Re: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-12-16 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 22/11/2009 20:24, Jon TURNEY wrote: On 20/11/2009 15:05, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: I tried adding the missing fonts. I tried SET LANG=C Starting the X server is still unpredictable. Does this mean it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't? Or does it mean it fails in different ways each time

Re: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-25 Thread Charles Wilson
Jon TURNEY wrote: This is typical of the current issue we have where 'run xterm' blocks when xterm tries to output 'Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion' Any one of: - installing the CJK fonts - having 'tty' in the CYGWIN environment variable - having the LANG

Re: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-25 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/25/2009 9:57 AM, Charles Wilson wrote: Jon TURNEY wrote: This is typical of the current issue we have where 'run xterm' blocks when xterm tries to output 'Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion' Any one of: - installing the CJK fonts - having 'tty' in the CYGWIN

Re: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-22 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 20/11/2009 04:07, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: More info: If I run startxwin.bat from a CMD.exe command line, the bash console xterm opens just fine. I only have problems starting it from the shortcut. This is typical of the current issue we have where 'run xterm' blocks when xterm tries to

Re: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-22 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009, Jon TURNEY wrote: On 20/11/2009 04:07, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: More info: If I run startxwin.bat from a CMD.exe command line, the bash console xterm opens just fine. I only have problems starting it from the shortcut. This is typical of the current issue we have where

Re: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-22 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 20/11/2009 15:05, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: I tried adding the missing fonts. I tried SET LANG=C Starting the X server is still unpredictable. Does this mean it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't? Or does it mean it fails in different ways each time you try? Now my log file (attached)

Re: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-20 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/19/2009 11:07 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: More info: If I run startxwin.bat from a CMD.exe command line, the bash console xterm opens just fine. I only have problems starting it from the shortcut. I do see some interesting things in the log file, however: [...] Warning: Missing

Re: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-20 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
On 11/20/2009 5:48 AM, Ken Brown wrote: On 11/19/2009 11:07 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: More info: If I run startxwin.bat from a CMD.exe command line, the bash console xterm opens just fine. I only have problems starting it from the shortcut. I do see some interesting things in the log file,

Re: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-20 Thread laxamar
Shouldn't these packages be set as dependents for xorg-server? Ken Brown-6 wrote: On 11/19/2009 11:07 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: More info: If I run startxwin.bat from a CMD.exe command line, the bash console xterm opens just fine. I only have problems starting it from the shortcut.

RE: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-20 Thread Mike Ayers
From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree- ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of laxamar Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 9:38 AM Shouldn't these packages be set as dependents for xorg-server? They're not strict dependencies - a UTF-8 based locale has more requirements than

Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-19 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
I'm running the latest of everything Cygwin 1.7 (see below). When I start the Xwin server from the Windows shortcut: D:\Cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/startxwin.bat I see a bash.exe process running, but no X window comes up, as per: REM Make sure XWin is ready to accept connections before

Re: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-19 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
More info: If I run startxwin.bat from a CMD.exe command line, the bash console xterm opens just fine. I only have problems starting it from the shortcut. I do see some interesting things in the log file, however: MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support XFree86-Bigfont

Re: Problem with new xinit - console window doesn't open (but bash starts)

2009-11-19 Thread Eliot Moss
The missing charsets message is symptomatic of not having the patches needed to a couple of X config files concerning UTF-8. If you apply the path, which I think is in the latest Xorg files, then that problem should be fixed. (Assuming you set LANG. You can also try LANG=C as a temporary