Re: Alternate window manager

2003-06-09 Thread John Buttery
enerable twm (which is the default window manager provided with Cygwin/XFree86). All you need to do is install a different window manager; I know at least fvwm (or is it fvwm2) is available via the setup program. KDE and GNOME also run under Cygwin, but you have to get them manually from their respe

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] XHC - X-Host Chooser

2003-03-22 Thread John Buttery
en't downloaded it so I'm not sure which checkbox actually corresponds to which function internally, but the text itself contradicts itself ("-nounixkill" is listed as disabling Alt-F4, and vice versa). -- John# Buttery # Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a

Re: XFree86: Removing dummy root window on Rootless/Multiwindow mode

2003-03-03 Thread John Buttery
he only common tool to get it > back to the iconified state? -- Daniel Alt-tab or Ctrl-Esc should also work (to make some of Windows' GUI components resurface). Also, hitting Alt-Space, then n, will minimize most windows. -- John# Buttery # Why do CS majors always confuse Christm

Re: using rxvt with other shells

2003-02-19 Thread John Buttery
on of virus :p). -- ---- John Buttery (Web page temporarily unavailable) msg05243/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: What do people use Xfree86 for?

2003-02-03 Thread John Buttery
s to the list manager(s) (and everyone else) for posting to this thread; please send replies to this message (if any) to me personally and not the list. -- -------- John Buttery

Re: change the size of the window

2003-01-30 Thread John Buttery
ay twm isn't configurable just because _you_ don't know how. :) -- -------- John Buttery (Web page temporarily unavailable) msg05057/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Displaying host list to manage from a local list

2003-01-29 Thread John Buttery
ying "xdmcp-boadcast" in > Xconfig). Edit your startxwin.bat so it says "Xwin.exe -broadcast". -- ---- John Buttery

Re: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP

2003-01-27 Thread John Buttery
wonder if the udp line might be indicative of a > problem. Nope, XDMCP is UDP-based. Actually, I was kinda hoping that line wouldn't be there; that would at least have told us what the problem was. :) -- -----

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Server Test 75

2003-01-27 Thread John Buttery
l useful. :p) -- ---- John Buttery (Web page temporarily unavailable) msg04983/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Can't Get XDMCP Login on Mandrake 9.0 Box from XP

2003-01-27 Thread John Buttery
hing. Try running: # netstat -plun | grep 177 ...and see if kdm is listening; if it is, you have an error in your permissions/configuration. -- ---- Jo

Re: ssh and xsessioning know-how

2003-01-16 Thread John Buttery
can't kill this xterm box without closing up all of kde or gnome in > one shot... Well of course, that's because the ssh client is forwarding the port that those applications are using...kill ssh and you kill the port forwarding. -- John Buttery (Web page temporarily unavailable) msg04803/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: grep: Command not found when starting tcsh

2003-01-16 Thread John Buttery
* Harold L Hunt II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-16 09:11:29 -0500]: > Let that be a lesson to you: nobody uses tcsh :) OI! Oh wait, I don't use tcsh any more. Never mind. :) -- ----

Re: New "multiwindow" mode is great

2003-01-16 Thread John Buttery
* Harold L Hunt II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-16 08:17:55 -0500]: > Just thought I would share that... hiding the root window may not be > trivial. Doh...ah well, it's only cosmetic. -- -----

Re: New "multiwindow" mode is great

2003-01-16 Thread John Buttery
for the Word document...hmm, no, I'll spare the list. ;) -- -------- John Buttery (Web page temporarily unavailable) -

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] xwinclip Test 08 (Cygwin/XFree86 and Windows clipboard integration)

2003-01-13 Thread John Buttery
d Test08 do Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Service Pack 6a with IE 5.5 -- -------- John Buttery (Web page temporarily unavailable)

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] xwinclip Test 08 (Cygwin/XFree86 and Windows clipboard integration)

2003-01-13 Thread John Buttery
ionNotify - Reasserted ownership of ATOM: PRIMARY Is this normal? -- ---- John Buttery (Web page temporarily un

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Server Test 70

2003-01-13 Thread John Buttery
lar, of course) -- ---- John Buttery (Web page temporarily unavailable) msg04669/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Server Test 70

2003-01-13 Thread John Buttery
* Harold L Hunt II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-12 14:53:55 -0500]: > 1) EXPERIMENTAL: New multiwindow mode (invoked with the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a with IE 5.5 works great. Just an FYI. -- ---- Joh

Re: Windows Manager

2002-12-19 Thread John Buttery
* Mart?n De Marchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-19 14:42:36 +]: > Is -rootless a XWin.exe parameter? Yes. -- ---- John Buttery (Web page temporarily un

Re: Xwinclip

2002-12-16 Thread John Buttery
ndled. Yes, yes, we all use Windows, what's your point? :) (Sorry, couldn't resist. :p) -- -------- John Buttery

Re: Xwinclip

2002-12-16 Thread John Buttery
I've been using xwinclip in a NT 4.0 Workstation SP6a environment for a long time with zero, and I mean not even one, problems. Maybe there's something about that version it likes? -- -------- John Buttery

Re: Rootless mode

2002-12-12 Thread John Buttery
er for a long time, so I was excited. :) -- -------- John Buttery (Web page temporarily unavailable) msg04473/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Rootless mode

2002-12-12 Thread John Buttery
own. After the patch is applied, do I just go back up to the root directory and run "make"? Then find the built XWin.exe and copy it over to the directory where the current one lives? -- ---- John

Re: Rootless mode

2002-12-12 Thread John Buttery
ther than the taskbar; I think this would be a good idea too... -- -------- John Buttery (Web page temporarily unavailable) msg04456/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature