* Eric Roode (Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:21:37 -0500)
> I do check www.cygwin.com before doing (what I think is going to be) a
> routine upgrade. If there's nothing in the news there, I assume that
> what I'm getting is just an upgrade of existing packages that I
> already have installed. Is that such a f
Larry Hall wrote:
>Back, Michael wrote:
>> Christopher Faylor did utter a clarion call of great frustration unto the
>heavens:
>>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 03:16:05PM -0800, Back, Michael wrote:
Chuck wrote:
> I think the frustration on some people's behalf is that this question
> has b
Eric Roode wrote:
>
> My xterms are screwed up. Numlock is very wonky: Let's say I start
> off with numlock on; I am in a Windows (non-X) window; I switch to an
> xterm; I use the numeric keypad to type; I get nothing (tildes, escape
> codes, non-numlock crap). I switch to another xterm, I ty
Chuck Hamilton-2 wrote:
>
> Dont Care wrote:
>> I have the same Numlock/Capslock issue (see my previous post).
>>
>> Stop fighting about this, it doesn't help ! Please, does anybody have
>> a solution ??
>
> Yes. The location of the startup bat files changed from /usr/X11R6/bin
> to /usr/bin.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The problem with googling is it takes a few days or weeks for new
> information to make it into google's index. The on-line mailing list
> archives are usually only 15 minutes or less behind current activity.
> Unless you want to wait a few weeks, scanning the last day o
Eric Roode wrote:
> How amusingly recursive: "It has always been the advice of the
> mailing lists that you should check the mailing lists before
> upgrading" :-)
Somehow you found *this* list to complain to. On that same page, there
are two different *-announce lists. What did you think the
> >
> > How does the location of the startup batch file affect the behavior of
> > numlock and capslock in xterm?
> >
>
> Yes. The batch file is different. The binary is different. The
> environment variables are different. For example this is in the old
> batch file but not in the new one.
>
> SET
Back, Michael wrote:
>
> My point is that relying on a user to have the forethought, time, and
> patience to scour through a mailing list archive is probably not the most
> effective or convenient form of communicating common upgrade problems and
> solutions.
>
Asking thousands of people to a
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:43:19 -0500, cygwin at cwilson dot fastmail dot fm wrote:
> Eric Roode wrote:
> > I updated my cygwin the other day, as I periodically do, and I am very
> > sorry I did so. Here are some of the problems I have encountered.
>
> It has always been the advice of this list that
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 06:58:05PM -0800, Back, Michael wrote:
>Christopher Faylor did utter a clarion call of great frustration unto the
>heavens:
>>On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 03:16:05PM -0800, Back, Michael wrote:
>>>Chuck wrote:
I think the frustration on some people's behalf is that this ques
Back, Michael wrote:
Christopher Faylor did utter a clarion call of great frustration unto the
heavens:
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 03:16:05PM -0800, Back, Michael wrote:
Chuck wrote:
I think the frustration on some people's behalf is that this question
has been asked (and answered) maybe 50 time
Christopher Faylor did utter a clarion call of great frustration unto the
heavens:
>On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 03:16:05PM -0800, Back, Michael wrote:
>>Chuck wrote:
>>>I think the frustration on some people's behalf is that this question
>>>has been asked (and answered) maybe 50 times already on the
Eric Roode wrote:
> I updated my cygwin the other day, as I periodically do, and I am very
> sorry I did so. Here are some of the problems I have encountered.
It has always been the advice of this list that you should read the
announcements on cygwin-announce@ and cygwin-xfree-announce before
upg
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Back, Michael wrote:
> I solved this one by "guessing" and loading the right font pack...
> Which font pack contains this one?:
>
> app-image-san-004:station: Warning: Can't chmod /dev/console
> XView warning: Cannot load font set '-*-screen-bold-
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:11:33 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 03:16:05PM -0800, Back, Michael wrote:
> >Perhaps because people can't find the info. they need in any other way
> >than posting to this list?
>
> You seem to be missing the point that if it was discussed in th
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 03:16:05PM -0800, Back, Michael wrote:
>Chuck wrote:
>>I think the frustration on some people's behalf is that this question
>>has been asked (and answered) maybe 50 times already on the list.
>
>Perhaps because people can't find the info. they need in any other way
>than p
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 06:07:03PM +0100, Dont Care wrote:
>I have the same Numlock/Capslock issue (see my previous post).
>
>Stop fighting about this, it doesn't help ! Please, does anybody have
>a solution ??
There is no reason to think that the previous two people contributing to
this thread wo
Michael Back wrote:
>And I still can't /quite/ get everything that I need working...
>
>app-image-san-004:image
>undefined control
>XView warning: Cannot load font set
>'-b&h-lucida-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*' (Font package)
>XView warning: Unable to open default font set
>XView error: Cann
Chuck wrote:
>I think the frustration on some people's behalf is that this question
>has been asked (and answered) maybe 50 times already on the list.
Perhaps because people can't find the info. they need in any other way than
posting to this list?
I know that I only happened on this list during
Eric Roode wrote:
>
> How does the location of the startup batch file affect the behavior of
> numlock and capslock in xterm?
>
Yes. The batch file is different. The binary is different. The
environment variables are different. For example this is in the old
batch file but not in the new one.
SE
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:06:37 -0500, Chuck wrote:
>Dont Care wrote:
>> I have the same Numlock/Capslock issue (see my previous post).
>>
>> Stop fighting about this, it doesn't help ! Please, does anybody have
>> a solution ??
>
>Yes. The location of the startup bat files changed from /usr/X11R6/bi
Dont Care wrote:
> I have the same Numlock/Capslock issue (see my previous post).
>
> Stop fighting about this, it doesn't help ! Please, does anybody have
> a solution ??
Yes. The location of the startup bat files changed from /usr/X11R6/bin
to /usr/bin. You need to change your start menu shortc
I have the same Numlock/Capslock issue (see my previous post).
Stop fighting about this, it doesn't help ! Please, does anybody have
a solution ??
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:03:11AM -0500, Eric Roode wrote:
>I updated my cygwin the other day, as I periodically do, and I am very
>sorry I did so. Here are some of the problems I have encountered.
So you just blindly updated without noticing that X was changing? Wow.
It's amazing that you aren
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