible with X11? No, it's telling you that the problem is due to using incompatible versions of cygwin1.dll. You should search for cygwin1.dll using the Windows Start-Find/Search utility and delete all but the most recent version. The most recent version *should* reside in x:\cygwin\bin, where 'x' is the drive on which you have installed the cygwin distribution. Rebooting is also suggested if you are unable to find another cygwin DLL. HTH. Only one Cygwin1.dll is in X:\XX\cygwin\bin. 1.5.20-1 is the most recent version of Cygwin1.dll, and that was installed from a *GENUINE* copy of setup.exe. And I know that rebooting my Windows 2000 Professional SP4 box won't help. I did that a million times (simply shutting down the computer when I'm not using it, and then turning it on when I am) already. --- Had to downgrade to 1.5.19-4 for everything to go back to normal. So that means that you have a copy of cygwin1.dll *outside* the Cygwin path, as Chris suggested. If you can't find it for some reason, please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines outlined at: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Pay particular attention to the request to *attach* (not append) your cygcheck output. Others here on the list might be able to help find your wayward copy if you haven't had any luck yourself (though if you can't find it by searching your whole disk, then something is really amiss on your machine). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Cygwin/X does not start after updating Cygwin1.dll to 1.5.20-1
Charli Li wrote: Searching Local Harddrives (C:;D:)... Cygwin1.dll found in D:\XX\cygwin\bin Cygwin1.dll found in D:\XX\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin Select an item to view its description. Both of these dirs are in $PATH. So, here we are at the xterm: ([EMAIL PROTECTED])[27] ~ $ ...and we check the $PATH: ([EMAIL PROTECTED])[27] ~ $ cat $PATH cat: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:./:/cygdrive/d/xx/pfiles /Microsoft Visual Studio/Common7/IDE:/cygdrive/d/xx/pfiles/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC/bin:/cygdrive/d/xx/pfiles/Microsoft Visual Studio/Common7/tools File name too long That was only a snippet of what I had in my $PATH. So this may mean that somehow, Cygwin1.dll may have been COPIED into the /usr/X11R6/bin dir. Does setup.exe have that behaviour to do that? No, setup.exe won't do that. It must have gotten there through other means. Delete the one in /usr/X11R6/bin. If you have further difficulties that you wish to contact the list about, please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Also, if any further problem you experience is not Cygwin-X specific, the general Cygwin list will get you more exposure. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: unixkill crashes under cygwin-1.5.20-1 (and cygwin1dll-20060707)
Lester Ingber wrote: Re: 6.8.99.901-1 I understand that, according to the docs, even under Curr, sometimes an experimental version of a package can be seen when toggling. This seems to be case for 6.8.99.901-1 for the xorg-x11 series. However, under Curr, I cannot toggle all of the xorg-x11 packages. Trying to do so keeps switching a few back to 6.8.2.0-4? If I switch to Exp, then all xorg-x11 packages appear as 6.8.99.901-1, while of course pulling in some other Exp versions of other packages. However, the docs are clear that this is not the recommended default, and when starting setup.exe again, the Curr default will overwrite such packages if they were selected. So, what exactly is recommended? If the crash on exit is a problem for you, install the experimental version and see how it works for you. If you do so, you will need to remember to toggle the experimental packages you updated to Keep on all subsequent invocations of setup.exe until these packages, or later ones containing the same fix, get promoted to current. If the crash isn't a problem for you, just stick with the current version until a new version become current. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Problem with starting X server (alternate solution)
Steve Freeland wrote: Apologies for not attaching this to the correct thread; I'm not subscribed to the list and don't really know how I should go about that. But anyways. Regarding the Could not open default font 'fixed' message: Stephen A. Goulet mentioned that he was able to fix the problem by following the instructions in the FAQ, substituting /usr for the non-existant /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 mount point. Mariusz Janczak then replied that he didn't have a /usr mount point either. I was in the same situation. The solution I found was to just umount *everything*: First /usr/lib, then /, and /usr/bin last because that's where the umount exe is located. *Then* reinstall the font packages. That fixed it for me. I suspect I only really needed to umount /, but I haven't tested that hypothesis. I'd sure like to know what the underlying problem is, though, it seems odd for this issue to appear out of nowhere in a working system. You really need to subscribe to the list or keep an eye on it if you have problems. There's lots of information, current and historical, that you can get from it which can help you but won't come to your email box without your request. Case in point, you would know what the underlying problem was if you had been following at least this thread. It's spelled out here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2006-07/msg00092.html You can't rely on someone else providing this insight to you personally. If you're not on the list and/or don't read it, you will miss out on answers to allot of your questions (even to some you haven't yet formulated yourself). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: XWindows version of Java?
siegfried wrote: I notice the cygwin version of emacs runs in XWindows and is one of the few XWindows programs I run frequently on windows. I assume (I have not tried it yet) I can run the cygwin version of emacs on my home windows machine from a remote machine with the xhost and ssh -X commands. Is this correct? Should be. I haven't tried it either. Give it a shot if you're interested. Sun's javaw runs native windows, not xwindows. Is there a way I can run GUI java programs on windows using xwindows so they are compatible with xhost and ssh -X? Not without a java built to use Cygwin-X, no. I've been reading about gcj and that might work but it looks like I'd have to recompile everything myself. I want to run eclipse on windows from a remote machine and I see in fedora core 4 they have recompiled eclipse with gcj. But I was hoping I would not have to recompile eclipse from the source. Does cygwin have a javax program that runs GUI java programs under xwindows? Generic answer: http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.what-packages Specific answer: http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-cat.cgi?file=gcc-java%2Fgcc-java-3.4.4-2grep=javax -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: startx does nothing
subhra datta wrote: I just installed cygwin with all x11 packages installed. When I open the bash shell and run startx it does nothing - it exits silently without error messages at all. I downloaded cygwin setup to drive E and ran it with the default suggestions except for selecting x11 of course. How can I figure out what is going wrong? Thanks for your help. I'd recommend starting here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: xserver
Nicola Ritter wrote: Hi I just installed the latest version of cygwin, including all the X11 stuff on a new machine. But unlike last time, an XServer did not install on my desktop and I cannot find it anywhere in the cygwin directories. What did I miss, or where is it? If you need help, I'd recommend starting here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Obvious Question Probably
Rich Mayo wrote: I made sure that xwin.exe is run with the -clipboard option (it always was), and I enabled -emulate3button, but what do I type to cut, copy, or paste to/from xterm? There's got to be any easy way to do this, I just can't find it. Copy with the left button, paste with the middle (or left and right at the same time if you don't have a middle button). Read the man page on xterm for details on 'cut'. This is not Cygwin-specific functionality. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Mrxvt requires the X Window System libraries and headers.
