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Re: fonts and symbolic links

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Boaz Harrosh wrote:

> As I am trying to pack a minimum X installation
> (see:http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-07/msg00207.html)
> 
> I have played around with using windows fonts and only supplying the smallest
> possible fonts in download.
> I have done the following:
> 1) run> mkfontdir -  in the /cygdrive/c/windows/font/ directory
> 2) run> ttmkfdir.exe >> font.dir - I found ttmkfdir.exe in an old cygwin/xfree
  
Shouldn't this be "fonts.dir" (note the "s")?

> (not x.org) installation. It is very useful still. I suggest someone updates
> it to the new x.org package or should I have used something else?

Do you Google: ?  The matches 
show that ttmkfdir is not part of the Cygwin/X distribution, so you 
must've downloaded it separately.  FWIW, I'm going to do some work with 
fonts soon, and might consider making ttmkfdir into a Cygwin package, 
installable via setup.exe.

> [Q] if I run> ln -s /cygdrive/c/windows/font/ /usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF -
  ^
Should this be "Fonts" (note the "s")?  Also, Cygwin is sometimes 
configured to be case-sensitive, and it's always better to use the correct 
filename case.  That would make it (by default) something like 
/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/Fonts.  I'd also suggest removing the trailing slash 
("/") from the ln command, just in case.

> On load, XWin.log will still complain about /usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF been
> not loadable.
> But if I deep copy > cp /cygdrive/c/windows/font/*
> /usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ - than it is OK. Why would XWin not follow the
> symbolic link prepared by cygwin1.dll? This is Important as it is a big
> Resource and I don't want to duplicate windows font directory.

I don't know how much help it is, but I found that a directory of symlinks 
(instead of a symlink to a directory) works with XWin.  So, try something 
like

ln -s /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/Fonts/* /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF

and see if it helps.
And, as you've already noticed, mount will also work.
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Re: vanishing cursor

[Eric S. Johansson]

Alexander Gottwald wrote:
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Eric S. Johansson wrote:

Welcome to the XWin X Server
Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
Release: 6.7.0.0-12

This is the newest. I guess you don't know how to reproduce the vanishing cursor.
the whole experience of having the cursor vanish and then restarting has 
been so painful I must admit I haven't tried real hard to reproduce.  I 
will try to be brave and figure out what I can.

Are you working with MS Terminalservices client? 
no.  I am not.
BTW: you can enable the software cursor with the -swcursor option. This does not
resolve the bug but it lets you work properly.
thanks.  I will try that as well.I'm also try to sniff out some 
performance problems.  I see a huge delay sometime in redraws.  It's all 
100 Mb ethernet across a firewall but I also sometimes see the problems 
on local machines (i.e. same network segment).  And no, I'm not getting 
any significant errors (5-10 per GB of traffic)

thanks again for the help.  I will try to reproduce the problem for you 
(ouch :-).

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Re: vanishing cursor

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Eric S. Johansson wrote:

> Welcome to the XWin X Server
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 6.7.0.0-12

This is the newest. I guess you don't know how to reproduce the vanishing cursor.
Are you working with MS Terminalservices client? 

BTW: you can enable the software cursor with the -swcursor option. This does not
resolve the bug but it lets you work properly.

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Re: vanishing cursor

[Eric S. Johansson]

Alexander Gottwald wrote:
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Eric S. Johansson wrote:

Alexander Gottwald wrote:

Which version of xwin you are using? This is a bug which should be solved
for some time now.
the vanishing cursor problem has been consistent up through my latest 
upgrade (i.e. yesterday) I'm not sure which version is but it's xorg based.

please check /tmp/XWin.log. It contains the version string in the first lines.
Welcome to the XWin X Server
Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
Release: 6.7.0.0-12
what do you need next?
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Re: startx hangs on WinXP, xinit doesn't

[Dr.D.J.Picton]

> Hello, pv.

