Hello all, I would like to add some information to this.
It is possible to lauch Xfree under Windows 2000 5.00.2195, SP 2 Danish version with cygwin 1.3.11-3 using xwin& twm&. However if I then try to launch an xterm I get the placement cursor. xterm dies without any error messages when I then click in order to place the xterm window. Downgrading to cygwin 1.3.10 removes the problem. Hence, it appears that the problem is caused by xterm in combination with cygwin 1.3.11-3. Best regards, Bernt Guldbrandtsen ----------------------------------------8<---------------------------------- Cygwin Package Information Last downloaded files to: C:\Documents and Settings\bgu\Dokumenter\cygwin Last downloaded files from: ftp://ftp.nas.nasa.gov/mirrors/cygwin.com/pub/cygwin Package Version XFree86-base 4.2.0-1 XFree86-bin 4.2.0-1 XFree86-etc 4.2.0-1 XFree86-f100 4.2.0-2 XFree86-fenc 4.2.0-2 XFree86-fnts 4.2.0-2 XFree86-fscl 4.2.0-2 XFree86-lib 4.2.0-3 XFree86-man 4.2.0-1 XFree86-prog 4.2.0-1 XFree86-startup-scripts4.2.0-2 XFree86-xserv 4.2.0-7 _update-info-dir 00011-1 ash 20020131-1 autoconf 2.53a-1 autoconf-devel 2.53a-1 autoconf-stable 2.13-4 automake 1.6.1-1 automake-devel 1.6.1-3 automake-stable 1.4p5-5 bash 2.05a-3 bc 1.06-1 binutils 20011002-1 bison 1.35-1 byacc 1.9-1 bzip2 1.0.2-2 ccache 1.9-1 clear 1.0-1 cpio 2.4.2 cron 3.0.1-6 crypt 1.0-1 ctags 5.2-1 curl 7.9.8-1 cvs 1.11.0-1 cygrunsrv 0.95-1 cygutils 1.1.1-1 cygwin 1.3.11-3 cygwin-doc 1.0-1 db2 2.7.7-3 dejagnu 20010117-1 diff 1.0-1 diffutils 2.8.1-1 ed 0.2-1 enscript 1.6.3-2 expat 1.95.3-2 expect 20010117-1 file 3.37-1 fileutils 4.1-1 findutils 4.1.7-4 flex 2.5.4-2 gawk 3.0.4-1 gcc 2.95.3-5 gdb 20010428-3 gdbm 1.8.0-4 gettext 0.11.2-2 gnupg 1.0.7-1 gperf 0.0 grep 2.5-1 groff 1.17.2-1 gsl 1.1.1-1 gzip 1.3.2-1 indent 2.2.8-1 inetutils 1.3.2-17 jbigkit 1.2-6 jpeg 6b-7 keychain 1.8-1 less 374-1 libbz2_0 1.0.2-1 libbz2_1 1.0.2-2 libdb2 2.7.7-3 libdb2-devel 2.7.7-3 libiconv2 1.8-2 libintl 0.10.38-3 libintl1 0.10.40-1 libintl2 0.11.2-2 libncurses5 5.2-1 libncurses6 5.2-8 libpng 1.2.3-1 libpng10 1.0.13-3 libpng10-devel 1.0.13-3 libpng12 1.2.3-1 libpng12-devel 1.2.3-1 libpng2 1.0.12-1 libpopt0 1.6.4-4 libreadline4 4.1-2 libreadline5 4.2a-1 libtool 20020202a-1 libtool-devel 20020502-2 libtool-stable 1.4.2-2 libxml2 2.4.17-1 libxslt 1.0.13-1 links 0.96-1 login 1.4-3 lynx 2.8.4-1 m4 0.0 make 3.79.1-7 man 1.5g-2 mingw 20010917-1 mingw-runtime 2.0-2 mktemp 1.4-1 mt 2.0.1-1 ncftp 3.1.3-1 ncurses 5.2-8 newlib-man 20001118-1 opengl 1.1.0-6 openssh 3.4p1-1 openssl 0.9.6d-1 openssl-devel 0.9.6d-1 patch 2.5-3 pcre 3.7-1 perl 5.6.1-2 pkgconfig 0.12.0-1 popt 1.6.4-4 python 2.2.1-1 rcs 5.7-3 readline 4.2a-1 regex 4.4-2 rsync 2.5.5-1 rxvt 2.7.2-10 sed 3.02-1 sh-utils 2.0-2 sharutils 4.2.1-2 shellutils 0.0 shutdown 1.2-2 swig 1.3.11-1 tar 1.13.19-1 tcltk 20001125-1 tcsh 6.11.00-4 termcap 20020403-1 terminfo 5.2-3 texinfo 4.2-3 textutils 2.0.21-1 tiff 3.5.7-1 time 1.7-1 ttcp 19980512-1 ucl 1.01-1 units 1.77-1 unzip 5.50-1 vim 6.1-2 w32api 1.5-1 wget 1.8.1-1 which 1.5-1 xpm 4.0.0-2 xpm-nox 4.2.0-1 zip 2.3-2 zlib 1.1.4-1 zsh 4.0.4-1 Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Thu Jun 27 15:30:33 2002 Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2 Path: C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\usr\local\share\emacs\bin C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin c:\texmf\miktex\bin C:\cygwin\windows\command C:\cygwin\windows C:\cygwin\windows\system c:\gstools\gs7.00\bin SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32 WinDir: C:\WINNT CYGWIN = `tty notitle' C_INCLUDE_PATH = `/usr/local/include:/usr/include' HOME = `c:\bernt' LIBRARY_PATH = `/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib' MAKE_MODE = `UNIX' PWD = `/bernt' USER = `bernt' ALLUSERSPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users' APPDATA = `C:\Documents and Settings\bgu\Application Data' BIBINPUTS = `/texmf/bibtex/bib/:/localtexmf/bibtex/bib/' BIBSTYLES = `/texmf/bibtex/bst/:/localtexmf/bibtex/bst/' CDPATH = `.:~:~/sci:~/foredrag' COMMONPROGRAMFILES = `C:\Programmer\F$(All(Bes filer' COMPUTERNAME = `HAG-I001' COMSPEC = `C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH = `/usr/local/include:/usr/include' CWFOLDER = `C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior' DISPLAY = `127.0.0.1:0.0' HOMEDRIVE = `C:' HOMEPATH = `\' INDEXSTYLE = `/texmf/makeindex//:localtexmf/makeindex//' LM_LICENSE_FILE = `C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\license.dat' LOGONSERVER = `\\FOULUM-DC3' LPRPRINTER = `raw' LPRSERVER = `130.226.241.119' MANPATH = `/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/X11R6/man' MWCWINX86INCLUDES = `+C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\MSL;+C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Win32-X86 Support;C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\MSL\MSL_C\MSL_Common\Include;C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Win32-X86 Support\Headers\Win32 SDK;' MWWINX86LIBRARIES = `+C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\MSL;+C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Win32-x86 