Re: Using only the X server of Cygwin

2002-07-08 Thread Rasjid Wilcox
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 5:05 am, Rhialto wrote: Hi, I am not subscribed to this mailing list but I would like to give some feedback anyway. Please Cc: any responses to me. I am testing the Cygwin/XFree server to use it as a remote display for my Unix box which runs xdm: XWin -broadcast. So in

Re: Using only the X server of Cygwin

2002-07-08 Thread Jeremy Wilkins
A while back I did some work creating a standalone XDMCP client, more as a test than anything. Xwin depends on cygz.dll cygwin1.dll as ago said. Xwin complains if it doesn't have rgb.txt, this can be put anywhere though and its location specified in the Xwin command line (needs a cygwin

Re: Using only the X server of Cygwin

2002-07-07 Thread Charles Wilson
Hey, Nicholas -- don't squish Rhialto that quickly. He's probably one of our new users who knows nothing about the cygwin project except what he read on slashdot this morning. The fact is, Rhialto, we focus on cygwin -- as an environment all by itself, *and* independent of any specific

Re: Using only the X server of Cygwin

2002-07-07 Thread Ian Burrell
Rhialto wrote: I am testing the Cygwin/XFree server to use it as a remote display for my Unix box which runs xdm: XWin -broadcast. So in the installer I choose to de-install All, and to install *only* XFree86-xserv. I noted that the installer installed a lot of things that are not

Re: Using only the X server of Cygwin

2002-07-07 Thread Nicholas Wourms
--- Charles Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Nicholas -- don't squish Rhialto that quickly. He's probably one of our new users who knows nothing about the cygwin project except what he read on slashdot this morning. Sorry, I am still cranky about the refusal to include objc in

gcc-3.1.x [was: Re: Using only the X server of Cygwin]

2002-07-07 Thread Charles Wilson
[follow up to the cygwin list; this is getting off-topic for cygwin-xfree.] Nicholas Wourms wrote: Hey, Nicholas -- don't squish Rhialto that quickly. He's probably one of our new users who knows nothing about the cygwin project except what he read on slashdot this morning. I am still

Re: Using only the X server of Cygwin

2002-07-07 Thread Rhialto
On Sun 07 Jul 2002 at 15:35:22 -0400, Charles Wilson wrote: However, it SHOULD be possible -- and checking the ml archives on this will help -- to create a custom 'setup.ini' script or pseudo-package that setup.exe can read, to install ONLY what you want -- but this will take a little work

Re: Using only the X server of Cygwin

2002-07-07 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Rhialto wrote: You have a point. But I also think that there will be lots of people who would like cygwin/xfree to be a replacement for XWin-32 or other similar products, so some configuration preset for that would come in handy. I mainly use Cygwin/XFree86 as X-Terminal