Re: I lose characters because keycode of Fn is same than DEL

On 1 July 2011 16:13, Jon TURNEY wrote: > I was aiming to generate an unused keycode, though, so I'm not sure I've > picked a good one. Understood, although just about anything is preferable to Delete :) Since Fn functions as a modifier, perhaps one of the Mod keys, e.g. Mod5 might be a better c

Re: I lose characters because keycode of Fn is same than DEL

On 30 June 2011 17:51, Jon TURNEY wrote: > I've fixed the mapping for this (undocumented) virtual key code, so hopefully > this works correctly now. I've uploaded a snapshot at [1] > > I can't test this as the keyboards I have with an Fn key don't generate a > separate keypress for that, apparentl

Re: I lose characters because keycode of Fn is same than DEL

On 23 June 2011 12:34, Jon TURNEY wrote: > On 10/06/2011 10:33, Paul Maier wrote: >> >> on a a IBM Lenovo Laptop T60 there is a "Fn" key to adjust the screen >> brightness and such. >> >> That "Fn" key has the same keycode than the DEL key. >> Therefore I can't change the Fn key with xmodmap (beca

Re: Changing interactive shell from Bash to Zsh

Anonymous bin ich writes: > > Hi! > > I am having trouble changing my shell from Bash to Zsh. > > Since there is no chsh, I have tried adding "exec zsh -l" to .bashrc > > Unfortunately, since cygwin is started as "interactive login shell", > it doesn't read .bashrc and so it starts as bash >

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: xinit-1.1.1-5

Charles Wilson wrote: > Angelo Graziosi wrote: > >> In 'startxwin.bat' I see: >> >> %RUN% bash -l -c "XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error" >> >> Shouldn't it be >> >> %RUN% bash -l -c "XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error &" ? > > No, "run" implicitly puts the target in the b

RE: Cut & Paste problem between X windows

Steve Wallace wrote, > I am using the logitech setpoint utility within XP with the default > settings, although these were also used on the previous setup. In setpoint (assuming it's similar to the version I have), there's a tab with "1. Select Mouse", "2. Select Button", and "3.Select Task" Se

RE: Problems starting "rxvt" from startxwin.bat

Jose Luis wrote: > I can start "xterm" from startxwin.bat: > > %RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l > > but no "rxvt": > > %RUN% rxvt -bg white -fg black -e /bin/bash > > although it can be started from command line: > > jlfd...@jlfdiazwxp ~ > $ rxvt -bg white -fg

RE: Why is remote client being rejected? AUDIT: XWin: client 4 rejected from IP 192.168.3.3

Linda Walsh wrote: > Yeah, know about that one: > (xosview&) > saves it from the HUP's when the window closes... No need for that (which adds an unnecessary extra fork), just unset the bash option huponexit (probably in your ~/.bashrc): shopt -u huponexit Although I think that's the defaul

RE: Mouse chording question

Peter Scott wrote: > Hello. I would like to migrate from eXceed to Cygwin for the > performance improvement, but there is a feature I currently have that > I have not figured out in Cygwin yet. I want MB1+MB3 to generate > paste (as in MB2). You need the -emulate3buttons option for XWin (exactly

RE: cygwin Xserver issues

samitj wrote: > I keep getting this error: > sj...@dksjdksj~ > $ startx > xauth: creating new authority file /cygdrive/c/Documents and > Settings/samitj/.se > rverauth.8172 > > giving up. > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Ser

RE: error in doc

Arnaud Chéritat wrote: > slight mistake in doc http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html > the shell scripts now are in /bin not in /usr/bin In Cygwin, /bin IS /usr/bin. /usr/bin is just a mount point. Phil This email has been scanned by Ascribe Ltd using Microsoft Antigen for Exchange. -- Unsubsc

RE: drop-down menu with multiwindow option doesn't work

Raphaël Langella wrote: > Hi, > I'm using Tecplot 360, a proprietary program written with a Motif > toolkit. It runs on a Linux server and the display is a win2k PC > with cygwin X Server 1.5.3. The problem only happens with the > multiwindow option. > The problem is with the drop-down menu.

