Re: xterm not working
Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > On 29/11/2009 21:28, Joe Java wrote: >>Gone for Thanksgiving break, return and update cygwin, and now >> xterm does not show anymore. I have not upgraded to the latest 1.7 (I >> am waiting for the official release). I read the other messages and >> nothing seems to work. >> >>Does anyone have a SIMPLE solution to this problem. > > Downgrade the termcap package until there is another update thereto. Should be fixed by termcap-5.7_20091114-4 (cygwin-1.5) or termcap-5.7_20091114-13 (cygwin-1.7). -- Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xterm not working
Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Isn't xterm linked against ncurses? The new 1.7 xterm is. The old 1.5 xterm is still termcap based. > Why does it break on a termcap > file at all? 1.5 only, and it breaks because the termcap file was NOT generated using '-r' to limit the number of allowed ':tc=' options in a single termcap definition. Will be fixed soon. -- chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xterm not working
Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Andy Koppe wrote: >> The latest termcap, which was automatically generated from terminfo, >> has entries longer than 1K in it. > > ok... (I thought cygwin was using GNU termcap, which supposedly works > with longer entries - though I recall _that_ being fixed more than once). Red herring. The problem IS with the latest /etc/termcap, but it isn't an "entry too long" problem. It is an "entries contain multiple :tc=" options problem. This can be fixed by generating /etc/termcap using tic's '-r' option. Look for a new /etc/termcap soon. It'd be nice if xterm didn't coredump, but I suspect the coredump actually occurs inside code from the (obsoleted on cygwin) libtermcap.a -- so there's nothing to fix, except to recompile xterm on cygwin to not use libtermcap and instead use libncurses. Which is exactly what Yaakov has already done, for cygwin-1.7 only. -- Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xterm not working
2009/11/30 Corinna Vinschen: >> > Gone for Thanksgiving break, return and update cygwin, and now xterm >> > does not show anymore. I have not upgraded to the latest 1.7 (I am >> > waiting for the official release). I read the other messages and nothing >> > seems to work. >> > >> > Does anyone have a SIMPLE solution to this problem. >> >> Downgrade the termcap package until there is another update thereto. > > Isn't xterm linked against ncurses? Why does it break on a termcap > file at all? There's a big chance that I just missed the thread in > which this has been discussed. A pointer would be nice. It doesn't answer your questions, but here it is: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-11/msg00936.html Andy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xterm not working
On Nov 29 22:42, Yaakov S wrote: > On 29/11/2009 21:28, Joe Java wrote: > > Gone for Thanksgiving break, return and update cygwin, and now xterm does > > not show anymore. I have not upgraded to the latest 1.7 (I am waiting for > > the official release). I read the other messages and nothing seems to work. > > > > Does anyone have a SIMPLE solution to this problem. > > Downgrade the termcap package until there is another update thereto. Isn't xterm linked against ncurses? Why does it break on a termcap file at all? There's a big chance that I just missed the thread in which this has been discussed. A pointer would be nice. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xterm not working
Thank you! xterm now works again. The solution was: Run the Cygwin "setup" program, and on the "Select Packages" page, choose "Utils" and within there choose "termcap" and downgrade to version "20050421-1". -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xterm not working
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Andy Koppe wrote: 2009/11/30 Thomas Dickey: Gone for Thanksgiving break, return and update cygwin, and now xterm does not show anymore. I have not upgraded to the latest 1.7 (I am waiting for the official release). I read the other messages and nothing seems to work. Does anyone have a SIMPLE solution to this problem. Downgrade the termcap package until there is another update thereto. I didn't see that one (what was the issue?) The latest termcap, which was automatically generated from terminfo, has entries longer than 1K in it. btw, infocmp -Cr should limit that by default, unless -T option is added -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xterm not working
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Andy Koppe wrote: 2009/11/30 Thomas Dickey: Gone for Thanksgiving break, return and update cygwin, and now xterm does not show anymore. I have not upgraded to the latest 1.7 (I am waiting for the official release). I read the other messages and nothing seems to work. Does anyone have a SIMPLE solution to this problem. Downgrade the termcap package until there is another update thereto. I didn't see that one (what was the issue?) The latest termcap, which was automatically generated from terminfo, has entries longer than 1K in it. ok... (I thought cygwin was using GNU termcap, which supposedly works with longer entries - though I recall _that_ being fixed more than once). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xterm not working
2009/11/30 Thomas Dickey: >>> Gone for Thanksgiving break, return and update cygwin, and now xterm >>> does not show anymore. I have not upgraded to the latest 1.7 (I am waiting >>> for the official release). I read the other messages and nothing seems to >>> work. >>> >>> Does anyone have a SIMPLE solution to this problem. >> >> Downgrade the termcap package until there is another update thereto. > > I didn't see that one (what was the issue?) The latest termcap, which was automatically generated from terminfo, has entries longer than 1K in it. Andy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xterm not working
On Sun, 29 Nov 2009, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: On 29/11/2009 21:28, Joe Java wrote: Gone for Thanksgiving break, return and update cygwin, and now xterm does not show anymore. I have not upgraded to the latest 1.7 (I am waiting for the official release). I read the other messages and nothing seems to work. Does anyone have a SIMPLE solution to this problem. Downgrade the termcap package until there is another update thereto. I didn't see that one (what was the issue?) -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: xterm not working
On 29/11/2009 21:28, Joe Java wrote: Gone for Thanksgiving break, return and update cygwin, and now xterm does not show anymore. I have not upgraded to the latest 1.7 (I am waiting for the official release). I read the other messages and nothing seems to work. Does anyone have a SIMPLE solution to this problem. Downgrade the termcap package until there is another update thereto. Yaakov Cygwin/X -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
xterm not working
Gone for Thanksgiving break, return and update cygwin, and now xterm does not show anymore. I have not upgraded to the latest 1.7 (I am waiting for the official release). I read the other messages and nothing seems to work. Does anyone have a SIMPLE solution to this problem. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