bin wang wrote: Hi I try to install mrxvt from source code into cygwin. When I ./configure, I have the following errors in the config.log. configure:3653: gcc -c -g -O2 conftest.c 5 conftest.c:2: error: parse error before me configure:3659: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | #ifndef __cplusplus | choke me | #endif configure:3803: checking for style of include used by make configure:3831: result: none configure:3859: checking dependency style of gcc configure:3949: result: none configure:3969: checking whether make sets $(MAKE) configure:3993: result: no configure:4011: checking for a BSD-compatible install configure:4066: result: /usr/bin/install -c configure:4242: checking how to run the C preprocessor configure:4277: gcc -E conftest.c configure:4283: $? = 0 configure:4315: gcc -E conftest.c conftest.c :51:28: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or directory configure:4321: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h. */ configure:4472: checking for X configure:4577: gcc -E conftest.c configure:4583: $? = 0 configure:4633: gcc -o conftest.exe -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC conftest.c -lXt 5 conftest.c:1: warning: -fPIC ignored for target (all code is position independent) /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find -lXt collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:4639: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h. */ | | #define PACKAGE_NAME mrxvt | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME mrxvt | #define PACKAGE_VERSION 0.4.2 . configure:4692: result: no configure:4707: error: Mrxvt requires the X Window System libraries and headers. I also add this environment variables. export CYGWIN_LIBX11=/usr/X11R6/lib export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib :$LD_LIBRARY_PATH But it still doesn't work. What's the problem? Perhaps you didn't install the xorg-x11-devel package? Kind of hard to tell without the information requested in the problem reporting guidelines: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: TCP/IP Security Limits - WinXP and XWIN.exe
Mark Edwards wrote: On 8/16/06, René Berber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Edwards wrote: On 8/16/06, René Berber wrote: [snip] netstat -nb (and a lot of patience) or netstat -anb (which of course will take a long time). Thanks for the comments René, however my point was that it is XWin.exe that seems to be invoking this behaviour. What is not clear to me is why, and if there is a configuration setting or work-around that can prevent it. My point was that you need to run netstat to make sure it is XWin... saying seems will not encourage anybody to look into this. FWIW I don't think XWin is going to come out as the problem, as I said I haven't seen that problem (and I use ssh -X all the time) and something as big as TCP/IP has reached the security limit would certainly come up in this list very often if XWin was the cause. You're not using WinXP Home are you? the reason I say seems is that the symptoms given in the Microsoft document are not apparent when checking netstat, however the presence of the 4226 error is clear indication of a problem. Just so that we get on the same page here, I am currently not using ssh -X, I am using the following: $ cat ..xinitrc xhost + ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'cd development/dialer; ./invoke.sh 172.23.1.197:0.0' ... to invoke the application. The 'invoke.sh' script sets the DISPLAY environment variable and the GUI appears on my windows box. Right before the networking fails. tcgtest is on the same subnet as my windows box, so no firewalling or tunnelling required to get to it. Should I be using ssh -X for this type of application do you think? Couldn't hurt. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Mrxvt requires the X Window System libraries and headers.
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU. Reformatted. bin wang wrote: From: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) reply-to-list-only-lh-x at cygwin dot com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com ^ http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Thanks. Subject: Re: Mrxvt requires the X Window System libraries and headers. Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:24:52 -0400 bin wang wrote: Hi I try to install mrxvt from source code into cygwin. When I ./configure, I have the following errors in the config.log. . configure:4692: result: no configure:4707: error: Mrxvt requires the X Window System libraries and headers. I also add this environment variables. export CYGWIN_LIBX11=/usr/X11R6/lib export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib :$LD_LIBRARY_PATH But it still doesn't work. What's the problem? Perhaps you didn't install the xorg-x11-devel package? Kind of hard to tell without the information requested in the problem reporting guidelines: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Thank for reply. I did install xorg-x11-devel binary. I try to install its source code a couple times. Installation looks succesful, but it isn't there when I rerun the Setup.exe. I attach the cygcheck.out. Hm, interesting. Perhaps you need to look around at the config.log a little more to look for other clues. I tried downloading the source for mrxvt and building it after installing the same X packages/versions as you have. I had no problem. One difference I do see is that I didn't start with a configure script so I had to generate it via 'bootstrap.sh', as recommended in the INSTALL file that came with the mrxvt source. To do that though, I needed to install automake, autoconf, and libtool (I installed all versions, just for kicks ;-) ). If the configure file you have was not generated on your machine though, this could explain why you're seeing the problems you're seeing. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Remonte seesion with HP-UX CDE II
Ales Kacor wrote: Hi everyone, I have following problem after executing command: XWin -clipboard -query %REMONTE_HOST% The session starts. You can see a black window with a sandglass. After 2 seconds everything disappear and the process is repeating until you kill it. The XWin.log is attached. Thanks. Try getting rid of the /tmp/.X11-unix directory. I am a beginner but there is a row in XWin.log winClipboardProc - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 It could be a source of the problem because the addresses of our computers started with 193.xx.xxx.xx. 127.0.0.1 is the address of localhost, which is the machine you're running on. Every machine will use this address to refer to itself regardless of what other network it may be on. It is not a problem that this address is different from the network address for this machine. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: slow paints despite fast hardware
Phlip wrote: CygWinners: I have either Ubuntu or Mandriva on an old Dell Latitude. Alone, it's perfectly fast. Some programs are faster than on my modern clone running WinXP. Big surprise there. However, when I run the latest CygWin XFree on WinXP, and connect directly to this notebook with SSH, repaints are slow. I can run Konsole, enter 'ls', and watch each line repaint, from left to right, as the console scrolls. This is probably a FAQ, but slow is kind'a hard to Google for these days. Only painting is slow, as if the system must fetch each pixel, and is missing some buffering or hardware acceleration on the WinXP side. All other data transfers are super-fast, on a local Ethernet. Further, the Linux X-server, with a remote client in another city, is super-fast. This experience tells me that I simply don't know /what/ I don't know about the XFree config files. Is there an entry somewhere that just says 'fast = no', so I can switch that to 'yes'? Yes of course! But I would recommend setting fast = super. It's really the best option. fast = yes is for the mundane. Also, keep in mind that a goal of Cygwin-X is to run things as slowly as possible but to add Cygwin specific flags and patches anywhere possible to allow people to configure it in hopefully very obtuse terms to run more quickly. Without this added complication, just about anyone could figure out how to run the X server easily, which would then eliminate the need for this list. No one wants that! In all seriousness, if you really think that your question could be a FAQ, why wouldn't you start with the Cygwin-X FAQ? For example, the answer to your problem may come from the following entry: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#poor-performance Or perhaps something else listed in the FAQ would prove helpful. If not, please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found here: http://cygwin.com/problems.html before posting any follow-up. It will help you provide some information that may allow others to assist you in pinpointing your problem. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: slow paints despite fast hardware
