Re: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-12-03 Thread Lothar Brendel
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 12:25:14AM +0100, Lothar Brendel wrote: More information as promised, after getting the new run and checkX (run2) packages announced this morning. $ checkX -v run2 0.3.2 0.3.2 announced? I didn't get any such message, and setup still only

Re: xterm doesn't open on start

2009-12-03 Thread Linda Walsh
Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Any other ideas? I keep updating but so far all I can do is launch an Xterm manually and clean up, then everything seems fine til the next time I relaunch it. --- Do you have DISPLAY=:0 set in your Windows environment? (system properties, Advanced, Env

RE: xterm doesn't open on start

2009-12-03 Thread Timares, Brian (Harris Corp.)
Linda Walsh wrote: Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Any other ideas? I keep updating but so far all I can do is launch an Xterm manually and clean up, then everything seems fine til the next time I relaunch it. Do you have DISPLAY=:0 set in your Windows environment? I didn't, but I do

Re: xterm doesn't open on start

2009-12-03 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
On 12/03/2009 10:47 PM, Timares, Brian (Harris Corp.) wrote: I do appreciate all the terrific replies--I've been on the net for awhile and this is one of the friendliest lists I've been on. Do you mind if I frame this and hang it on the Cygwin home page. ;-) -- Larry Hall

RE: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-12-02 Thread Timares, Brian (Harris Corp.)
More information as promised, after getting the new run and checkX (run2) packages announced this morning. $ checkX -v run2 0.3.2 - QUOTE - Lothar Brendel wrote: Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: The X window showed up, but it blew up real good (the windows disappeared, then the X icon.

Re: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-12-02 Thread Lothar Brendel
Hi! More information as promised, after getting the new run and checkX (run2) packages announced this morning. $ checkX -v run2 0.3.2 0.3.2 announced? I didn't get any such message, and setup still only offers 0.3.1-1 to me. vhaisbtim...@isb-timaresbrian-lt ~ $ XWin -multiwindow [1]

Re: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-12-02 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 12:25:14AM +0100, Lothar Brendel wrote: More information as promised, after getting the new run and checkX (run2) packages announced this morning. $ checkX -v run2 0.3.2 0.3.2 announced? I didn't get any such message, and setup still only offers 0.3.1-1 to me.

RE: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-12-01 Thread Timares, Brian (Patriot)
Lothar Brendel wrote: Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Just to be clear from the start, Cygwin 1.7 not 1.5. ACK. *blush* Sorry! ... Thus, once more: What does md5sum /usr/bin/checkX yield? a827086e9cbb331ef49d416b3cb1b135 or a36409714f5ce9d01e8dfb4cb38b7216? The 2nd:

Re: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-12-01 Thread Lothar Brendel
Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Lothar Brendel wrote: [...] Thus, once more: What does md5sum /usr/bin/checkX yield? a827086e9cbb331ef49d416b3cb1b135 or a36409714f5ce9d01e8dfb4cb38b7216? The 2nd: vhaisbtim...@isb-timaresbrian-lt ~ $ md5sum /usr/bin/checkX

RE: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-12-01 Thread Timares, Brian (Patriot)
Lothar Brendel wrote: Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Lothar Brendel wrote: $ checkX -v run2 0.3.0 So, you've got the situation I surmised in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2009-11/msg00200.html Grr, I saw that, went and _thought_ I got the right version but it seems the right version

Re: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-12-01 Thread Lothar Brendel
Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Lothar Brendel wrote: Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Lothar Brendel wrote: $ checkX -v run2 0.3.0 So, you've got the situation I surmised in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2009-11/msg00200.html Grr, I saw that, went and _thought_ I got the right version

RE: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-12-01 Thread Timares, Brian (Patriot)
Lothar Brendel wrote: Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: The X window showed up, but it blew up real good (the windows disappeared, then the X icon. After a rebootit didn't launch at all. I ran startxwin.sh from the Cygwin Bash Shell, and it started. At least we're getting *somewhere* :-)

RE: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-11-30 Thread Timares, Brian (Patriot)
Just to be clear from the start, Cygwin 1.7 not 1.5. And I tried to make this clear. And I tried to not let Outlook's word-wrap inter- fere. Lothar Brendel wrote: Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Lothar Brendel wrote: Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Lothar Brendel wrote: My guess: It's the

RE: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-11-30 Thread Timares, Brian (Patriot)
I wrote: And I tried to make this clear. email -^ *sigh* Sorry! Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ:

Re: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-11-30 Thread Lothar Brendel
Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Just to be clear from the start, Cygwin 1.7 not 1.5. ACK. [...] i) ```time checkX -t 12'' How long does it take? vhaisbtim...@isb-timaresbrian-lt ~ $ time checkX -t 12 real0m0.098s user0m0.046s sys 0m0.031s And *that* shouldn't happen! I

Re: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-11-28 Thread Lothar Brendel
Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Lothar Brendel wrote: Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Lothar Brendel wrote: My guess: It's the old checkX-problem again because you're using version 0.3.0-1 of the run2-package. Do to some reason unknown to me, that's the default version. But we need 0.3.1-1,

Re: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-11-27 Thread Lothar Brendel
Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: [...] Nothing works. 1.7 doesn't work for me out-of-the-box (yes, I ripped it all out and tried it fresh :-) I open a DOS box and check processes and see bash running with an l or a 1 in the left columnn, but nothing appears. If I launch an Xterm it opens up.

Re: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-11-27 Thread Lothar Brendel
Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Lothar Brendel wrote: [...] My guess: It's the old checkX-problem again because you're using version 0.3.0-1 of the run2-package. Do to some reason unknown to me, that's the default version. But we need 0.3.1-1, which you only get when explicitely

RE: xterm doesn't open on start (was: checkX problems)

2009-11-27 Thread Timares, Brian (Patriot)
Lothar Brendel wrote: Timares, Brian (Patriot) wrote: Lothar Brendel wrote: My guess: It's the old checkX-problem again because you're using version 0.3.0-1 of the run2-package. Do to some reason unknown to me, that's the default version. But we need 0.3.1-1, which you only get when Tried