Support;' MWWINX86LIBRARYFILES = `MSL_C_x86.lib;MSL_Extras_x86.lib;MSL_Runtime_x86.lib;MSL_C++_x86.lib;gdi32.lib;user32.lib;kernel32.lib;' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1' OLDPWD = `/usr/bin' OS2LIBPATH = `C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;' OS = `Windows_NT' PAGER = `less' PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.tcl' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 15 Model 0 Stepping 7, GenuineIntel' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `15' PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0007' PROGRAMFILES = `C:\Programmer' PROMPT = `$P$G' PS1 = `\w$ ' PS2 = `> ' SHELL = `/usr/bin/bash' SHLVL = `1' SYSTEMDRIVE = `C:' SYSTEMROOT = `C:\WINNT' TEMP = `c:\DOCUME~1\bgu\LOKALE~1\Temp' TERM = `cygwin' USERDOMAIN = `DJF' USERNAME = `BGU' USERPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\bgu' WINDIR = `C:\WINNT' _ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck' Use `-r' to scan registry a: fd N/A N/A c: hd FAT32 17985Mb 43% CP UN IBM_PRELOAD d: cd CDFS 0Mb -2147483548% CS Audio CD e: net NTFS 173650Mb 99% CP CS UN PA FC h: net NTFS 347310Mb 69% CP CS UN PA FC i: net NTFS 347310Mb 69% CP CS UN PA FC j: net NTFS 49874Mb 92% CP CS UN PA FC Data1 k: net NTFS 69457Mb 96% CP CS UN PA FC Data3 p: net NTFS 347310Mb 69% CP CS UN PA FC t: net NTFS 49874Mb 92% CP CS UN PA FC Data1 u: net NTFS 49874Mb 92% CP CS UN PA FC Data1 c:\bernt /bernt user textmode \cygwin /cygwin user binmode . /cygdrive user binmode,cygdrive C:/cygwin / system binmode c:\localtexmf /localtexmf system binmode c:\texmf /texmf system binmode C:/cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode C:/cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts system binmode . /cygdrive user binmode,cygdrive Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: \bin\bash.exe Warning: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe hides \bin\bash.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\make.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe Found: \bin\sh.exe Warning: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe hides \bin\sh.exe 111k 2002/06/13 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcurl-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcurl-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/13 16:58 81k 2001/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygitcl30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygitcl30.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/10/20 2:25 35k 2001/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygitk30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygitk30.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/10/20 2:25 390k 2001/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtcl80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtcl80.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/10/20 2:24 5k 2001/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtclpip80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 10k 2001/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtclreg80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtclreg80.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/10/20 2:24 623k 2001/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtk80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtk80.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/10/20 2:25 19k 2002/02/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/2/20 4:05 929k 2002/06/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/24 20:24 23k 2002/06/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/24 6:54 58k 2002/05/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygbz2-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/5/7 8:33 171k 2002/05/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpng10.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpng10.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/5/7 20:53 45k 2002/02/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygjbig1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygjbig1.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/2/8 0:59 119k 2002/02/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg6b.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygjpeg6b.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/2/9 6:19 22k 2001/12/13 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/12/13 10:28 45k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 7:28 26k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 7:27 156k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 7:29 226k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 7:17 15k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 7:27 35k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 7:03 20k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 7:03 175k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 7:03 202k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 7:03 12k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 7:03 170k 2002/01/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpng2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpng2.