RE: XWin wrong fonts after update

catia.lava...@xxx.xxx wrote: > I know I can always tell which packages are to be updated, what > if I do not what to? You click on the second column until it says "Keep". The interface could be more user friendly, but it does the job. I've not updated this PC to X11R7 because I need a ser

RE: 'no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH' error message on install

Jaroslav Rynik wrote: > when I wanted to install, the program with cygwin (using package for > NetBSD), the error message "no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH" > came up. This list is for X related questions only, setting the follow-up address to the main cygwin list. > However, I have instal

RE: XWin wrong fonts after update

catia.lava...@xxx.xxx wrote: > I've been using since ages cygwin and XWin (XWin :0 -clipboard > -multiwindow) on a Win XP Prof 32bit and I had no problems at all. Last > update of cygwin I did was some month ago (I do not know exactly when). > Yesterday afternoon I did again an update (like I a

RE: Re: Is there any way to make the key combination "Ctrl+Space" work under cygwin-XServer?

SUN, Jian wrote: > I think I may turn to xtermcontrol and use commands to resize the > windows instead of key combinations. > xtermcontrol --maximize > xtermcontrol --restore If you're content to only have this available from the command line, you could assign the xtermcontrol commands to shortcut

RE: Re: Is there any way to make the key combination "Ctrl+Space" work under cygwin-XServer?

work, you should read the documentation before trying this. The same technique should work with any Xt based X application. > Thanks a lot, > SUN, Jian (Jason) > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Phil Betts Please don't quote raw email addresses in your replies. They appear

RE: Re: Is there any way to make the key combination "Ctrl+Space" work under cygwin-XServer?

SUN, Jian wrote: > I am very sorry because I made a mistake. It's actually the key > combination "Alt-Space" that does not work on my computer I want > to use it to active the x-window's menu and then I cam press "x" to > maximize the window. "Alt-space" does not work under cygwin xserver > but

RE: "-query" not working on cygwin/windows

km4hr wrote: > Phil Betts-2 wrote: >> >> km4hr wrote: >> >> Perhaps you missed my suggestions here: >> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2009-02/msg00222.html >> >> Try the telnet check first to see if the port is accessible from >> Windows >&g

RE: Reproducing the cygwin X problems

Dan Tsafrir wrote: > I confirm this exact behavior. > > This is exactly the problem I'm experiencing in terms of copy-paste on > my XP machine. Specifically, if the vncviewer (TightVNC) is open, and > I select a text in a cygwin xterm or emacs, then copy-paste / > cut-and-paste completely stops fu

RE: X.org 7.4 dying under Geomview

Lloyd Wood wrote: > Some improvement is seen in full desktop mode, where geomview doesn't > crash, and can be used (modulo missing hardware acceleration.) Since you keep mentioning hardware acceleration at every available opportunity (it's getting a bit tiresome now), I thought I should point out

RE: "-query" not working on cygwin/windows

km4hr wrote: > Well, I have now turned on all relevant ports in the Windows firewall. > I still can't connnect. > I turned on port 177(UDP) and 6000-6006(TCP). I even turned on extra > ports as recommend by > http://www.starnet.com/xwin32kb/What_ports_need_to_be_opened_for_XDMCP/ > this source. >

RE: "-query" not working on cygwin/windows

km4hr wrote: > This is a update including further information regarding my quest to > get cygwin/x to connect to my CentOS linux server via xdmcp. > > I believe I have isolated the problem to either cygwin/x or Windows, > probably Windows because no X-server that I've tried works. I've tried > cyg

RE: Reproducing the cygwin X problems

Mike Ayers wrote: > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner at cygwin.com > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner at cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Phil Betts ^^ http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR > > It might have worked, but it was wrong. Do not set the DISPL

RE: Reproducing the cygwin X problems

Mike Ayers wrote: > Today I noticed a new problem, which may or may not be related: > > [SNIP] > mike-ayers-lap> ssh -Y -l mayers mikeayers-linux-2 > Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 > forwarding. > Last login: Thu Feb 19 11:54:55 2009 from 192.168.2.87 > mikeay

RE: "-query" not working on cygwin/windows

km4hr wrote: > This is an update on my hard-fought attempt to get "-query" access to a > linux > xdmcp server running CentOS 5 from my Windows PC running cygwin-x. > > I installed X-Win32 (a commercial X-server) on my Windows PC. Unlike > cygwin-x and Xming the X-Win32 server does detect available