> On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:29:04 -0700 (PDT) p v wrote:

> [snip]

> > The only difference in the execution of the two is the
> > environment so I experimented and finally I commented
> > this portion of startx script -
> > 
> > if [ x"$XAUTHORITY" = x ]; then
> > XAUTHORITY="$HOME/.Xauthority"
> > export XAUTHORITY
> > fi
> > 
> > Once I commented that out I get X to start correctly
> > and the output is the same as it is with xinit on its
> > own. It's been long time since I worked with X - any
> > ideas why XAUTHORITY set makes startx to hang ?
> > thanks


> Was that really copied verbatim?  If so, then there's the problem.

> For a _test_ of equality, there should be two equal signs, not one.  

Not true - the syntax is correct, but the action (set XAUTHORITY to a default
value if it isn't already set to a non-null string) is inappropriate.   The 
Cygwin X server gets upset if XAUTHORITY doesn't point to a valid authority file
containing correct data.  

Re: vanishing cursor

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Eric S. Johansson wrote:

> Alexander Gottwald wrote:
> 
> > Which version of xwin you are using? This is a bug which should be solved
> > for some time now.
> 
> the vanishing cursor problem has been consistent up through my latest 
> upgrade (i.e. yesterday) I'm not sure which version is but it's xorg based.

please check /tmp/XWin.log. It contains the version string in the first lines.

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Re: vanishing cursor

[Eric S. Johansson]

Alexander Gottwald wrote:
Which version of xwin you are using? This is a bug which should be solved
for some time now.
the vanishing cursor problem has been consistent up through my latest 
upgrade (i.e. yesterday) I'm not sure which version is but it's xorg based.

I must say it's gotten bad enough that I've gone back to using just 
plain old putty.  I can't afford to keep killing of the X server every 
half-hour or so and try to reconstruct the context I was working in.  It 
wouldn't be so bad if I had a tool to save everything and then restore 
what I was doing but I'm not sure that's available.

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Re: Newbie seeking help.

[Michel Bardiaux]

bt tan wrote:
--- bt tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Dear Mike,
Here's the output of ./configure
[snip]
checking for X... (cached) no
checking for X11 header files... checking for X11
libraries... checking for XCreateWindow in
-lXwindow... (cached) no
couldn't find any!  Using -lX11.
checking for main in -lXbsd... (cached) no
It is indicating it couldn't locate the X11
libraries, althought the path I've specified within
the windows environment path to includes the
following directory
/usr/X11R6/bin/usr/X11R6/lib/usr/X11R6/X11/lib/usr/X11R6/X11/bin
IIRC configure does *not* use the path to locate X (reason: finding the 
X libraries does not indicate where the X headers are!). Run 
'./configure --help' and it is very likely there is some argument to 
tell where the X stuff is.

Using the path to locate libraries is a Windowism. I suspect cygwin does 
*not* do that at all, even for a dlopen (but IANAG)

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Re: fonts and symbolic links

[Boaz Harrosh]

Boaz Harrosh wrote:
As I am trying to pack a minimum X installation 
(see:http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-07/msg00207.html)

I have played around with using windows fonts and only supplying the 
smallest possible fonts in download.
I have done the following:
1) run> mkfontdir -  in the /cygdrive/c/windows/font/ directory
2) run> ttmkfdir.exe >> font.dir - I found ttmkfdir.exe in an old 
cygwin/xfree (not x.org) installation. It is very useful still. I 
suggest someone updates it to the new x.org package or should I have 
used something else?

[Q] if I run> ln -s /cygdrive/c/windows/font/ 
/usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF - On load, XWin.log will still complain 
about /usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF been not loadable.
But if I deep copy > cp /cygdrive/c/windows/font/* 
/usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ - than it is OK. Why would XWin not 
follow the symbolic link prepared by cygwin1.dll? This is Important as 
it is a big Resource and I don't want to duplicate windows font 
directory.

I managed to work around the symbolic links problem with mounting 
c:\windows\fonts on /usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ so I have my Install 
do that and it works. Even though its name is TTF it will actually 
include all the windows fonts 95% of which are usable by XWin. Good Job 
X.org for supporting all these windows font formats.

