Platform: CygWin 1.3.2, CygWin/XFree86 4.1.0, Win2k
I installed cygwin with default text type Unix.
This is what is recommended by the cygwin/xfree86 User's Guide:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup-cygwin-installing.html
(item 7, in the list in the above URL).
So what I'm
Michael A Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Steinar Bang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Platform: CygWin 1.3.2, CygWin/XFree86 4.1.0, Win2k
Is it possible to change from text type Unix to text type DOS,
without reinstall?
mount --help
I'm guessing mount -t is what I should use? The explanation
Steinar Bang [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Michael A Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Steinar Bang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Platform: CygWin 1.3.2, CygWin/XFree86 4.1.0, Win2k
Is it possible to change from text type Unix to text type DOS,
without reinstall?
mount --help
The results of mount --help
Michael A Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
[...]
I think you found most of what you needed, but did the articles you
found explain enough? If not, what parts were insufficient or
unclear?
An example of changing the line ending convention for a part of the
directory tree would have saved me from
I clicked on the setup.exe on the http://cygwin.com page, and tried
installing cygwin on a Vista system. The installation seemed to go
fine, but I got an error message at the end.
Still, the cygwin icon appeared on the desktop, and when double clicking
on the desktop I got a bash prompt.
I tried installing cygwin (the current setup.exe from www.cygwin.com) on
a freshly installed Windows 2008 server.
The installation started normally, and I didn't see anything strange
until I was going to check up on the progress. Then the cygwin setup
window was gone.
There was no desktop icon,
Here's what I do:
- Start cygwin XLaunch for the Windows 10 desktop
- Select "Multiple windows"
- Launch the lxterminal locally
- In an lxterminal tab do the command
ssh -Y myhost.mydomain.lan
- In the ssh session give the command
~/eclipse/java-oxygen/eclipse/eclipse
What
> Jon Turney :
> Probably the simplest way is to replace your existing
> /usr/bin/XWin.exe with it (after making a copy of the original so you
> can put it back afterwards)
The XWin.20180308-git-3ca71c7f563c3e91.exe file did not work
unfortunately:
- With no
> Jon Turney :
> It might also be worth trying adding the '-extension RANDR' option to
> the X server, to disable RANDR.
Thanks! I will try this, before I try the new version.
[snip!]
> Well, with those details, I was able to reproduce some weird behaviour
>
>>>>> Steinar Bang <s...@dod.no>:
>>>>> Jon Turney <jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk>:
>> It might also be worth trying adding the '-extension RANDR' option to
>> the X server, to disable RANDR.
> Thanks! I will try this, before I try th
>>>>> Steinar Bang <s...@dod.no>:
>> I've built a snapshot with some potential fixes. Perhaps you could try
>> that and see if it improves things for you?
>> ftp://cygwin.com/pub/cygwinx/x86_64/XWin.20180308-git-3ca71c7f563c3e91.exe.bz2
> Ok I
> Brian Inglis :
> Have you tried explicitly specifying -geometry compatible with the target
> display, to see if that works?
The documentation for the eclipse executable doesn't list the typical
X11 arguments, and when I tried -geometry it didn't seem to
> Jon Turney :
> This seems like a problem with the integrated WM not doing what is
> expected, Java programs do seem to be problematic in this regard. So,
> you can probably work around this by running the Cygwin X server in
> windowed, rather than multiwindow
>>>>> Steinar Bang :
> Is it possible to set the default font sizes for each application on
> the server side so that the applications look good on both laptops
> (right now the text is so small that it is hard to read on the
> 1920x1080 display).
Turns out emacs
I run "ssh -Y " connections from cygwin xfree to the same server from
two separate laptops.
I run a script that starts GNU Emacs and eclipse IDE on th server,
displaying on the laptop.
One of the laptops has a fairly low screen resolution (1366x768), the
other has a fairly high resolution
> "Holger, Vodafone" :
> And I have checked on my system today, my strace output stop at the same
> tmmon64.dll, so it is likely the reason for the error.