RE: question

On Monday, January 26, 2009 marwa chendeb wrote: > Hello > I updated Cygwin but the problem is that x server don't work. when i You haven't updated the X server. Version 6.8.99.901 is the old one. Please see this: > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Pay particular attentio

RE: Windows scaling

Jon TURNEY wrote on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:48 PM:: > Gionatan Danti wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have a question regarding CygWin/X. >> >> I would like to know if there is a method to scale a window, similar >> to what is possible with UltraVNC and its scaling option. >> >> To be more clear, I w

RE: cygwin and cygwin-xfree lists to merge

Christopher Faylor wrote on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:49 PM:: > The historical reasons for merging the cygwin and cygwin-xfree lists > no longer seems to exist so I am contemplating merging the two lists. > > If anyone has a compelling reason why this should not happen please > send it to on

RE: xterm line wrapping

Thomas Dickey wrote on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:31 AM:: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 10:57:53AM -0500, Gustavo Seabra wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I wonder if anyone else sees this. When I open an xterm, it all works >> fine with the default dimensions. But if I resize the terminal, line >> wrappin

RE: adobe-courier not found

Mattias Hellström wrote on Monday, December 08, 2008 12:00 PM:: > How can I solve the following error (when trying to view emacs from > remote linux machine)? > > No fonts match `-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-12-120-75-75-*-*-*-*' > > I haved tried to install all fonts but the particular one does

RE: startx doesn't if $HOME contains white spaces

Marco Atzeri wrote on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:49 PM:: > --- ludo ha scritto: > >> my $HOME is : >> $ echo $HOME >> /c/Documents and Settings/patrick.PRO2204 >> > > it is not a good idea: > > http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.filename-spaces > >> >> I think that white

RE: Regarding installation of X11 server in my Laptop with Windows Vista home basic OS

mallikarjun reddy wrote on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:02 PM:: > Dear Sir, > I,G Mallikarjun Reddy, am a student of B.Tech final year > studying in National Institute of Technology,Warangal.I want to > install Magic VLSI design tool in my Laptop which has Windows Vista > Home Basic

RE: .Xdefaults not being read

thetrystero wrote on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 5:19 PM:: > oops .. so all i need to do is look for the package called "cpp" in > setup.exe an install that? No, I already told you which package you need - gcc-core Phil -- This email has been scanned by Ascribe PLC using Microsoft Antigen for

RE: Windows Vista

Monson Hayes wrote on Sunday, August 24, 2008 12:51 PM:: [snip] > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' It's pretty obvious that this is the reason it's failed, and googling for this would have found the answer. Whilst I could give you the definitive solution, it's such a

RE: Running a simple GUI app

John Emmas wrote on Monday, August 18, 2008 7:43 PM:: > Sorry Phil if my questions seem 'lame'. I should have explained that > I only installed Cygwin this morning so I'm by no means up to speed > with the concepts or terminology. I'm sorry if it came across wrongly. I didn't mean to suggest yo

RE: Running a simple GUI app

John Emmas wrote on Monday, August 18, 2008 4:55 PM:: > Hi there, > > After installing Cygwin (under WinXP) I've got to the stage of > compiling a very simple "Hello World" app which just displays an > empty GTK dialog with the title "Hello World". To run the app I > (currently) have to start Cy

RE: can't get visual from xserver

Olaf Eisen wrote on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:50 AM:: > I use use X11 tunneling with ssh -Y which works fine for xterms and > graphics. However, for the software called "Focus" I get the fatal > error > > Can't Find "TrueColor" Visual of Depth = 24! > Error: XtCreatePopupShell requires non-NU

RE: various X-based apps (konsole, mplayer, mencoder) fail to start

John J. McDonough, WB8RCR wrote on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:01 AM:: > Do ANY X applications work? Have you ever seen a GUI screen on your > XP laptop? > > Bringing up a Cygwin terminal window is NOT the same as starting an > Xterm. Do you have the Cygwin X displayed in the tray? This is a va

RE: Couldn't load XKB keymap (fr_CH)