2 Issues remain.
1- The original one why links don't work. 2 - what's with ttmkfdir.exe 
can/should it be included in cygwin/X?
( It was included in cygwin/XFree. Since the move to X.org it is no 
longer there)

If any one wants to know:
Additional to the preparation of the windows fonts to be used by 
cygwin/X one needs the following files:
1) in /usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/
   6x12.pcf.gz
   cursor.pcf.gz
   fonts.alias
   fonts.dir
(see 2 attached text files)
2) The original contents of  fonts/encodings/ (0.5Mg)
3) Original contents of  /fonts/util (0.2Meg)
3) All other fonts/ dirs can be removed. X11r6/bin can be trimmed down 
to 1/2 a dozen files.

And thats it Nothing else need changed. The original X11r6/ installation 
was 24Mg now it is down to 3.5Mg including extras.

And I am sorry to say that now (using the windows fonts) it looks much 
(^2) better.

Free Life
Boaz

fixed-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-110-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1
2
6x12.pcf.gz -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-110-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1
cursor.pcf.gz cursor

Re: xwin -multiwindow bug [ver 1.5.10(0.116/4/2)?]

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Ariel Millennium Thornton wrote:

> Hello.  I think I have found a bug in Cygwin/X.
> 
> When running xwin.exe with the -multiwindow switch (to use winxp's gdi
> as X's wm), the X-managed regions of the screen do some rather strange
> things.
> 
> When the root window is shown, all of the X windows behave as they
> should, with the root window having the proper dimensions and offset
> from the upper-left corner of the screen.  However, when the root window
> is hidden, X refuses to draw any regions of any window it thinks are
> outside the bounds of the root window, drawing white blocks instead.
> 
> The bug is that when the root window is hidden, X thinks that the offset
> of the root window is (0,0), flush with the upper-left corner of the
> screen, regardless of what the desktop bounds (the extent of maximized
> windows) really are.
> 
> This behavior doesn't manifest itself on factory-installed Windows XP
> systems, but it does manifest when the system is customized, especially
> if the taskbar is moved to other edges of the screen, or when another
> shell (such as LiteStep) is used in lieu of the default Internet
> Explorer/Windows Explorer shell.

I've not used LiteStep before. XWin queries the system about the screen size 
and the size and location of the task bar. 

You can check the logfile /tmp/XWin.log and it should print a line with 
the visual size (maybe you have to specify -logverbose  3 or higher to see 
this line). you can specify the size itself with the -screen
parameter (eg -screen 0 800x600) 

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Re: System process eating up 70% when starting XWin

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Der Herr Pooh wrote:

> I have a strange problem since I upgraded to the current version of xfree
> (6.7-12 ??). When I start XWin the system process (not system idle
> process!!) eats up up to 70% of me CPU slowing down the whole machine. This
> stops immediately when XWin is shut down. I'm using an Omnibook 6000
> (800MHz) with 512 MB RAM and an ATI Rage Mobilty.  Any idea what I can do or
> how I can downgrad to an older version ?? 

from which version did you upgrade? 6.7-11 to 6.7-12 introduced nothing which 
could cause this.

Does it also happen without the -clipboard parameter

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Re: [PATCH] Add support for "back/forward" (thumb) mouse buttons to XWin

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004, Chris B wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This patch adds support for thumb mouse buttons to XWin/cygwin.
> 
> It's quite rough at the edges, probably. It works on XP but cannot test it on 
> other windows versions. It will probably do no harm on Win98 as it won't send 
> the messages, anyway.
> 
> I also had to add the definition of the messages 
> to /usr/include/w32api/winuser.h. This is quite ugly but the WM_XBUTTON.. 
> messages only appeared from Millennium/2000 on, and I suppose winuser.h is 
> meant as a least common denominator amongst windows versions.
> I assume you will find the proper way to do it.

I'll take a look at the code when i'm home tonight

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Re: vanishing cursor

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Eric S. Johansson wrote:

> every so often, something triggers a bug in Xwin which makes the cursor 
> vanish but only over an Xwin window.  Only way to get back is to restart 
> the X server (and windows).
> 
> another odd bug is that I noticed emacs tends to bleed through and pop 
> up either ToolTips messages or menus even though a another (X or MS) 
> window fully covers emacs.
> 
> thanks for any help that's available

Which version of xwin you are using? This is a bug which should be solved
for some time now.