Phlip wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: In all seriousness, if you really think that your question could be a FAQ, why wouldn't you start with the Cygwin-X FAQ? For example, the answer to your problem may come from the following entry: Thanks for the derision and RTFM. I already stated I have fast network conductivity, which is all those FAQ entries point out. Did you even read the FAQ entry I pointed to? It says nothing about needing a fast network. In my year of experience with GUIs and their hardware (repeated 20 times), I have learned that some programs default to the safest possible options at install time; options which are perforce slow. So this makes me think I can find some method to directly specify the acceleration options, such as server-side caching, or drivers that work closer to my graphics card. I do not know where to even start looking for such things. Again, why should Linux-Win32 be slow when Linux-cloud-Linux is so fast? I don't know what you mean by Linux-Win32 but Windows is not Linux and neither is Cygwin. I've provided you with some pointers on things that you should look into and consider and follow-up information that you should provide if following those leads doesn't provide positive results. You are, of course, free to ignore any of this info and follow your own instinct. I can't offer anything to help you in that regard beyond saying that Cygwin-X is not configured to be unoptimized at install time (I'm assuming that's what you mean by perforce flow - I really don't get the reference). If it were configured to be slow at installation time, then your presumption that this issue would be a FAQ would, again, be a good one which would be all the more reason to look to the FAQ for answers. It would also tend to lead to an explosion of reports on this list about poor performance, which is not the case if you take a quick browse of the email archives (though there are certainly some who have such complaints, thus the FAQ entry - I'm getting the feeling that all this logic is causing me to loop infinitely. ;-) ) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: slow paints despite fast hardware
Phlip wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Again, why should Linux-Win32 be slow when Linux-cloud-Linux is so fast? I don't know what you mean by Linux-Win32 but Windows is not Linux and neither is Cygwin. I'm having trouble feeling motivated to continue reading your posts after such condescension. In context, it obviously meant this: a Linux workstation - an X client - TCP/IP - Ethernet - a Win32 workstation - TCP/IP - XWin.exe - X-Windows server - display hardware. Do I have to, like, deconstruct each stack for you? (Incidentally, the FAQ entry you indicated had trouble displaying correctly in Internet Explorer. And the page is too long. In my experience, IE gets # markers correct in long pages, compared to other browsers, so don't blame IE...) I suspect you mean this entry: 7.7. Cygwin/X has very poor performance. What's the reason? Most likely you have installed some kind of personal firewall... Well, besides I already told you that other network activity was fast, I have both Mandriva's and MS's built-in firewalls, and they are correctly tuned. When I turn them off, and the virus scanner, the problem remains. You will not need to read my posts here anymore if you would reveal the names of the config files, and their setting lines, that tune the display hardware for XWin.exe. Then I would not need to Google for the word slow, which is too broad a search. Clearly you're annoyed that someone (or in particular me) will not just provide you with the information you want. I've been trying to tell you that you're proceeding from a false supposition and that, in fact, the information you're looking for doesn't exist. But I guess I've also made an incorrect assumption. I thought you were having a problem using Cygwin-X and wanted to engage people on this list to try to find a solution. I realize now I was wrong. My bad. I apologize to others on the list for extending this thread and adding to the volume in your mail boxes. It was clearly unnecessary. Good luck to you, Phlip, in your pursuit of a solution to your problem. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: slow paints despite fast hardware
Phlip wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: I apologize to others on the list for extending this thread and adding to the volume in your mail boxes. It was clearly unnecessary. Don't forget apologizing for leaving a dead trail in the archives... Actually, I've done all the apologizing I intend to in this thread. Again, I hope you are successful at finding a resolution to your problem. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: listen() failed
Woogon Chung wrote: Dear all, How do I resolve the following problem? I cannot start X Server. I noticed that an exact question rose about 2 years ago. Can anyone show us any hint to open my X Server for Cygwin? Thanks. Woogon --- Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.99.901-4 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard _XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: listen() failed _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for inet _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root _XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: listen() failed _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local Fatal server error: Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress giving up. xinit: Operation not permitted (errno 1): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Sounds like a firewall/virus scanner issue to me. Try turning them off and uninstalling them to see if it makes a difference. And, as Charli already mentioned: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Sylpheed Claws after update broken
Dirk Schleicher wrote: Hallo there, I made a update today and now I am not able to start SC. GV and other X programs working. I try sylpheed-claws --debug but nothing. What can I do. Where can I look. sylpheed-claws is not a package that is part of the Cygwin distribution. As a result, it's off-topic here. If you got an executable from a 3rd party, you can contact them. If you built it yourself, I'd recommend debugging the issue to see if that offers some insight. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: could not open default font 'fixed'
Andrew MacDonald wrote: Hey, I'm sure you've all see this one posted on here before, but something has to be different because none of the solutions that I have found worked for me. I've checked mount points ensuring directories existed. I've re-installed font packages. I tried re-running the postinstall scripts. Yes, I have looked through the FAQ. I've also verfied that the font.alias file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc contained a 'fixed' alias. I took that and mapped it back to the actual .pcf.gz file an ensured it existed. As far as I can tell, everything looks perfectly normal. Except it won't start. Here is the XWin.log: snip I checked the cygwin setup.exe to see what version of X I had installed. Is there any issues with this particular version? I have 6.8.99.901-1 for all the X packages. Well the ones that I have installed. If anyone can help, it'd be much appreciated. Andrew You didn't mention whether during your re-install whether you made sure the directory the fonts were going into were binary mounted. If this wasn't the case, try again with a binary mounted directory. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: cannot open display
Ogogon !!! wrote: Good afternoon, colleagues! I have established CygWin to compile under Windows the program developed in gcc. At compilation of console applications - all OK. All applications, even rather complex, are started and work without remarks. However, any attempt to create the program with GTK+, leads to that at their start there is a message Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:. At distribution kit CygWin there is a program gtk-demo.exe. Obviously, it it is guaranteed it is compiled without mistakes. It is not started and also writes Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:. My OS - WindowsXP Pro (Rus). What do I do incorrectly? Forgot to read and follow the problem reporting guidelines? Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html My WAG - you're not running the X-server. Run it and try again. If you don't have it, re-run 'setup.exe' and install all the X packages. Open a command prompt and type 'startxwin.bat' and return. Wait for the X-server to start (puts a little X in your task bar). Try again. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: XWIn.exe , compile
Iztok wrote: Hi; I would like to re-compile the XWin.exe in order to make some changes for multi_window mode; but I have a lot of troubles compiling the x-stuff; Could you tell me, where I could find the compile-process description ? Did you look at the FAQ? http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-instructions-for-contributing -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: stock error
81302901 wrote: Hi, I'm tryin to install cygwin/X on WindowsXP. When I run startxwin.bat, I get error messages and Xwin doesn't start. Thanks for your help. Maryam In error massage box has been written: A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /tmp/Xwin.log for more information. Below is the Xwin.log file: Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release:6.8.2.0-4 Contact:cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Xwin was started with the following command- line: /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin- multiwindow-clipboard-silent-dup-error ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 800 h 600 winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet/home-i3h73d292v:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for local _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for local/home-i3h73d292v:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for local Fatal server error: Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running ^^ Does the above describe your situation? Perhaps you have already started the X server? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Cygwin/X
Salvador Fernández wrote: A fatal error has ocurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please Help me. Sure thing. Please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: fontconfig imagemagick