Xavier Robin wrote on Friday, May 30, 2008 8:57 AM:: > It looks like the file /etc/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86 cannot be found. > However, it exists: > >> $ ls -l /etc/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86 >> -rwxr--r--+ 1 ROBINX Utilisateurs 12788 Oct 27 2005 >> /etc/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86 > (It was -rwx--+

RE: Start X server crashes with dual monitors

Top posting - reformatted. Krzysztof Syryczynski wrote on Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:11 AM:: >> Did you perform the steps in the FAQ for the fatal error message you >> received? Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' >> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eo

RE: unable to configure mpich2 in xterm - worked fine in non-X cygwin terminal

Anderson, Carl wrote on Monday, May 05, 2008 5:46 PM:: > I recently tried to configure and make mpich2 for a parallel > programming class. I was working from an xterm window running bash. > The configure script would hang on certain checks. Another student > had the exact same problem on his ma

RE: FW: How to create an icon to startx with no extra CMD.EXE window

Thomas Dickey wrote on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:35 AM:: > On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Siegfried Heintze (Aditi) wrote: > But I have this ugly console hanging around. When I kill it, it kills X as well. Is there a way to have an icon that does not create a superfluous console window? >

RE: rxvt window size change not detected

Thomas Dickey wrote on Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:23 AM:: > On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, xerces8 wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Found this problem: >> >> - start bash in rxvt (C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sl 5000 -fn 20 -bg >> black -fg white -sr -e bash --login >> -i) >> - less /etc/passwd >> - maximize the rxvt

RE: enquiry on the error message for the Release:6.8.99.901-4

Ning Wang wrote on Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:07 AM:: > Dear Sir/Mdm, > > I am confused by the following error message generated each time when > I start my cygwin program: C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat. > > Error Message displayed as followings-- > A fatal error has occurred and

Re: Problems using startxwin.bat

PEDRO MACANAS VALVERDE wrote on Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:30 PM:: > -Mensaje original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^ Please don't feed the spammers: > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Cary Jamison ^

RE: fatal error

Carlos Moran Tejeda wrote on Tuesday, February 05, 2008 2:55 PM:: > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > > Please, could you let me know how to fix it? Try looking in the FAQ - there's a link to it at the bottom of every message on the list. This is almost always caused b

RE: Problem with arrow keys in x-based applications on cygwin

Per Thorlacius wrote on Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:30 PM:: > The arrow keys are not sending escape sequences, they are entirely > ignored. Do you get any keypress events when you press the keys? Try running xev. In the window that opens, press the cursor keys and watch the output. If you get

RE: Use remote graphical program

Gustavo Seabra wrote on Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:16 PM:: > On Jan 3, 2008 7:08 AM, Phil Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ^ http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR >> There is an experimental, but (in my e

RE: Xwin crashed when i use "-depth 24"

Ali asghar Toraby wrote on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 6:12 AM:: > hi friends Asking the same question 3 times in quick succession without waiting for a response will not make you any friends here. > i use xwin to remote solaris8 CDE environment. when i use > 24 bpp option it crashed and followi

RE: Use remote graphical program

Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote on Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:40 AM:: > horacioemilio wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to use a remote program which is installed on a remote >> linux machine. In these situations I usually do; >> >> 0) on my windows machine I start cygwin and afterwards use >> star

RE: how can i change the color of xterms that connected with ssh to unix account

Meir Yanovich wrote on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 2:51 PM:: > Hello all > Im new to cygwin and X im using the > cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat for simple x display > for using the unix tools in windows and to connect with ssh to unix > accounts > now i like to be able to change the color of

RE: helP: malfunction of the x window system

nmensal@.it wrote on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:21 AM:: > I did not install new firewalls. The firewall was running also before > when the x-server was working correctly. Have you recently installed or updated any of the apps on the BLODA? http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-talk/2007-q4/msg00026.h

RE: Using XWin.exe to connect to a linux X Server

jose isaias cabrera wrote on Monday, December 03, 2007 11:43 PM:: > Just to complete this issue, I had to delete the account and recreate > it. The reason why was that I previously had an SPARC sunworkstion > with Gentoo on it, and I rsync-ed all of the files and directories > from that server. I

RE: Trapping clicks on Cygwin/X Server icon

phiroc wrote on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:45 PM:: > is there a way to trap clicks on the Cygwin/X Server icon in the > System Tray or on the Exit Button in the dialog that appears? > I don't know of a way to trap the exit, but... > I would like cygwin to run a script before shutting down. Y

RE: X "server already running"?