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Re: Proposal: Cyrillic fonts for XWin (Attn: xorg-x11* maintainer)

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> Hi, Alexander,
> 
> The Cyrillic fonts currently distributed on Cygwin are those from the 
> X.org project (or, rather, Cronyx).  They are missing some encodings 
> (particularly, CP-1251), and that makes them harder to use with Windows.  
> There is an alternative set of fonts, that from the CYR-RFX project, that 
> seems to work quite well with X and has multiple encodings.  Would you 
> consider distributing those fonts as the xorg-x11-fcyr package, instead of 
> the Cronyx fonts?  If you aren't immediately against the idea, I can work 
> on the packaging.

Go on. 

Can the fonts coexist with those from xorg? Then I'd suggest using a
name different from xorg-x11-* to distinguish it from those derived from 
xorg cvs.

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Re: Newbie seeking help.

[bt tan]

--- bt tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Dear Mike,
>  
> Here's the output of ./configure
>  
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for Tcl configuration... (cached) found
>
/home/Administrator/ns/2.27/tcl8.4.5/unix/tclConfig.sh
> checking for existence of
>
/home/Administrator/ns/2.27/tcl8.4.5/unix/tclConfig.sh...
> loading
> checking whether to use symlinks for manpages... no
> checking compression for manpages... no
> checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a
> cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached)
> gcc -E
> checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
> checking for limits.h... (cached) yes
> checking for building with threads... no (default)
> checking if the compiler understands -pipe... yes
> checking for required early compiler flags...
> (cached) (cached) none
> checking for 64-bit integer type... (cached) long
> long
> checking for struct dirent64... (cached) no
> checking for struct stat64... (cached) no
> checking for off64_t... (cached) no
> checking how to build libraries... shared
> checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
> checking if 64bit support is requested... no
> checking if 64bit Sparc VIS support is requested...
> no
> checking system version (for dynamic loading)...
> CYGWIN_NT-5.0-1.5.10(0.116/4/2)
> checking for dlopen in -ldl... (cached) no
> checking for ar... (cached) ar
> Can't figure out how to do dynamic loading or shared
> libraries
> on this system.
> checking for build with symbols... no
> checking for sin... (cached) yes
> checking for main in -lieee... (cached) no
> checking stdlib.h... yes
> checking fd_set and sys/select... yes
> checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
> checking for mode_t... (cached) yes
> checking for pid_t... (cached) yes
> checking for size_t... (cached) yes
> checking for uid_t in sys/types.h... (cached) yes
> checking for sys/time.h... (cached) yes
> checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be
> included... (cached) yes
> checking pw_gecos in struct pwd... yes
> checking for X... (cached) no
> checking for X11 header files... checking for X11
> libraries... checking for XCreateWindow in
> -lXwindow... (cached) no
> couldn't find any!  Using -lX11.
> checking for main in -lXbsd... (cached) no
> checking for connect... (cached) yes
> checking for gethostbyname... (cached) yes
> checking for sin... (cached) yes
> checking for main in -lieee... (cached) no
> checking whether char is unsigned... (cached) no
> checking for strtod... (cached) yes
> checking for Solaris2.4/Tru64 strtod bugs...
> (cached) ok
> updating cache ./config.cache
> creating ./config.status
> creating Makefile
> creating tkConfig.sh
> 
> It is indicating it couldn't locate the X11
> libraries, althought the path I've specified within
> the windows environment path to includes the
> following directory
>
/usr/X11R6/bin/usr/X11R6/lib/usr/X11R6/X11/lib/usr/X11R6/X11/bin
>  
> and also I've included  the tk8.4.5/xlib/X11/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Michel Bardiaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> bt tan wrote:
> 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > Good day. I am a newbie for cygwinX application. I
> > was wondering is this the right place to post
> question
> > of uncertainty about cygwinX application?
> > 
> > If no, I would like to address my apologize here.
> > 
> > If yes, I would like to ask the following
> > question. I'm currently trying to compile OTCL1.8
> and
> > TK 8.4.5 using cygwin, but somehow rather the
> message
> > I have indicating that the X11 library couldn't be
> > found. Suprisingly I've installed the X windows
> > components and my Xwindows seems to be running ok.
> > Here's the details when I was running the make
> install
> > for TK 8.4.5 :
> > 
> > Steps taken to compile tk8.4.5 
> > 
> > ./configure
> 
> What is the output of 'configure' regarding X11 ?
> 
> > make install
> > 
> > Error displayed:
> > gcc -pipe tkAppInit.o \
> > -L/home/Administrator/ns/tk8.3.2/unix -ltk8.3 \
> > -L/home/Administrator/ns/tcl8.3.2/unix -ltcl8.3 
> > -lX11 -lc -o wish
> > 
> >
>
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
> > cannot find -lX11
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > 
> 
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Re: problems with zone alarm/XP SP2?