Wynfield Henman wrote: While building ImageMagick ImageMagick-6.2.9, I found out the the currently distributed cygwin fontconfig version to be too old (version 2.2 or so). and two years of developed have resulted in a (as of now) fontconfig-2.4.1. I found that this also builds well in the cygwin developement environment and seems to be aware of installing the usr/bin/cygfontconfig-1.dll files as well (As long as x-windows is not running). New version of fontconfig as found at: http://fontconfig.org/release/ New version of ImageMagick found at: ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/ I don't know how to find out who is in charge of the fontcont, but it should be updated for everyone. I don't beleive I found ImageMagick in cygwin's respository, but is was a straight process to build. This is really an X issue and should be discussed on the X list. I've reset the Reply-To, etc. to that list. Please follow-up there as you see fit. Also, right now, there is no X maintainer so if you're looking for updates, you'll need to find a volunteer or create the update yourself. If you do the latter, perhaps you would consider becoming the maintainer? :-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: WinXP Taskbar Overlaps Maximized xterm
Tim Daneliuk wrote: I have DAGS and looked at the cygwin FAQ but cannot seem to find this problem addressed, so ... When I maximize an xterm on my WinXP workstation, it gets sized so that the Windows taskbar slighty overlaps the bottom of the xterm window. This makes it very difficult to read the last line on the xterm display. Is there a fix/workaround for this? How xterm maximizes is controlled by the window manager. If you're running in -multiwindow mode, you may want to consider using another window manager that can take into account the task bar (in that environment). An alternative would be to hide your task bar when you're not using it (keeping it always on top probably). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: WinXP Taskbar Overlaps Maximized xterm
Tim Daneliuk wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: I have DAGS and looked at the cygwin FAQ but cannot seem to find this problem addressed, so ... When I maximize an xterm on my WinXP workstation, it gets sized so that the Windows taskbar slighty overlaps the bottom of the xterm window. This makes it very difficult to read the last line on the xterm display. Is there a fix/workaround for this? How xterm maximizes is controlled by the window manager. If you're running in -multiwindow mode, you may want to consider using another window manager that can take into account the task bar (in that But doesn't -multiwindow mode effectively use the native WinXP window management system (that should know about its own task bar size)? A bit more poking around and I discovered that this behavior is font-size sensitive. If I start xterm with either an -fn 10x20 argument or select the Huge font option once xterm has started, I get this problem of the xterm window being slightly overwritten by the taskbar when xterm is maximized. With smaller fonts, this problem disappears. I dunno if that helps figuring out what is going on or not ... Can't say whether Windows is reporting the right size or not. There's a similar issue with KDE and xterm on RHEL 3. So it could also be an upstream problem in xterm, if it still exits in the current version. You might want to check that out. I don't see the problem with konsole. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: XF86Config file
Stecher, Fred wrote: On CYGWIN is there a config file equivalent to XF86Config? How about '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: WinXP Taskbar Overlaps Maximized xterm
Thomas Dickey wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: There's a similar issue with KDE and xterm on RHEL 3. So it could also be is doesn't appear to be the right tense, since RHEL 3 was released a few years ago and is not the current version. iirc, cygwin's still distributing xterm patch #202, which is more recent than RHEL 3 (mid-2005). I made improvements to the layout in the latter part of 2005, so it would for example maximize as expected. On the other hand, it still doesn't re-maximize if the font size is changed while maximized. an upstream problem in xterm, if it still exits in the current version. You might want to check that out. I don't see the problem with konsole. given that konsole was developed as part of KDE, that's understandable... Don't get too hung up on my references to KDE and RHEL 3. They were what I had available at the time to test and respond with. The points I wanted to make were that this issue isn't necessarily a Cygwin-specific one and that there may be fixes available in later versions of these tools as a result. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: XWin
Alan James Caruana wrote: Hi, I have thoroughly searched through the FAQ and could not find any solution to my problem. First, can XWin run directly in Windows (not through Cygxwin) ? If it can, obviously it would have to be compiled again. That's Xming. Different project. See http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming Secondly, my main problem is that I have compiled XWin under Windows. but it is not starting due to a fonts problem. It is giving the problem I saw in many posts of this list i.e. Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' Although I saw this error in many posts, none of the posts I saw said that someone was trying to compile it and/or run it directly from windows. You mean you're not using Cygwin? If that's the case, you're off-topic for this list. Try Xming. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: New Bash Release Broken?
Tim Daneliuk wrote:
It is my habit to update the entire cygwin installation at least once a
week.
Earlier today, I updated and got the new version of bash, 3.1.17(8).
It appears broken. The .profile I have happily used for years gives it
fits (the same .profile works fine if I invoke ksh instead of bash) and
other shell scripts that used to work, no longer do. The shell typically
produces errors like:
: invalid option name
': not a valid identifier
: command not found
: command not found
: command not found
: command not found
: command not found
-bash: /cygdrive/c/usr/home/tundra/.profile: line 15: syntax error near
unexpect'd token `{
'bash: /cygdrive/c/usr/home/tundra/.profile: line 15: `{
In this case, the script was .profile and the first 15 lines look
like this:
set -o ignoreeof
export ignoreeof
export EDITOR=emacs
export MACHINE=`uname -n`
export PAGER=less
export TZ=CST6CDT
TERM=vt100
# Function definitions
function PyD
{
cd $HOME/Dev/python/$1
}
Ideas anyone? Is there a change to bash syntax and I just didn't get
the memo?
That's one way to put it.
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2006-09/msg6.html
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Re: GNOME Please Help
John Breslin wrote: I got it from ftp://sunsite.dk via setup.exe http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=startgnome.bat Pointing 'setup.exe' at some 3rd party's site and installing packages from there does not mean that this list supports that package. Please take this question to the maintainer of this software. It's off-topic here. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Cygwin X fails to start
On 10/12/2006, mgoh wrote: I had this problem as well. Oddly, I had a mount of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts that was a user mount in textmode -- and I cound't use umount to remove it (it would complain about invalid path, or something). I searched the registry for the mount, but didn't find it (I found all the others). To fix the problem, I first quit any running cygwin programs, then from a CMD shell, I mounted another user mount over the top of the old one, which I was THEN able to umount. After THAT, I remounted /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts in binmode (system mount), THEN I reinstalled all the fonts (as mentioned here: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof). THAT, FINALLY fixed my problem. This all started when I ran the cygwin setup program to update various versions of things (that's what killed it). I was suprised that not more people had reported this, as I'm running a pretty stock install. See the '-f' flag for 'mount'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: ERROR: Cannot open X display
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU. Reformatted. Luis G. Rivera wrote: Original message Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:02:18 -0600 From: René Berber r.berber AT computer DOT org Subject: Re: ERROR: Cannot open X display To: cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Thanks. Luis G. Rivera wrote: I have used Cygwin/X on two computer in my office and it works with no problems. There are several users who cannot use the softwared. One in particular gets the following error messages: ERROR: Cannot open X display. Check display name/server access authorization. [snip] This is the steps that I use in my office to run Cygwin/X: 1. Execute “startxwin.bat”. 2. On the window that opens I type: xhost + hostname.temple.edu. Then I type: ssh –X [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. I type my password and get in with no problem. Then I type: setenv DISPLAY myipaddress:0.0. This is wrong, if you used ssh -X then DISPLAY is already set (by ssh) and it has a different value, usually localhost:10.0 for the first connection. The idea is that ssh will tunnel the X connection through itself (thus localhost) and it uses a configurable display number (the 10.0). The reason it works from some computers and not from others is that even if the X server exists at myipaddress:0.0 it could be blocked by any firewall between computers; the ssh tunnel is the way to avoid being blocked. Thank you for your response. Now, the question is what are the exact steps (if there are any) to actually get this to work? Try skipping the setenv DISPLAY myipaddress:0.0 step. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: update cygwin and now X wont start!