Kevin Porter wrote on Monday, November 26, 2007 9:08 AM:: > /tmp/XWin.log says: > > -- START /tmp/XWin.log -- > > _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running > > Fatal server error: > Cannot establish any

RE: stopping the cygwin X Server

John Windberg wrote on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 6:13 PM:: > There's a nifty startxwin.bat file for starting the x server, but I > was wondering how to stop it. So I went searching and found: > > http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-stopping.html > > When you are done using Cygwin/X, press Alt-F

RE: Cannot open X

Arnaud Madur wrote on Monday, November 05, 2007 10:01 PM:: > I removed cygwin1.dll. > Mounts are now in bin mode. > It is not working. > I think you'll also need to reinstall the fonts. When they were installed in a textmode mount, the fonts.dir among others will have been generated with dos l

RE: OpenGL files

Suresh Keswani wrote on Thursday, October 11, 2007 5:46 PM:: > I have a small question relating to developing OpenGL applications > *locally*: I have installed the gcc/++ compiler suite, freeglut > library files and the "OpenGL-related files" via the setup program. > However, compiling OpenGL prog

RE: Checking if the X Server is running

O. Olson wrote on Monday, October 01, 2007 1:49 AM:: > I still don't think I can get this to work. I tried > this from the command line (and my file is in > /usr/local/bin/sd.sh) > > C:\cygwin\bin\bash --login /usr/local/bin/sd.sh > > This still brings up the Fatal Error Window. > It's p

RE: How to use the X clipboard

Robert Kiesling wrote on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:02 AM:: > I need to set the X server option, "emulate3Buttons," in order to use > the X clipboard with the Cygwin system's mouse. The FAQ tells me that > I can add, "-emulate3buttons ," to the X server arguments. > However, if I start the ser

RE: Problems starting X and a solution to be appended to the FAQ

Martin Sebastian Wain wrote on Friday, September 14, 2007 4:45 PM:: > I was going crazy with the "fixed" font error... to later find out > (somewhere) that it was caused by the DOS/Text mode (\r\n) in the > instalation of cygwin. > With a textmode mounted root, it seems the fonts fail to load, and

RE: Xdmcp too slow with SOME Linux accounts.

Michael Giroux wrote on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:25 PM:: > Since I'm only starting one client (Eclipse) the others I have no way > of knowing what the others are. Try xlsclients -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/pro

RE: Modal windows

Michel Bardiaux wrote on Thursday, June 07, 2007 4:01 PM:: > We have a MOTIF app that works correctly when displayed on a debian > sarge (that is, using xfree) or win2k+exceed8.0. > > With cygwin-xfree on winxp, however, the modal windows do NOT stay on > top of the main application window, the m

RE: Startxwin.bat fatal error in Windows Vista

Allen Rongone wrote on Monday, May 14, 2007 8:29 PM:: > I've seen this before under Windows XP and it was due to the fact > that the previous user was the owner of the /tmp/.X11-unix directory > and no one else had permissions to delete the X0 file nor were they > able to remove this directory

RE: XWin 6.8.99.901-4-Problems with fonts and clipboard module - cygcheck.out (0/1)

Robert Neville wrote on Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:07 PM:: > After reinstalling X and all fonts, I mounted the font path and still > receive this error. > > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, > removing from list! This is not an error, it is just a warning. If you h

RE: FW: Wide char support on cygwin

Arthi N (RBIN/ECM2) wrote on Friday, April 27, 2007 10:28 AM:: > Thank you for the reply, from this reply, I shall concentrate more on > cygwin. > > But I have included the needed header inspite of that I get the error > !) " error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `wostream' with no > type"

RE: Changing port number

Zxarr wrote on Friday, April 13, 2007 4:26 PM:: > Well, I tried using the -screen 2 option, is that what you were > thinking? I > still get the same error. Not surprising, because that wasn't the solution you were given ;-) > > Command: > run XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error -tr

RE: xinitrc final command with -multiwindow

J. David Blackstone wrote on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:29 PM:: > Jason wrote: > >> I don't know that this helps, but I use the stock startxwin.bat batch >> file Cygwin/X shipped with. Using that batch file, I am free to close >> down the Xterm that it starts up, without X dying off. > > That