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Lester Ingber wrote:

> I just installed Zone Labs zone alarm, and an having problems that
> suggest similar problems may arise under Cygwin with the coming XP SP2?
> 
> (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "0409" (0409) 
> (--) Using preset keyboard for "English (USA)" (409), type "4"
> Rules = "xorg" Model = "pc105" Layout = "us" Variant = "(null)" Options = "(null)"
> 8< bottom cut <- top ->8

This is a know problem with ZoneAlarm 5. You can even disable it. The problem
is still there. Switch back to an older verstion of ZoneAlarm or use an other
firewall.

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Re: quotes keys doesn't work anymore

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Bas Toonk wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I upgraded all the cygwin packages to the latest version.
> Now when I start xwin with blackbox as windows manager and open a xterm everything 
> works fine.
> 
> But when I open an rxvt window and open an bash shell the quotes (',") aren't 
> working any more.
> It comes with (arg: 4) instead of a quote.
> 
> Also when I'am using xterm and open a ssh connection with X11 forwarding to a 
> solaris system and open a xterm on the solaris system the quotes (',") aren't 
> working any more in that xterm and I also get (arg: 4) instead of a quote.

please report what xev shows if you press the keys.

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RE: setenv DISPLAY

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Thomas Chadwick wrote:

> So you're saying you're doing the "setenv DISPLAY" via the SSH terminal 
> session between steps 2 and 3?
> 
> I so, then you're completely circumventing the security provided by SSH 
> (unless you're doing it intentionally, e.g. you're on a "trusted" network, 
> or the encyption/decryption of the SSH tunnel is slowing things down too 
> much).
> 
> What you should be doing is using the "X-Forwarding" mechanism of SSH.  
> Basically, it should go something like this:
> 
> 1) Launch the Cygwin X-Server, Xwin.
> 2) From a local xterm, run "ssh -X remote_host"
better use ssh -Y remote_host. (See FAQ for details)

> 3) Once you're logged in, echo back the value of "DISPLAY" on the remote 
> host.  It should look something like ":8", or possibly "remote_host:8".
> 4) At this point, running "xterm &" should open a client window on the local 
> X-Server.  You do not need to, and should not, manually set the DISPLAY 
> variable on the remote host when using ssh.
> 
> I suspect that if you change your login script at the remote host such that 
> it leaves DISPLAY alone, things will start working again.

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Re: Testing CygWin XFree86 with multiple monitors

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Øyvind Harboe wrote:

> I'm using CygWin XFree86 with a dual monitor setup and a single monitor
> setup. In my experience there are, not surprisingly, more problems with
> the dual monitor setup. 
> 
> This made me think a bit about how multi-monitor CygWin XFree86 could
> get more testing.
> 
> Is there any interest amongst CygWin XFree86 testers/develoeprs in a
> virtual device driver that will do the following?
> 
> - allow adding of any number of virtual video cards. E.g. test CygWin
> XFree86 with 10 video cards? No problem! :-)
> - the video cards are "visible" indirectly by using e.g. the
> Accessibility->Magnifier
> - resolution is currently fixed at ~4000x2000x32bit, but it could be
> made configurable
> - the virtual device driver works by allocating a RAM buffer where all
> rendering takes place. Windows does all the rendering and it seems to be
> feature complete. OpenGL works, though I wouldn't hold my breath for
> DirectX apps.
> 
> The source code is currently collecting dust, and I'm sure I could
> convince the owner to contribute it to the open source community if
> there is enough interest.