On 11/02/2006, Rafael Tapia wrote: Today I decided to update my cygwin (probably had not done it in about 3 months) but now it just crashes on me when I try to start X. I did check out mailing list archives and google but no dice. I can't seem to get it to work again. I am trying to run this on WinXP SP2,on an IBM ThinkPad. Again I want to make it clear that it was working this morning. I did not change any network/firewall settings. I do have a firewall up but it was working fine before the update. Here is the message I am getting: -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp $ startx Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.99.901-4 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard (WW) /tmp mounted int textmode _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running Fatal server error: Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already run ning What about this? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Using X via ssh from one windows machine to another
Brian Keener wrote: hmm no hints - keep googling I guess. I'm sure it must be a security/config issue - xhost or xauth issue somewhere - just haven't found the magic key yet since it works from Windows to my two linux machines. Maybe wrong group - maybe should have been cygwin-apps for ssh even though I thought it was an X issue and belonged here? hmmm I believe you have the proper group. cygwin-apps is for packaging issues and 'setup.exe' problems. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: X11 forwarding
Max Pfeiffer wrote: Dear cygwin- Team i am training to connect my linux system from my windows XP system. I do it with putty and cygwin . but if i want start my x11 server. I get allways this error message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/X11 $ startx Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.2.0-4 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1 winCheckDisplayNumber - Cygwin/X is already running on display 0 Fatal server error: InitOutput - Duplicate invocation on display number: 0. Exiting. winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress giving up. xinit: Connection reset by peer (errno 104): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. It would be nice if you can help me. The FAQ can help you: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#duplicate-invocation The FAQ - a powerful force. Learn it. Know it. Live it. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: sending keys to cygwin (X)
Bjoern wrote: Hello NG, I use cygwin to connect via 'X -query IP' from my ordinary PC to a Linux server. This works really fine. But on that server the vmwareplayer is running. In this vmwareplayer i have to log on a virtual Windows maschine and therefor i have to hit the CONTROL+OPTION+DELETE keys. But this will just open the task manager of the local Windows-PC. Is there a possibilty to send a combination of keys to the cygwin/X session?? And there is another question: is it possible to connect via cygwin/X to an existing session so that I could close cygwin and connect later again to this session? Thanks. Why doesn't the standard VMWare alternative CTRL-ALT-INSERT work? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: -silent-dup-error command line parameter not working?
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU. Reformatted. Randy Brown wrote: Sergei Pachkov wrote: Can you shortly describe start xserver as service? Running it as a service basically does not require starting, or attempting to start, an Xserver each time you open a window. The service runs continually in the background and listens for connections. The procedure is relatively simple: Create an environment variable: CYGWIN = server From a cygwin terminal window run: /usr/bin/cygserver-config (Answer yes to the prompt and reboot) Then you can add Startxwin.bat, for example, to your startup folder so The Xserver starts at boot. For anyone out there that might be unsure, the procedure described above does *not* start Cygwin's X-server as a service. It starts Cygwin's 'cygserver' http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygserver.html as a service. This service is not required to run the X-server. The Cygwin X-server is started just as one would manually but automates it by putting it in the startup folder. Things started from this folder are not services, though it is a perfectly good way to start the X-server automatically. For those that don't care about the distinction or the details, please forget what I just said. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Java SDK version available with latest version of cygwin/X?
Daniel Newhouse wrote: The title says it all. I don't want to download a new version unless I get Java 1.5 or better. There is neither a dependency of Cygwin on Java nor a Java package for Cygwin. If neither of these is what you're looking for, please clarify your inquiry. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Java SDK version available with latest version of cygwin/X?
Daniel Newhouse wrote: --- Larry Hall (Cygwin X) reply-to-list-only-lh-x AT cygwin DOT com wrote: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Thanks. Daniel Newhouse wrote: I can compile and run java from the command line in cygwin. I assumed that meant that cygwin must have a Java SDK package. Now you know better. ;-) What does it have? Nothing. You're using the Window version most likely. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: XWin.exe will not exit gracefully on Vista
Dr. Franz Fehringer wrote: did not come through last time (are there known problems with this list?)?! Actually, it came through fine: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2006-12/msg00093.html If you're having trouble getting email from this list, you may want to check that things on your end aren't getting in the way. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: 1.5.23 on vista: difficulties launching X
Dick Repasky wrote: I'm experiencing difficulty starting X on a fresh install of cygwin on a fresh install of Windows Vista. I've tried both startxwin.sh and startx. startxwin.sh always fails, and startx sometimes succeeds. A copy of cygcheck output is attached. startxwin.sh fails in three ways. 1) Immediately after the system has been booted, a popup appears to notify me that sh.exe has exited, and X seems to be stalled. An X appears in the toolbar, and both xterm and XWin are in the cygwin process table (ps -aux). No xterm appears. A copy of the combined standard output and standard input are provided in startxwin.sh-outerr-postreboot. The xterm in the process table can be killed with kill -TERM. Attempts to launch an xterm fail. (I open a new cygwin window, set and export DISPLAY, and run xterm). XWin cannot be killed with kill -TERM. It can be killed with kill -9. All of the above is repeatable if the system is rebooted. I have seen the previous post of sh.exe exit that turned out not to be repeatable. Maybe the above will provide some insight on getting it to repeat. Without rebooting, what happens on subsequent runs of startxwin.sh depends on how I clean up from the first failed run. 2) If I clean up from a first failed run by killing the xterm and Xwin, subsequent runs of startxwin fail with a popup stating that Cygwin X has failed. The cause seems to be a lingering sh.exe process in the table. 3) If I clean up from a first failed run by dismissing the cygwin terminal window by clicking on the window-close button, the sh.exe process goes away, and startxwin.sh fails with a message like xterm 3228 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, Full output is attached as startxwin.sh-outerr. Unlike the previous poster who reported a similar error, there is no logitech camera or virus program running on the system. It is indeed a fresh install. Have you tried the suggestions mentioned in this thread? http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2006-11/msg00059.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: 1.5.23 on vista: difficulties launching X
Dick Repasky wrote: On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Dick Repasky wrote: I'm experiencing difficulty starting X on a fresh install of cygwin on a fresh install of Windows Vista. I've tried both startxwin.sh and startx. startxwin.sh always fails, and startx sometimes succeeds. A copy of cygcheck output is attached. startxwin.sh fails in three ways. snip Unlike the previous poster who reported a similar error, there is no logitech camera or virus program running on the system. It is indeed a fresh install. Have you tried the suggestions mentioned in this thread? http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2006-11/msg00059.html Yes. Using the latest snapshot changes things, but doesn't clearly improve them. For both startxwin.sh and startx, the snapshot eliminates the popup that states that sh.exe has exited. Startxwin.sh still fails every time with the child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed error that I originally reported. startx fails more than it works. It worked in only 2 of ten runs. For 7 of the 8 failures, it ended with the usual child copy error. The odd failure was one in which it hung with processor use at 100%, and windows reported cat.exe as the process that was burning up the cycles. Did you try rebasing? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: New Repositories: XWin Error!
