Re: Back in Cygwin X world after ages...

2005-06-17 Thread Andreas Eibach
/me wrote: > Works now, thank you for your help. Apart from 10,000 error messages about > not finding > pixmaps [FVWM][scanForPixmap], and apart from the fact that configuring this > is something > for the hard-core guys only ... This still stays, but Fvwm2 is now up and running perfectly. T

Re: Back in Cygwin X world after ages...

2005-06-17 Thread Andreas Eibach
cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com schrieb am 17.06.05 10:45:40: > fvwm is available too > http://cygwin.com/packages/fvwm/ I know...but I was unable to find it. It is called fvwm, but it installs as /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2.exe. Heh. Works now, thank you for your help. Apart from 10,000 error messages about n

Re: Back in Cygwin X world after ages...

2005-06-17 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Andreas Eibach wrote: > Yes, thanks! Windowmaker is exactly what I need. > (although I'd like to have fvwm2 too, I wonder why it is not offered ... ? My > fuzzy memory tells me in the old alpha X version(s), fvwm2 was used indeed. > But maybe my memory fails completely here.

Re: Back in Cygwin X world after ages...

2005-06-16 Thread Andreas Eibach
cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com schrieb am 16.06.05 15:26:10: > > On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Andreas Eibach wrote: > > > - Most people would use startx to start the X Window session as they're > > used to it from Linux. > > Strangely though, startx does NOT open a "real" X main window, but an xterm > > ONL

Re: Back in Cygwin X world after ages...

2005-06-16 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Andreas Eibach wrote: > - Most people would use startx to start the X Window session as they're used > to it from Linux. > Strangely though, startx does NOT open a "real" X main window, but an xterm > ONLY. > Is there a reason why? I think it's misleading. Many people reque

Back in Cygwin X world after ages...

2005-06-16 Thread Andreas Eibach
Yeah, as I have to work a lot with Windows at the moment and I can't just switch to Linux "for a moment", I decided to delve back into cygwin world (after 3 years of abstinence!). Whoa, this was kinda experimental stuff back then! I remember this framebuffer-based X Window on top of Cygwin, wo