It sounds promising. Unfortunatly I don't have the possibility to test
such a setup but I'll see if I can get access to one.

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Re: installing 6.7.99.1-2

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Jack Tanner wrote:

> I'd like to install and test the 6.7.99.1-2 pre-releases ago recently 
> announced.
> 
> I run setup, find a mirror that has the 6.7.99.1-2 files, and then click 
> in the New column for xorg-x11-base until it gets to 6.7.99.1-2.
> 
> I want to upgrade xorg-x11-bin at the same, so I try to pick 6.7.99.1-2 
> in for that package as well, but when I do that, xorg-x11-base reverts 
> to Keep!
> 
> It seems like the dependencies among packages are funny. xorg-x11-lndir 
> also resets some of my selections.

You can click on the "Exp" button above the list. this will automaticly select
all test packages.

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Re: [Fwd: Cygwin-X+15.4" display]

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Flavio Elias wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've tried running Cygwin-Xfree on my Toshiba M35 laptop (15.4" 
> display), and cannot get it to work. After the startx command, there is 
> some output (attached), and then the shell freezes. Any thoughts about 
> what might be going on?

You're using ZoneAlarm 5, right? Get rid of it it breaks the cygwin network
layer.

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Re: XWin and xauth

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Rayman, Louis wrote:

> I'm having the weirdest time getting XWin to grant my solaris/linux login
> display rights.
> 
> first, my host PC translates its own name differently than the unix machines
> do, so I get something like this:
> cygin$ xauth list
> nyfitw957952.leh.lbcorp.lehman.com:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
> 081b3d50145b5525317315327a715f62
> 
> but:
> 
> solaris$ xauth list
> nyfitw957952.lehman.com:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
> 081b3d50145b5525317315327a715f62
> solaris$ echo $DISPLAY
> nyfitw957952.lehman.com:0
> solaris$ xterm
> Xlib: connection to "nyfitw957952.lehman.com:0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: nyfitw957952.lehman.com:0
> 
> 
> then, if by some  miracle I get past that, after a certain amount of time,
> the connection stop working, even if I already have an xterm running, I
> can't start another!!?!
> 
> what's a poor boy to do?

Please check
http://wiki.freedesktop.org/bin/view/Main/CygwinXTroubleShooting#Cygwin_X_reports_AUDIT_client_1_

the symptoms are a bit different but the main problem is the same (wrong name 
translation)

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Re: Help! TOO MANYlocalhost:loopback connections, slow performance.

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, goodwill wrote:

> Hi, I am using Xwin to access my linux machine KDE over a SSH tunnel.
> I ran into a interesting problem.
> Xwin seems to open HUGE amounts of localhost:loopback on many consecutive 
> ports (seem liek the whole tempt port range and more) and I mean like hundreds of
> these loopback connections.
> 
> They actually look very strange.
> there are hundreds of these connections doing this
> localhost:4818 connecting to localhost:4819
> localhost:4819 connecting to localhost:4820
> localhost:4820 connecting to localhost:4821
>  and so on.
> basically its like they are playing "call the next port" game.
> 
> So my firewall (Agnitium Outpost Pro 2.1.xxx starts to lag my Windows comp.
> Its configured to allow xwin thru, in fact everything necessary is in the
> trusted zone, so it connects and works (lagging though). When I stop the
> firewall everything is ok.
> 
> After perusing the cygwin/x mailing lists, I could not find much to help me, 
> short of comments, to remove the firewall.
> Since it is not an option (no way should anyone be running windows with out a 
> firewall even if they are behind a router already like I am).
> 
> Why in the world dow xwin need to open so MANY loopback connections 
> in such a way.  
> Is there anyway to fix this?

