Re: Cygwin 1.7 beta XWin Crashs from Ubuntun 9.10 after Firefox sessions

2009-11-01 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 01/11/2009 00:23, ERIC HO wrote: I ssh to Ubuntu 9.10 box and brought up Firefox. After a few screens I've got XWin crashes. I've got the following: Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 1.7.1.0 (10701000) Build Date: 2009-10-25 [...] 2009-10-31 17:32:18

xf86vmode.h missing

2009-11-01 Thread Tobias Käs
Hi, I'm trying to compile some old program (last update 2003) and it's failing due to a missing xf86vmode.h, in particular it's trying to use the XFree86-VidModeExtension via XF86VidModeModeLine, XF86VidModeGetModeLine and XF86VidModeGetViewPort. (It may try to use other missing things, but

Re: xf86vmode.h missing

2009-11-01 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 01/11/2009 10:20, Tobias Käs wrote: Hi, I'm trying to compile some old program (last update 2003) and it's failing due to a missing xf86vmode.h, in particular it's trying to use the XFree86-VidModeExtension via XF86VidModeModeLine, XF86VidModeGetModeLine and XF86VidModeGetViewPort. [snip]

Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

2009-11-01 Thread Massimo Giovannini
Hi, I have always installed and used cygwinX on my windows Xp machines without any problem. I have been trying to install on my new Vista 64 bit laptop and I cannot figure out what is going wrong. I read all the topics in the mailing list but I could not find anyone with my same problem. My

Re: Ruby gtk2.so: no such file or directory error message

2009-11-01 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 28/10/2009 21:45, Michael Schuh wrote: 2) Perhaps it is a library dependence problem? bash-3.2$ ls -l /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-cygwin/gtk2.so -rwxr-x---+ 1 root Users 794112 Dec 18 2008 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-cygwin/gtk2.so bash-3.2$ cygcheck

Re: Nedit unstable after 1.7.0-56 update -- clipboard copy segfault

2009-11-01 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 03/08/2009 10:49, Rob Gillen wrote: After updating my 1.7 installation to the latest cygwin DLL, my xterms were finally able to exec bash (with some issues from bash as well), but I immediately ran into segfault when copying to the clipboard from nedit. I.e. as soon as I highlighted a line

Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

2009-11-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
On 11/01/2009 01:41 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: 2009/11/01 12:38:38 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/terminfo0.sh 2009/11/01 12:40:16 abnormal exit: exit code=128 This is your problem. The postinstall scripts are failing. Are you installing with administrator privileges?

RE: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

2009-11-01 Thread Massimo Giovannini
Yes I am using admin privileges. I tried to use startrun C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c/etc/postinstall/terminfo0.sh But nothing happens (actually a black window opens for a second and then it closes)... Any idea? -Original Message- From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com

Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

2009-11-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
On 11/01/2009 06:18 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: Yes I am using admin privileges. I tried to use startrun C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c/etc/postinstall/terminfo0.sh But nothing happens (actually a black window opens for a second and then it closes)... Any idea? Open a console window (cmd.exe)

RE: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

2009-11-01 Thread Massimo Giovannini
Here is what I get... C:\Users\MassimoC:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -x -c /etc/postinstall/terminfo0.sh + /etc/postinstall/terminfo0.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/terminfo0.sh: No such file or directory -Original Message- From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com

Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

2009-11-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU On 11/01/2009 07:33 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-xfree-owner [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner...] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin X) ^ Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 7:20 PM

RE: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

2009-11-01 Thread Massimo Giovannini
Bash: cygcheck: command not found. -Original Message- From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin X) Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 7:53 PM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2

Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

2009-11-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Hm, let's see. Last time, among other things, I pointed you at: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU and http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR I suppose ignoring the first is only a minor politeness infraction but the latter is rather rude. Please be considerate in your posts. Thanks. On

RE: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

2009-11-01 Thread Massimo Giovannini
Sorry,it is my first time on this website, and I did not understand those links were for me...I thought it was some sort of signature. Everything seems complicated here and also the language seems very cryptic.. I went on the bin directory cd C:/cygwin/bin, I typed cygcheck -s -v -r and still

Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

2009-11-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
On 11/01/2009 10:35 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: Sorry,it is my first time on this website, and I did not understand those links were for me...I thought it was some sort of signature. Everything seems complicated here and also the language seems very cryptic.. Acronyms are certainly cryptic,