summary: After upgrading from X 6.8.99.901-1 to 7.4-1, I had font problems, but could launch an xterm from the new cygwin. After attempting to fix that by installing fonts, I cannot launch an xterm from the new cygwin.
details: I'm attempting to debug a problem with the cygwin upgrade I attempted today (25 May 09). I haven't upgraded for about a year, so I went from xorg-x11-* version=6.8.99.901-1 to version=7.4-1. (For details of the old config, see http://www.unc.edu/~tr/cygcheck_20090525old_1404.txt Note that, * while `cygcheck` shows my winXP=SP2, I believe it's actually SP3, and up-to-date, except for WGA. * I'm able to switch between my old and new cygwins by changing windows paths and cygwin mounts. The old cygwin still works correctly: I'm using it to compose and send this post. ) I initially upgraded to the configuration represented by http://www.unc.edu/~tr/cygcheck_20090525new_1420.txt It had font-related problems: 0 When I started my initial xterm (via a copy of startXwin.bat), I noticed that it showed a toolbar, whereas my previous cygwin's xterms did not. Is that working as designed? 1 When I started my initial xterm, I noticed that all the chars in the toolbar were in the same huge font, though the body text of the xterm is normal. When I run emacs from the initial xterm $ emacs --debug-init & I get the following problems 3 In the launching xterm: I see the error text > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct 4 In the launched emacs: all char in its menubar were in same huge font as the launching xterm's menubar. 5 In the launched emacs: all char in the body of its frame (i.e. where the text of a file would display) displayed as boxes, i.e. as unrepresentable. After perusing the cygwin-xfree archives, I decided I needed to install fonts. Instead of being cautious, I just installed all the font-* packages, resulting in the configuration http://www.unc.edu/~tr/cygcheck_20090525new_1530.txt but something went horribly wrong, since now I can't even launch an xterm :-( When I run my startXwin.bat, 0 the window for that batch file pops up briefly 1 the window for Xwin.exe opens briefly, then closes and I never get my xterm. When I try to open an xterm (or emacs) by right-clicking on the X in my tray and then choosing Applications> xterm, nothing happens. (The only thing that I'm able to open with tray>rclick>Applications is notepad.) What should I do to fix this? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/