> I have opened a service request with our IT and wait for their answer.
Did you get any further with this?
I added the directory
>>>>> Eliot Moss :
> On 8/2/2020 4:25 PM, Steinar Bang wrote:
>>>>>>> "Holger, Vodafone" :
>>
>>> And I have checked on my system today, my strace output stop at the same
>>> tmmon64.dll, so it is likely the reaso
Here's another datapoint:
After trying to start XWin.exe, the keyboard on the laptop becomes
sluggish and laggy and the only way I've found to get it normal again,
is to reboot the Windows 10 laptop.
--
Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:
> "Holger, Vodafone" :
> Update: Solution:
> When changing the execution mode of C:\cygwin64\bin\XWin.exe to „Windows 7
> Compatbility“ the start of XWin work.
> There is no Virus Blocking of TrendMicro but an incompatibility (no block
> message in TM).
Didn't help me, unfortunately.
>>>>> "Henry S. Thompson via Cygwin" :
> Steinar Bang writes:
> [troubles with XWin]
> Have a look at what Windows shows as the processes that are running.
> I've had intermittent problems with XWin processes running without
> actually showing any w
Platform: amd64, windows 10 10.0.18363 Build 18363,
cygwin xorg-server 1.20.5-3, xlaunch 20160530-1
I start X11 by double clicking the following config.xlaunch:
https://gist.github.com/steinarb/8687e2113c601e061da909e75a180f39
After the reboot caused by a windows 10 upgrade, launching
> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin :
> can you start X11 with startxwin ?
> If you start with just "XWin :0 -multiwindow -clipboard"
> does it work ?
startxwin isn't found:
sbang@ITEM-S63383:~$ startxwin
-bash: startxwin: command not found
sbang@ITEM-S63383:~$ which startxwin
which: no startxwin
>>>>> Steinar Bang :
>>>>> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin :
>> can you start X11 with startxwin ?
>> If you start with just "XWin :0 -multiwindow -clipboard"
>> does it work ?
> startxwin isn't found:
> sbang@ITEM-S63383:~$ startxwin
>
> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin :
> as attachment was mentioned in the link.
> In line screw up the search function of the mailing list
> archive.
Sorry!
>> USER = 'sbang'
>> PWD = '/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang'
>> HOME = '/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang'
> It is never a good idea to have the Cygwin
>>>>> Steinar Bang :
> Platform: amd64, windows 10 10.0.18363 Build 18363,
> cygwin xorg-server 1.20.5-3, xlaunch 20160530-1
> I start X11 by double clicking the following config.xlaunch:
> https://gist.github.com/steinarb/8687e2113c601e061da909e75a180f39
> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin :
> Hi Steinar,
> please provide the cygcheck.out as suggested by:
>> Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html
Here is cygcheck.out:
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Sat Jun 13 10:28:45 2020
Windows 10 Enterprise Ver 10.0 Build
>>>>> Steinar Bang :
>>>>> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin :
>> this looks like another program blocking the effort and it can be as
>> Xwin can NOT write files with the needed permission on your home
>> directory
> Could this be a virus checker blockin
> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin :
> this looks like another program blocking the effort and it can be as
> Xwin can NOT write files with the needed permission on your home
> directory
Could this be a virus checker blocking the writer?
> What is the output of
> grep home /etc/nsswitch.conf
> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin :
>>> It is never a good idea to have the Cygwin Home dir the
>>> same of Windows user dir
>> Why this not a good idea?
> because permissions like the one needed for ssh
> can be screwd by Windows ACL permission inherited
Ok.
FWIW I have used cygwin ssh for two
>>>>> Steinar Bang :
>>>>> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin :
>> can you reset the default
>> db_home: /home/%U
>> close all processes and try X again ?