Sante Scuro wrote: Dear Sir, most new repositories ftp/http (I did not check all of them) have a problem when you come across to start the X-Windows Server. The error and log files are attached! I tested packages for two weeks on over 5 machines getting exactly the same error. But re-installing Cygwin from the old local repository (Jun 2006) makes no complain and it works fine! Thanks and please let me know what this problem is about! I really appreciate! The log file reports: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress Looking at the FAQ, you'll find: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof Try that. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: error when starting X-Win
Gmane User wrote: Martin Bartak wrote: Hello, How to delete /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 automatically when closing X-session or, how to prevent its emergence when starting X-sesion or, how to make it re-writable by 'non-Administrator' user? I've got Cygwin 1.5.23-2 (full installation) on WinXP with two user accounts. I use 'startx' command to invoke X-Win with default parameters or options. When starting X-Win, a file named 'X0' is placed into /tmp/.X11-unix/ and it probably locks the X-server for current user (?) This file persists after exiting from X-Win and also after exiting from Cygwin. No problem if I start Cygwin and X-Win again as the same user, but when I login as another user (different from Administrator) X-Win cannot be started unless the previous X0 file is deleted. I have sshd installed, so I ssh into the account that owns /tmp/.X11 and remove it. Better yet, I simply have the same account starting Xwin all the time. For example, if user1 is the Xwin account and I am logged in as user2, I can ssh into user1 to start Xwin. Or simply do Start-run, then use the runas command to run startxwin.bat as user1 (full program path required). The user2 login session hasn't been interrupted; you just need to export DISPLAY=:0.0 and then start launching X applications. The standard way this has been handled in the past is to set up a mount point for '/tmp/' to a unique location. In a default Windows installation, the following should work (untested): mount -b -u $TEMP /tmp This keeps things unique for each user anyway. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: error when starting X-Win
Gmane User wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Gmane User wrote:
Martin Bartak wrote:
Hello,
How to delete /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 automatically when closing
X-session or,
how to prevent its emergence when starting X-sesion or,
how to make it re-writable by 'non-Administrator' user?
I've got Cygwin 1.5.23-2 (full installation) on WinXP with two
user accounts. I use 'startx' command to invoke X-Win
with default parameters or options.
When starting X-Win, a file named 'X0' is placed into /tmp/.X11-unix/
and it probably locks the X-server for current user (?)
This file persists after exiting from X-Win and also after exiting
from Cygwin. No problem if I start Cygwin and X-Win again
as the same user, but when I login as another user (different from
Administrator) X-Win cannot be started unless the previous X0 file
is deleted.
I have sshd installed, so I ssh into the account that owns /tmp/.X11
and remove it. Better yet, I simply have the same account starting
Xwin all the time. For example, if user1 is the Xwin account and I am
logged in as user2, I can ssh into user1 to start Xwin. Or simply do
Start-run, then use the runas command to run startxwin.bat as user1
(full program path required). The user2 login session hasn't been
interrupted; you just need to export DISPLAY=:0.0 and then start
launching X applications.
The standard way this has been handled in the past is to set up a mount
point for '/tmp/' to a unique location. In a default Windows
installation, the following should work (untested):
mount -b -u $TEMP /tmp
This keeps things unique for each user anyway.
That's quite cool. I decorated it a bit to keep it all within my cygwin
file space. Specifically, in my all-purpose ~/Temp directory:
mkdir -p ~/Temp/tmp
mount -b -u c:/cygwin/home/${USER}/Temp/tmp /tmp
Thanks!
You're welcome. Glad I could help.
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Re: error when starting X-Win
Chris Sutcliffe wrote:
The standard way this has been handled in the past is to set up a
mount
point for '/tmp/' to a unique location. In a default Windows
installation, the following should work (untested):
mount -b -u $TEMP /tmp
This keeps things unique for each user anyway.
That's quite cool. I decorated it a bit to keep it all within my
cygwin
file space. Specifically, in my all-purpose ~/Temp directory:
mkdir -p ~/Temp/tmp
mount -b -u c:/cygwin/home/${USER}/Temp/tmp /tmp
When I try to execute the mount, I get:
$ mount -b -u $TEMP /tmp
mount: /tmp: Invalid argument
Is there something I'm missing?
No, not really. It's shame on me for not trying the syntax I was
offering first. If you're doing this from inside a Cygwin shell,
use:
mount -b -u $(cygpath -ma $TEMP) /tmp
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Re: XWin.exe-unable to locate component
Lisa Losito wrote: I downloaded and installed Cygwin, but when I tried to run XWin.bat from C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin I get the error message 'This application has failed to start because cygwin1.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.' I tried reinstalling but I still get the same error. Something is keeping you from seeing your installed cygwin1.dll then. Try rebooting if you have not. Otherwise, please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found at the link below for any follow-up. Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Also, since this particular issue is more of an installation/non-X one, you may want to post to the main list for that follow-up. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: error when starting X-Win
Gmane User wrote: snip Which made me think wouldn't it be nice if mounting didn't have to be done for each user account?. I install cygwin on whatever machine (of several) that I happen to work on, so such a global fix would make life easier. And there is a solution. With a bit of refresher from the unix shell newsgroup, I was prompted into realizing that startxwin.sh launches XWin in the background, which allows the PID to be captured with $!. So if one really wanted to, startxwin could use wait with XWin's PID to wait for XWin to finish, after which it deletes /tmp/.X11-unix. No need to maintain user-specific /tmp mounts. One could probably create a start-menu shortcut that invokes startxwin.sh with the run command, similar to the way it is used in startxwin.bat. If memory serves me correctly, this was talked about before and perhaps even implemented. If the latter is actually true, then it got lost at some point (perhaps about the time that the Cygwin-X maintainer was lost ;-) ). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: ssh -x
Holger Krull wrote: Marco Meoni schrieb: hi, I'm new with cygwin. I've mainly installed it to connect to a linux server running GUI applications. In fact, I've read that with X11 forwarding (ssh -X) I can run remote applications and display the GUI on my pc running cygwin. Unfortunately I get errors like can't open display. Does anybody know what do I have to setup before? (i guess start X11 server on my local pc) Your guess is right. You have to start a local X11 server (startx). And set DISPLAY before you start ssh. Setting DISPLAY is not necessary with 'ssh -X' or 'ssh -Y'. More than that, setting DISPLAY will likely cause the X forwarding to not work as expected. For more info, read the X11 FORWARDING section of the 'ssh' man page. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: XWin 100% CPU usage (Remote Desktop)
David Raila wrote: I worked on this for a long time since trying vista and here's my solution CYGWIN=title server itty binmode glob tty I believe that some arrangement of CYGWIN args cause troubles, but I can't verify which, and I also believe I had ntsec in there before. It would run for a while, althouhg process explorer would show 9-10 thousand context switches per second for XWin.exe, then eventually it would go to XWin.exe running full blast an unresponsive until I killed it. 'binmode' and 'glob' are on by default so you don't need to set these. The same is true for 'ntsec'. There is no 'itty' option for CYGWIN. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Error 29 on Vista
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU William Bierman wrote: On 3/6/07, thebigcheeze thebigcheeze at gmail dot com wrote: ^ http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR Don't to feed the spammers. I installed Cygwin with the default packages with added ssh and the entire x11 package. when I attempt to run xwindows using this batch file: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash --login -i startx It gives the following error: 45 [main] xterm 2240 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0x3AB0 0..0x3AB440, done 0, windows pid 2356, Win32 error 487 xterm: Error 29, errno 11: Resource temporarily unavailable Reason: spawn: fork() failed followed by: winClipboardProc - winClipboardFlushWindowsMessageQueue trapped WM_QUIT message, winClipboardProc - XDestroyWindow succeeded. winClipboardIOErrorHandler! FreeFontPath: FPE /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ refcount is 2, should be 1; f ixing. winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress then it kicks me back to the command prompt. anyone know a work around or perhaps a fix for this? I'm running on an Administrator account as well. I get the 'resource temporarily unavailable' error quite often, as well. For me it's usually when I'm attempting to perform some remote function with SVN. If I just keep trying, it usually works by the fourth try. I would also be very interested in a solution. Fork failures are typically caused by one of two issues: 1. Buggy firewalls, virus-scanners, spyware proggies, etc. 2. DLL address space collisions The former can be solved by uninstalling all such junkware (no, you can't generally just disable this stuff) and trying again. If it works, then you know you need to report a bug (to the junkware provider, not to Cygwin). The latter can be solved by installing the 'rebase' package, reading '/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/rebase-2.4.3.README', and following the instructions. Win32 error 487 is a classic indicator of problem 2 above. I'd recommend starting there. You can check the main list for lots of back-story to the rebase issue if you're interested. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Error 29 on Vista