RE: Can't get Cygwin/X to run on my Windows XP

Christopher Faylor wrote on Monday, March 19, 2007 11:07 AM:: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 08:29:40PM -0700, hendrau wrote: >> Christopher Faylor-8 wrote: >>> On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 07:02:37PM -0700, hendrau wrote: >>> >>> Hi Christopher, I did intentionally put '>'s in my messages, they >>> just s

RE: Setting xterm title over ssh problems

pgrodt wrote on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:59 PM:: > Forgive me if this is not really a cygwin question, I'm uncertain. I It isn't really, but... > am spawning xterm instances while ssh fowarding a linux box to > cygwin-xfree, and am unable to set the title of these windows. I > first tried c

RE: modification of startx.bat not work

Dirk Schleicher wrote on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:48 AM:: > Am Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:16:51 -0500 > schrieb René Berber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [snip] >> Correct, the way XWin is started using startxwin.bat does make the >> whole server execution depend on the xterm, so when the xterm is >> closed

RE: OpenGL under XFree; Server config app

Berndt, Jon S wrote on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:36 PM:: > Two questions: > > 1) I assume that the plain vanilla XFree server distributed via a > Cygwin install does not natively support OpenGL. Regardless, how > would I enable support for OpenGL, if possible, and/or where can I > find out more a

RE: windows XP : cygwin -X server not opening

Alexander wrote on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:32 AM:: > I thought you're off working for a real company. > The lines I was refering to are: > > MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support >> XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to >> lack of shared memor

RE: would you mind answering this problem?

Yoshida akira wrote on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:33 AM:: > i had an error in attached file using cygwin. > would you mind answering how i can solve this problem ? > > -- > 1. i set erroneous PATH statement in .bashrc : >export PATH='c:/

RE: Problem with cygfreetype-6.dll

Dick Jay wrote on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:21 AM:: > I recently installed cygwin 2.510.2.2 (that's the version displayed > by the setup program) including the X11 stuff. That's only the version number of the setup.exe you're using. Each package you install has its own version number which

RE: x-term font

Igor Peshansky wrote on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:04 AM:: > On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, thad wrote: > >> how can i change the font size of xterm? > > You need to use the -fn option to pass the name/size combination for > the font you want. Igor Alternatively, ctrl-right-click once xterm is run

RE: Pseudo Colors on Solaris

On Thursday, September 22, 2005 4:34 PM, James.Bassett wrote: > 0 0 but white was also red 255 0 0). When I do not do ether, I can sort > of see the image but it is very very dark. Don't do ether, do LSD. The colours will still be wrong, but they'll be really bright and you'll get far more than

RE: How to have more than one X display?

On Thursday, September 01 at 2:09, Soong, SylokeJ wrote: > I had tried both > > SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:1.0 > > SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.1 > > I was guessing to recall which way it could be > to change the display number and had to decide > which to copy and paste into the email. > > Either way gi

RE: Mouse scroll wheel acts as left arrow/right arrow.

On Thursday, September 01 at 01:35, Brian Keener wrote: > I have a microsoft mouse with a scroll wheel that scrolls both up and > down, and left/right. The up/down scrolling action seems to act as > left/right arrows. > > In firefox, using the scroll wheel goes back/forwards a page, for an > e

RE: logout from gnome-session over ssh

On Friday, July 01, 2005 4:30 AM, Ariel Millennium Thornton wrote: > >On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:35:33 -0400 Jerome Asselin wrote: > >> >From a cygwin bash shell, I run these commands: >> >> Xwin & >> export DISPLAY=:0 >> ssh -Y remoteserver -l user gnome-session >> >> This works fine until I try to

RE: rxvt in search of libX11.dll

On Friday, May 20, 2005 3:25 PM, Didier BRETIN wrote, > I launch a "find / -name 'libX11.dll' " on my cygwin installation > and this file is not existing. > What is the package for this library I need to install ? You need the XFree86-lib-compat package. For future reference, you can find this s

RE: Popups popping through windows using built-in rootless WM

On Friday, May 20, 2005 10:51 AM, Alexander Gottwald wrote: > Anyway, tooltips which appear on top of any other window are not a bug in my > opinion. They appear topmost in windowed mode too. The problem is not that the popups appear on top. It is that the mouse position reports are passed to th