>> This should use /home/sbang as your new home and
>> we can see if it is a perm
> Jon Turney :
> Sorry to hear you are having problems. [1] lists the ways of starting
> the X server we think should work [2].
Ok. xlaunch is still on the list in [1] and it has worked fine for me
until these problems started.
It seems likely that this is something that happened in the
> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin :
> Hi Steinar,
> forgot to ask, there is stackdump of Xwin ?
> usually the stack dump are under /usr/bin
> ls /usr/bin | grep stack
> but they can also be on your home directory
> or in other places.
Nothing in /usr/bin but there is an
> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin :
> I guess we have only two methods to further going down
> 1) checking with strace if it is crashing during any system call
> strace -o XWin.strace /usr/bin/XWin :0 -multiwindow -auth
> XWin.strace should contain some hints, hopefully
XWin.strace attached to
Ian Burrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Harold Hunt wrote:
Also, I request that you keep the XFree86-xserv package, as that
will allow us to realize the immediate benefit of being able to
release the Test-** server or updates to the stable server as small
downloads that everyone can keep up to
Alexander Gottwald [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Is access from nonlocal machine allowed? Some distributions install
xdm/kdm/gdm in a configuration where only local clients are allowed
to connect.
I know that debian testing and RedHat 7.2 does this. My guess is that
all distributions does this for
Tim Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 02:30, Rasjid Wilcox wrote:
Strangely enough, I was planning to start work on project again
this month, and perhaps even this weekend, with my first step being
to do the script to configure XDMCP access on a 'standard' linux
Harold Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
This time we might get a lot of new users because we are so easy to
install now. Crossing my fingers...
For or against the new users? :-)
Rick Umali [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I captured the screen shots into Paint Shop Pro, and saved the
images directly to JPG. I didn't save them into BMP, unfortunately.
Once you have saved them as JPEGs, the blurring has already occurred.
What happens is that sharp transitions are blurred because
Steinar Bang [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Alexander Gottwald [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Steinar Bang wrote:
My /etc/X11/XF86Config file contains:
Section InputDevice
Identifier Keyboard1
Driver Keyboard
Option XkbModel pc102
Option XkbLayout no
Option XKbOptions
Alexander Gottwald [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Do I need something more in my XF86Config?
[snip!]
there is a minimal sample at
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~goal/xfree/XF86Config.bz2
Thanx! I put in the dummy sections at the end of this file (see my
attached XF86Config file below). I could change the
Harold L Hunt II [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Steinar,
XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-3 is Test95.
So, no, your bug is not fixed in Test95.
Besides, your bug seems to occur when you simply click on the tray
icon, before you even get a menu, correct?
Nope. It happens after I've selected Exit.
Harold L Hunt II [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The XFree86-bin-icons-4.3.0-2 package has been updated in the Cygwin
distribution.
Is there a way to list the content of an installed cygwin package?
Ie. something like rpm -ql or dpkg -L?
The other day I was looking for a nice icon to use on my
Steinar Bang [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Steinar Bang [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Platform: Intel PIII, Win2k professional,
XFree86-xserv 4.3.0-3
Now I've crashed Win2k twice in one day, by opening the RMBM on the
icon in the tool tray, and selecting Exit.
Make that thrice.
The first time it happened I
Platform: Intel PIII, Win2k professional,
XFree86-xserv 4.3.0-3
Now I've crashed Win2k twice in one day, by opening the RMBM on the
icon in the tool tray, and selecting Exit.
The XFree86-xserv process had been started with the following command
line:
start XWin -multiwindow
Harold L Hunt II [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
You guys don't happen to be running on machines with two CPUs or a
Pentium 4 3.0+ GHz with HyperThreading enabled, do you?
Nope. Single CPU PIII 700MHz, with Windows 2000, 5.00.2195, SP2.
Steinar Bang [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Harold L Hunt II [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Steinar,
XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-3 is Test95.
So, no, your bug is not fixed in Test95.