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Fork failures are typically caused by one of two issues: 1. Buggy firewalls, virus-scanners, spyware proggies, etc. 2. DLL address space collisions The former can be solved by uninstalling all such junkware (no, you can't generally just disable this stuff) and trying again. If it works, then you know you need to report a bug (to the junkware provider, not to Cygwin). The latter can be solved by installing the 'rebase' package, reading '/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/rebase-2.4.3.README', and following the instructions. Win32 error 487 is a classic indicator of problem 2 above. I'd recommend starting there. You can check the main list for lots of back-story to the rebase issue if you're interested. I somehow missed that you were working on Vista. You'll also want to see: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-11/msg00059.html You can ignore references to snapshots. If you're running the latest Cygwin release via 'setup.exe', you're at the same level as the snapshots at the time the message was sent. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Looking for a way to start XWin -auth option without modifying startxwin.bat
Grant Mills wrote: Background: Switched from Exceed yesterday. Quickly realized that remote hosts couldn't contact local x server. xhost remote_mach solved that problem. Learned that if I shutdown the X server and restarted, xhost settings didn't persist. Spent half a day researching and experimenting xauth. My remote host was failing with the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 error message. Eventually, I added -auth ~/.Xauthority to the command line that starts XWin.exe in startxwin.bat. That did the trick. Question: My question is this... Is there a way to add -auth ~/.Xauthority option to the startup of XWin.exe without modifying any of the provided files? Something like the ~/.cvsrc file. I'd like to make sure that the next time X-startup-scripts gets updated, I won't have to remember what I modified and go back and do it again. I tried using ~/.xserverrc but I'd prefer to be able to use startxwin.bat in my startup folder. I could submit a patch that would check for .Xauthority's existence and add the option when detected. If this is a suitable option, let me know and I'll submit it. ~/.xserverrc sounds like a perfectly good spot to me. It won't get changed out from under you in the next upgrade (whenever that is) like startxwin.bat. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: XWin 100% CPU usage for Java applications on Vista
Vladimir Nicolici wrote: I wonder why RedHat doesn't include this X server instead of Cygwin/X in the cygwin distribution, especially since, according to the Cygwin/X home page, the project lost its maintainer 2 years ago. Chris has already sufficiently responded to correct your misconception about the relationship between Red Hat and Cygwin. I'll only say that your musings on why the Cygwin distribution doesn't include Xming starts with one major roadblock - we'd need a maintainer to contribute and maintain the package. I can't say whether Xming would make it through the ITP phase but if it won't have a maintainer, it would suffer the same fate as Cygwin/X right now so there's little clear value to going that route. Packages don't get into the distribution without someone willing to maintain it. Now, if you're suggesting that you would be willing to become a maintainer for an Xming package in Cygwin, then consult http://cygwin.com/contrib.html and send an ITP notice when you have a package available. You'd need to take into account an upgrade path from the current Cygwin/X package if your intent would be to replace the existing offering. Then again, maybe this turns out to be the same amount of work overall as maintaining the existing package so perhaps it would be better to just take over maintainer-ship of the current package. In any case, if you've gathered from all this that the important part of the equation here is the maintainer, I think you got the point. :-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Plese help me to solve my problem
M. Tampo wrote: Dear sir Hi, I have troubled in use of Cygwin/X. When I start the Cygwin/X by using a command startx, Error comments are shown as follower, This is error message- (WW) /tmp mounted int textmode _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root (II) XF86Config is not supported (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1280 height: 960 depth: 32 winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff ff00 00ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 null screen fn ReparentWindow null screen fn RestackWindow InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned 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 of shared memory support in the kernel (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 (II) Loading US keyboard layout. (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: E0010411 (0411) (--) Using preset keyboard for Japanese (411), type 7 (--) 3 mouse buttons found Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' End of error messages- If you know where is appropriate explanation how to solve this problem, Please tell me the site. PCYMTSTAFABP* http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2007-01/msg00043.html * Please configure your mailer to search the archives for answers before posting. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: error
Varga Imre wrote: Dear Cygwin, I started XWin under cygwin using startx. Then I got a fatal error Could not open font 'fixed'. Before that the following message appeared: Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! What shall I do? Look in the FAQ for solutions. Look in the email archives for solutions. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Cygwin/x fails to run on WinXP
wei wrote: snip Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress Check the FAQ and the email archives. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: Windows Vista
Mariana Silva wrote: Hello I am trying to install cygwin/X in Windows Vista and I get a message saying that the installation could not be completed. Is there a new version of cygwin/X for this operational system? No. The error you got is unlikely to be as a result of Vista. Try a different mirror. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: help :- startx doesn't work on Cygwin.
Nisha wrote: Hello, I installed cygwin on my WinXP system and accoording to the further instructions given, i try to run startx. I am getting the following error. Please help. The extract of the last error is as below (I am attaching the full error with this email.) 6 [main] xterm 144 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0x3EB000 ..0x3EB440, done 0, windows pid 2452, Win32 error 487 xterm: Error 29, errno 11: Resource temporarily unavailable Reason: spawn: fork() failed xinit: Resource temporarily unavailable (errno 11): can't send HUP to process group 144 Rerun 'setup.exe' and install the 'rebase' package. Read it's README in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin and follow those instructions for how to run 'rebaseall'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: deleted by mistake .bashrc file in C:\cygwin\home\setup after install
On 04/29/2007, Matt Wozniski wrote: Obviously not cygwin-specific, and I don't have a cygwin computer in front of me at the moment, so I'm not even positive that this applies on cygwin - but on most UNIX systems, you could run cp /etc/skel/.bashrc ~/.bashrc Again, I'm not positive that cygwin even has a /etc/skel, but most UNIX systems copy the files in /etc/skel/ into every new user's home folder when it's created. Running that command would be the equivalent of the copy that the system did behind-the-scenes when setting up your home folder. Right. This will work as specified above. Cygwin has this and uses it. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: glXChooseVisual does not handle GLX_RGBA correctly
Geoff Levner wrote: I have an OpenGL-based application executing on a Sun, but displaying on a PC running Windows XP and an X server. The app requires a TrueColor visual, so when it calls glXChooseVisual, it passes GLX_RGBA in the attribute list. This works fine with another X server (Exceed), but when using Cygwin/X, glXChooseVisual fails to return a visual. Running xdpyinfo would seem to indicate that the server has *only* TrueColor visuals (see the output below). And in fact if I remove GLX_RGBA from the attribute list, glXChooseVisual does return one of those visuals. If I ask for information about the visual with glXGetConfig, it responds that color buffers store color indices (GLX_RGBA is false), yet the application works correctly. Anybody have a clue what is going on here? Looks to me like you're app is looking for 32 bits while Cygwin-X is only providing 24 bits. Unless you know you absolutely need transparency, I think you'll find everything works fine with the visuals you can get. Just ask for GLX_RGB instead. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: glXChooseVisual does not handle GLX_RGBA correctly
Geoff Levner wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Geoff Levner wrote:
I have an OpenGL-based application executing on a Sun, but displaying
on a PC running Windows XP and an X server. The app requires a
TrueColor visual, so when it calls glXChooseVisual, it passes
GLX_RGBA in the attribute list. This works fine with another X server
(Exceed), but when using Cygwin/X, glXChooseVisual fails to return a
visual.