RE: Multiple XWin.exe programs loading and no xterm

On Friday, April 08, 2005 3:58 PM, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Phil Betts wrote: >> An alternative that I've not seen raised before: I was wondering if it >> would be possible to run XWin as a Windows service (presumably via >> cygserver). > >

RE: Multiple XWin.exe programs loading and no xterm

On Thursday, April 07, 2005 8:58 PM, Alexander Gottwald wrote: >On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Phil Betts wrote: >> Is it possible that xinit similarly thinks all is well? > > I don't think so. Good. > Nothing forks except bash (or cmd or whatever) The xserver on unix do

RE: Multiple XWin.exe programs loading and no xterm

On Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:21 PM, Alexander Gottwald wrote: >On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Phil Betts wrote: > >> People using startx will need a similar solution, but will be able to >> use more elegant code instead of the unholy mess that CMD.EXE forced >> me to write! >

RE: Multiple XWin.exe programs loading and no xterm

On Thursday, March 31, 2005 7:10 PM, Alexander Gottwald wrote: >On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Armbrust, Daniel C. wrote: > >> Because I execute the entire script twice, since the first >> execution doesn't bring up any xterms. >> >> Still not sure what is causing it to take so long to launch the >> xwin.e

RE: bad installation ?

On Wednesday, February 23, 2005 6:23 PM, Banibrata Dutta wrote: > Could anybody explain the following behaviour or Cygwin and "startx" > in Cygwin... > > > > Your group is currently "mkpasswd". This indicates that > the /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files should be rebuilt. > See the man

RE: spelling correction

Alexander Gottwald wrote: >On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Thomas Munro wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On this page: >> >> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html >> >> there is a heading: >> >> "11.4. Whom holds the copyright on the Cygwin/X source code?" >> >> It should of course be "Who". >> >> Sorry t

RE: Xwin shutdown command line option

he kill commands with echo so that you can verify that it would kill the right process. Once you're satisfied that it would work for you, delete the echo. HTH, Phil Betts ** This email and any files transmitted with it ar

RE: Xwin shutdown command line option

tter to use a different signal, SIGHUP seems like the most polite option, but I don't know if XWin supports this. Phil Betts ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of th

auto-hiding taskbar causes refresh problems

Hi folks, To recreate this small bug: 1) Disable taskbar auto-hiding 2) Start X in multiwindow mode 3) Enable taskbar auto-hiding Now, nothing is rendered into the area where the taskbar used to be. Previously rendered areas can be dragged into the taskbar zone without being erased, but if they b

Start script changes

Harold, Since /usr/X11R6 is apparently "an abomination", you'll have no qualms about moving run.exe into /usr/bin (alias /bin), right? ;-) You can say yes now and skip to the last two paragraphs, it's mostly justification for the change. However, if you need more convincing... I've got a startx

RE: Various starting X problems

Hi Harold, >> vanilla DOS/Windows shell. My guess is that it's relying on some env >> var. > >I'm aware of this. I don't remember the exact details, but there is a >sort of Catch-22 situation for setting the "start in" folder for the >xterm shortcut; neither '/usr/bin' nor '/usr/X11R6/bin' wor

RE: Various starting X problems

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

RE: XWin 4.3.0-50 crashes with -multiwindow (ping Earle)

Hi All, It seems that this may have been resolved already, but FWIW... Earle F. Philhower III wrote: > To fix it we can reinstate the if()... > > if (pixmap->drawable.bitsPerPixel == 15) > > effXBPP = 16; > > else > > effXBPP = pixmap->drawable.bitsPerPixel; > > if (pixmap->dra

Emacs clipboard now working

emacs with the 19.30 version. There were just two differences, so I tried the newer code with the old emacs. Bingo! It now works like a charm! For the archives, the problem was that the old version needed: (COMPOUND_TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string) to be added to selection-converte

RE: X/Cygwin icon proposal

e don't have the time to make a lot of noise on lists such as this. d) Most true geeks (a hat I wear myself when I'm at home) won't touch Windows of any flavour from choice and therefore won't be needing cygwin. e) A dispr