It is the way the unix system call "select" is implemented in cygwin. But some
personal firewalls change the semantics how network connections are handled and
the old and unused connection dont get closed. 

There is nothing we can do about it. You could try a different firewall (except
ZoneAlarm 5 which is also known to cause problems) and check if the problem is 
not present.  

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Re: Why doesn't "run XWin" show a window?

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Weeble wrote:

> The subject line says most of it really. When I "run XWin" no window 
> appears even though the X appears in the tray. I've seen this on every 
> machine I've tried it on.
> 
> "XWin" alone will show the window as well as the console that opens with 
> it.  Passing a parameter like  "run XWin -nodecoration" does have the 
> expected effect of showing the XWin window but hiding the console. But 
> why isn't the main window displayed if the parameter is missing when the 
> command is used with run ?

We had reports of this before. Unfortunately the only difference between
XWin and XWin -nodecoration is one flag in window creation which must cause
the problem. But the different behaviour is not documented in any of
Microsoft Windows API documentation and we know of no other solution than 
running with -nodecoration instead.

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Maintainer back

[Alexander Gottwald]

Hi,

After a longer weekend with much traffic my mailbox was full and 
mails from the mailinglist bounced so I got unsubscribed automaticly
without noticing it. 

No I'm available again and want to apologize for being not available for
two weeks now. 

I'll work through the old mails right now and try to give advice where 
possible.

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fonts and symbolic links

[Boaz Harrosh]

As I am trying to pack a minimum X installation 
(see:http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-07/msg00207.html)

I have played around with using windows fonts and only supplying the 
smallest possible fonts in download.
I have done the following:
1) run> mkfontdir -  in the /cygdrive/c/windows/font/ directory
2) run> ttmkfdir.exe >> font.dir - I found ttmkfdir.exe in an old 
cygwin/xfree (not x.org) installation. It is very useful still. I 
suggest someone updates it to the new x.org package or should I have 
used something else?

[Q] if I run> ln -s /cygdrive/c/windows/font/ 
/usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF - On load, XWin.log will still complain 
about /usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF been not loadable.
But if I deep copy > cp /cygdrive/c/windows/font/* 
/usr/X11r6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ - than it is OK. Why would XWin not follow 
the symbolic link prepared by cygwin1.dll? This is Important as it is a 
big Resource and I don't want to duplicate windows font directory.

CYGWIN branch merge

[Alexander Gottwald]

Hi,

After the Xorg X11R6.8 release I'm planning to update the CYGWIN branch
with the X11R6.8 code. The latest changes from CYGWIN are already in 
HEAD.

The CYGWIN branch will be the base for releases. Only bugfixes and small 
features will get in between releases. After every Xorg release the CYGWIN
branch will be updated to that release again.

Development should be done on HEAD. 

Large changes (like working on the GDI engine) should be done in branches
forked from HEAD. After the feature is complete it will get merged back to 
HEAD.

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Re: Newbie seeking help.

[Michel Bardiaux]

bt tan wrote:
Hi, 

Good day. I am a newbie for cygwinX application. I
was wondering is this the right place to post question
of uncertainty about cygwinX application?
 If no, I would like to address my apologize here.
 If yes, I would like to ask the following
question. I'm currently trying to compile OTCL1.8 and
TK 8.4.5 using cygwin, but somehow rather the message
I have indicating that the X11 library couldn't be
found. Suprisingly I've installed the X windows
components and my Xwindows seems to be running ok.
Here's the details when I was running the make install
for TK 8.4.5 :
Steps taken to compile tk8.4.5 

./configure
What is the output of 'configure' regarding X11 ?
make install
Error displayed:
gcc -pipe  tkAppInit.o \
	-L/home/Administrator/ns/tk8.3.2/unix -ltk8.3 \
	-L/home/Administrator/ns/tcl8.3.2/unix -ltcl8.3 
-lX11   -lc  -o wish

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
cannot find -lX11
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
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