Running xdpyinfo would seem to indicate that the server has *only*
TrueColor visuals (see the output below). And in fact if I remove
GLX_RGBA from the attribute list, glXChooseVisual does return one of
those visuals. If I ask for information about the visual with
glXGetConfig, it responds that color buffers store color indices
(GLX_RGBA is false), yet the application works correctly.
Anybody have a clue what is going on here?
Looks to me like you're app is looking for 32 bits while Cygwin-X is
only providing 24 bits. Unless you know you absolutely need
transparency, I think you'll find everything works fine with the
visuals you can get. Just ask for GLX_RGB instead.
That sounds reasonable, but GLX_RGB is not defined, and I can't find any
reference to it in the GLX 1.4 specifications. According to the
documentation, GLX_RGBA just means you want TrueColor or DirectColor
visuals; it says nothing about alpha. And we do not ask for any alpha
bits...
Yup, you're right. I was thinking of something else.
Perhaps it's just your combination of attributes. You might check that.
The combination below has worked for me before, albeit from a Linux
machine to Cygwin/X:
int visual_attributes[] =
{
GLX_DOUBLEBUFFER,
GLX_RGBA,
GLX_RED_SIZE, 1,
GLX_GREEN_SIZE,1,
GLX_BLUE_SIZE, 1,
GLX_DEPTH_SIZE,1,
GLX_STENCIL_SIZE, 1,
GLX_ACCUM_RED_SIZE,1,
GLX_ACCUM_GREEN_SIZE, 1,
GLX_ACCUM_BLUE_SIZE, 1,
None
};
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Re: startxwin.sh crashing on XP pro
Jim Marshall wrote: My co-worker just installed cygwin, when he tries to run startxwin.sh it crashes. A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.99.901-4 Contact: xxx XWin was started with the following command line XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error I've read a few posts on this and tried the solutions (setting XWin :2, the font mount problem) to no avail. Can you suggest any other options to get it to work on his machine? I'd suggest the easiest solution to a working install would be to wipe the existing and reinstall choosing Unix/binary instead of DOS/text. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: startxwin.sh crashing on XP pro
Jim Marshall wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Jim Marshall wrote: My co-worker just installed cygwin, when he tries to run startxwin.sh it crashes. A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.99.901-4 Contact: xxx XWin was started with the following command line XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error I've read a few posts on this and tried the solutions (setting XWin :2, the font mount problem) to no avail. Can you suggest any other options to get it to work on his machine? I'd suggest the easiest solution to a working install would be to wipe the existing and reinstall choosing Unix/binary instead of DOS/text. Thank you - that fixed his problem! Glad I could help. :-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - 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: a question about setup cygwin in windows xp
xie xie wrote: Hello, I have downloaded the setup file of cygwin from HONGKONG mirror website,I choose the reinforce way to download the file,but when I have finished setup cygwin ,the system shows that the sysytem cann't find cygwin1.dll,you should re-setup the software.but after I have done it .the system shows the same.what is the reason.how to solve the problem .thank you Please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines described at the link below: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Please send any follow-ups on this issue to the cygwin list since this is not an Cygwin-X specific issue. -- 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: error message
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The program I am trying to run is over secure ssh and requires the ability to run emacs in a separate window from the terminal. I ran it, but it was unable to generate the separate window. So I tried using the -multiwindow thing like in the user guide (which I don't understand at all, probably because I have about five weeks of experience with linux), and this is what I got: A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information. Release 6.8.99.901-4 ... XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard Fatal server error: cannot open log file /tmp/XWin.log I tried fixing it by reinstalling everything, but that didn't work. What do I do? Please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found at the link below: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- 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: Problem losing mouse pointer visibility
On 06/22/2007, Damien Cymbal wrote: I am looking for any ideas on how to either resolve or debug this problem to the next level. I am currently using 6.8.99.901-4 of XWin, although I have had the following problem through several cygwin updates now. I am using XWin to start an XDMCP session to an Ubuntu box running a GNOME desktop via gdm. The current version of Ubuntu is 7.04 although I have had this problem going against 6.10 and 6.06 as well. Everything runs fine for me for some intermittent amount of time and then I inevitably wind up losing the visibility of the mouse pointer in the X server. snip This is a known problem. The current work-around is to go to the X icon in the task bar, right click on it, and select the option to restore the cursor (I forget the precise wording). -- 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: unable to open display 6 times when I try to run any X apps from xterm
On 06/23/2007, cygwin wrote: When I try to start any X application, from an xterm, I get the following errors. This used to always work but is broke for some reason. I would like some direction on how to troubleshoot this. I think this is some kind of program running that is getting in the way but can't find which one. Both virus and firewall are disabled. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Start the X server first (xstartwin). If that doesn't work, then your firewall and/or virus scanner are likely to blame, disabled or not. Uninstall them and try again. -- 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: Windowmaker not open bash properly
Scott Mohnkern wrote: I had Cygwin with Windowmaker running just beautifully, then another application came in and installed another xserver (which I've since disabled) but now inside windowmaker, whenever I try to open up an Xterm window the window opens but I get no bash prompt. I can type an ls and get a file listing, and a ps gives me processes. However whenever I try to ssh -Y to another machine, it tells me Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal. Anyone ever seen this before, and a solution? I'd suggest reading the problem reporting guidelines outlined at the link below: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html You've given us some information about how the problem manifests itself but it would be helpful to know what other Xserver you installed as well as basic boot-strap information (i.e. cygcheck output - *attached* not included/inlined). -- 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: Windowmaker not open bash properly
Scott Mohnkern wrote: Apologies, I was following the format of other questions I'd seen here. Attached is cygcheck.out The other server was Xvision, which was part of an automatic install of Cradle 5.5.x You (no longer?) have Cygwin in your path. You're picking up the Nutcracker/MKS tools now. Fix your path and give a quick run through of the rest of your environment to clean up any issues. Two that caught my eye are $HOME and $TERM are now incorrectly set. If you can find where Nutcracker/MKS sets these and remove/avoid them, you'll have better luck working with Cygwin. -- 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: Windowmaker not open bash properly
Scott Mohnkern wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Scott Mohnkern wrote: Apologies, I was following the format of other questions I'd seen here. Attached is cygcheck.out The other server was Xvision, which was part of an automatic install of Cradle 5.5.x You (no longer?) have Cygwin in your path. You're picking up the Nutcracker/MKS tools now. Fix your path and give a quick run through of the rest of your environment to clean up any issues. Two that caught my eye are $HOME and $TERM are now incorrectly set. If you can find where Nutcracker/MKS sets these and remove/avoid them, you'll have better luck working with Cygwin. That appears to have solved most of it. Removing the nutcracker entries and putting cygwin and cygwin bin in the path got me up and running. It doesn't appear to be pulling my profile up correctly when I open up bash (It's defaulting to a different $HOME but I can probably figure out where that is set) It's probably in your system-level environment, which you can access from the Windows control panel System applet. Good luck. -- 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/