Besides, your bug seems to occur when you simply click on the tray
icon, before you even get a menu, correct?
Nope. It happens after
Alexander Gottwald [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
BTW: can you run the program from
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~goal/keyboard.tar.gz
I get a 404 Not found on that URL, unfortunately.
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~goal/xfree/keyboard.tar.gz
$ ./keyboard.exe
KeyboardType: 4: IBM enhanced (101- or
Platform: Intel PIII, Win2k professional,
XFree86-xserv 4.3.0-3,
XFree86-etc 4.3.0-3,
XFree86-startup-scripts 4.2.0-5
I'm starting XWin in rootless mode, from a desktop shortcut to
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat
I'm unable to get a Norwegian
Steinar Bang [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Platform: Intel PIII, Win2k professional,
XFree86-xserv 4.3.0-3
Now I've crashed Win2k twice in one day, by opening the RMBM on the
icon in the tool tray, and selecting Exit.
Make that thrice.
The first time it happened I had the root window
Igor Pechtchanski [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
[snip!]
Unfortunately, you wouldn't be able to distribute the resulting
application, because anything linked with cygwin1.dll automatically
becomes GPLd. If you could find an open-source JDK, this problem
would not arise.
IANAL, but... can this be
Harold L Hunt II [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Links:
I just posted Test 96 to the server development page:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/shadow/
[snip!]
3) winconfig.c - Add new defaults for keyboardlayout: English (USA,
Dvorak) and Norwegian. (Alexander Gottwald)
The Alt Gr key doesn't work
Harold L Hunt II [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Perhaps Test99/4.3.0-9 fixes your problem?
Nope. I did an update today, and the AltGr button still misbehaves.
I ran xev and pressed and released AltGr. Here's the result:
KeyPress event, serial 17, synthetic NO, window 0x101,
root 0x3a, subw 0x0,
Harold L Hunt II [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
You don't have any of the Windows PowerToys installed, do you?
Not intentially.
Can they be installed during a service pack upgrade? Can they be
remotely installed by helpful IT support people? Is there a way to
find out if I have them installed?
And do
For whatever reason, my AltGr is Control key on Norwegian keyboard
problem, has gone away with this release.
Harold L Hunt II [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
(I'm not Constantine, but I see the same problem)
However, I want to know what application was failing in your xinit
scripts. There should not be an application that requires
cygfreetype-9.dll in the default script. Have you modified your
script?
Yes.
Platform: GNU Emacs 21.2.1 on RH8 (vanilla RH8 Emacs)
Cygwin XFree86-xserv 4.3.0-21
Win2k
Norwegian keyboard (autodetected by the X server)
When GNU Emacs from RH8 is displaying on Cygwin/XFree86, and I do the
command C-k C-k to get a line into the kill buffer, and
Alexander Gottwald [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hm, xev reports Alt+b but the bash gets â. Must be a problem with xterm.
- Press Control and click into the xterm window. You'll get a menu.
Select Meta Sends Escape from the menu.
This menu entry was previously unselected. I selected it, and the
Hans Dekker [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Change to es file:
key RALT { type[Group1]=TWO_LEVEL,
[ Mode_switch, Multi_key ] };
modifier_map Mod5 { RALT };
The no file looks like this:
key RALT { type[Group1]=TWO_LEVEL,
[ ISO_Level3_Shift,
> Ross Boulet :
> Have you tried running mkpasswd? The man page for mkpasswd looks like
> it might accomplish what you want.
Thanks! That worked!
Here's what I did:
1. Let the mkpasswd program create an /etc/passwd for my user
sb@ITEM-S63383:~$ mkpasswd -c -p
Platform: Intel i7, Windows 10 Pro
Cygwin64
I installed cygwin X yesterday (basically the xorg-server, xlaunch,
lxterminal, openssh and mosh). SSH doesn't work in the resulting
installation because cygwin believes the home directory is /home/sb.
I have set HOME as an environment
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