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/21 2:05 17k 2001/06/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/7 5:34 108k 2001/06/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/7 5:34 20k 2002/01/13 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory5.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/13 2:27 121k 2002/01/13 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline5.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/13 2:27 1248k 2002/03/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygxml2-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygxml2-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/3/17 4:45 50k 2002/03/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygexslt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygexslt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/3/17 7:24 152k 2002/03/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygxslt-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygxslt-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/3/17 7:19 15k 2002/03/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygxsltbreakpoint-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygxsltbreakpoint-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/3/17 7:24 175k 2002/05/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpng12.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpng12.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/5/24 4:22 25k 2002/05/08 C:\cygwin\bin\cygltdl-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygltdl-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/5/9 1:46 106k 2002/06/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cygexpat-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygexpat-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/12 17:58 326k 2002/06/18 C:\cygwin\bin\cygdb2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygdb2.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/19 0:12 156k 2002/05/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygssl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygssl.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/5/17 14:24 621k 2002/05/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypto.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/5/17 14:24 40k 2001/11/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcre.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/11/21 23:15 39k 2001/11/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcreposix.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/11/21 23:15 66k 2001/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygregex.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygregex.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/11/20 15:44 253k 2002/02/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtiff3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtiff3.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/2/10 9:34 22k 2002/06/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpopt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/9 7:45 41k 2002/01/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-noX4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygXpm-noX4.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/20 19:49 46k 2002/01/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-X4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygXpm-X4.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/20 19:50 50k 2002/03/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/3/12 5:38 54k 2002/01/27 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz21.0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygbz21.0.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/27 2:07 874k 2002/06/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/24 4:31 Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.3.11 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 53 Shared data: 3 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Sun Jun 23 22:31:15 EDT 2002 CVS tag: cygwin-1-3-11-3 Shared id: cygwin1S3 2057k 2002/06/02 C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\cygMagick-5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygMagick-5.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/2 23:42 2393k 2002/06/02 C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\cygMagick++-5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygMagick++-5.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/2 23:39 21k 2002/01/15 C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\cygintl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/6/20 19:09 714k 2001/11/07 \bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/11/6 19:12 Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.3.4 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 47 Shared data: 3 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Tue Nov 6 13:12:58 EST 2001 CVS tag: cygwin-1-3-4 Shared id: cygwin1S3 Use -h to see help about each section