Re: X11 becomes unresponsive. VERY unresponsive.

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, David Arnstein wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a problem with cygwin-x11 on my home machine, which runs 
> Windows 2000 s.p. 4.
> 
> All X11 windows become unresponsive.  Really unresponsive. The windows 
> don't repaint when exposed.  Right mouse button (context) menus do not 
> pop up.
> 
> Earlier today, I reinstalled ALL of my cygwin packages, it did not help.
> 
> Just now, I started X11 and I had one xterm running bash.  X11 was 
> working OK, as far as I could tell.  I left the computer for 10 
> minutes; so it was completely idle.  When I returned, X11 was in the 
> unresponsive state.
> 
> How can I debug this problem?  I close this e-mail with the contents 
> of my /tmp/XWin.log file.  Is there anything else I can provide? 
> Thanks for any suggestions!

There are some reasons for poor Cygwin/X performance in the FAQ. One
of them is a small program from ATI. 

What about CPU usage? Is XWin taking 100% and nothing happens? Or is 
it nearly idle?

bye
ago
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Install stalls

[jp]

Hi All,
I can't seem to get cygwin/X installed. I've tried a clean install of 
the whole cygwin enviroment from a few different mirrors.
But (regardless of the mirror) it always gets stuck at:

Installing
xorg-x11-fenc-6.7.0.0-2
/usr/X116R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/adobe-dingbats.enc.gz
If I deselect the fenc package i get stuck here:
Installing
xorg-x11-fnts-6.7.0.0-1
/usr/X116R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/charB08.pcf.gz
deslecting that the whole thing installs but I can't startx, as I have 
no fonts.

I've got ~19Gig free on my HD so its not that.
any ideas?

can't start KDE on FreeBSD from Windows XP

[Bruce Rhodewalt]

I'm having trouble configuring KDE on my Windows XP machine (using
Cygwin/X 2004/03/25).
From my bash shell, I can ssh or telnet to my FreeBSD 5.2.1 RELEASE
machine.  However, if I try to connect and run KDE, I have problems.
I get a KDE desktop, followed by the splash with all its startups
proceeding uneventfully, and then just the blank desktop.  The Windows
window title reads "Cygwin/X - 0:0" and I can move the pointer over the
window.  No other responses happen in the window: no right-click,
left-click, drag-select, etc.  No icons appear in the window.
When I run KDE on the FreeBSD machine itself, I get a desktop with icons
and response to mouse actions.
Thanks for any guidance, including terminology and troubleshooting
techniques.
Bruce
bruce ATT rhodewalt D.O.T. com

Output in bash shell during connection to KDE:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~
$ startx
+ test -f /home/Bruce/.kde_mountchecked
+ IPC_PID=1272
+ client_opt=
+ server_opt=
+ xinit /opt/kde3/bin/startkde -- /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin :0 -noreset -ac
-nowinkill
+ ipc-daemon2
Welcome to the XWin X Server
Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
Release: 6.7.0.0-12
Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
XWin was started with the following command line:
/usr/X11R6/bin/XWin :0 -noreset -ac -nowinkill
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1
(II) XF86Config is not supported
(II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information
winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP
winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed
winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed
winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0007
winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits
per pixel
winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff ff00 00ff
MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support
XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack
of shar
ed memory support in the kernel
(--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31
(--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "0409" (0409)
(--) Using preset keyboard for "English (USA)" (409), type "4"
Rules = "xorg" Model = "pc105" Layout = "us" Variant = "(null)" Options
= "(null
)"
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, removing
from li
st!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,
removing from
 list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
removing from
list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing
from li
st!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,
removing from
 list!
winPointerWarpCursor - Discarding first warp: 509 367
winProcEstablishConnection - Hello
winProcEstablishConnection - Clipboard is not enabled, returning.
+ export SHELL=/bin/bash
+ SHELL=/bin/bash
+ export KDEINIT_KIO_EXEC=1
+ KDEINIT_KIO_EXEC=1
+ test -n 1
+ export
'PATH=/opt/kde3/lib/kde3:/opt/qt/3.2/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/opt/kde3/lib:/o
pt/kde3/lib/kde3:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS
/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/apps
/masm615/bin '
+
PATH=/opt/kde3/lib/kde3:/opt/qt/3.2/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/opt/kde3/lib:/opt/kde3/
lib/kde3:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system3
2:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/apps/masm615
/bin
+ rm -f /home/Bruce/.ICEauthority
+ kdehome=/home/Bruce/.kde31
+ '[' -z /opt/qt/3.2 ']'
+ '[' -z /opt/kde3 ']'
+ '[' -z /opt/kde3/home ']'
+ '[' -e /opt/kde3/home/share/mimelnk ']'
+ '[' -e /opt/kde3/home/share/applnk ']'
+ '[' -e /opt/kde3/home/share/services ']'
+ '[' -e /opt/kde3/home/share/servicetypes ']'
+ test '' '!=' -multiwindow
+ '[' -e /home/Bruce/.kde31/share/config/kdesktoprc ']'
+ '[' -z '' -a Bruce = root ']'
+ '[' -z '' -a Bruce '!=' root ']'
+ color=#004e98
+ xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr -solid '#004e98'
+ test -n ''
+ export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/kde3/lib:/opt/kde3/bin:/opt/qt/3.2/lib:/opt/qt/3.2
/bin
+
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/kde3/lib:/opt/kde3/bin:/opt/qt/3.2/lib:/opt/qt/3.2/bin
+ test -n ''
+ export
LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/kde3/lib:/opt/kde3/bin:/opt/qt/3.2/lib:/opt/qt/3
.2/bin
+
LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/kde3/lib:/opt/kde3/bin:/opt/qt/3.2/lib:/opt/qt/3.2/bin
++ xdpyinfo
++ grep dimensions:
++ cut -d ' ' -f 7
++ cut -d x -f 1
+ export X=1018
+ X=1018
++ xdpyinfo
++ grep dimensions:
++ cut -d ' ' -f 7
++ cut -d x -f 2
+ export Y=735
+ Y=735
++ xdpyinfo
++ awk '/depths/ {print $NF}'
+ export D=32
+ D=32
+ '[' -e /home/Bruce/.skel/kdebase ']'
+ INITIAL=--force
+ rm -rf /tmp/ksocket-Bruce /opt/kde3/home/tmp-CryBaby
+ lnusertemp tmp
+ lnusertemp socket
+ dcopserver_shutdown
iceauth:  creating new authority file /home/Bruce/.ICEauthority
+ echo 'startkde: Starting up mode  ... '
startkde: Starting up mode  ...
+ kreadconfig --file kpersonalizerrc --group General --key FirstLog

Re: X11 becomes unresponsive. VERY unresponsive.

[David Arnstein]

> There are some reasons for poor Cygwin/X performance in the FAQ. One
> of them is a small program from ATI. 

I got rid of the ATI programs.  cygwin/X lasted for awhile, and then
"hung" exactly as before.

> What about CPU usage? Is XWin taking 100% and nothing happens? Or is 
> it nearly idle?

Entire PC 100% idle.

Have you experienced any trouble with hyperthreading (feature of
latest Intel CPUs)?  I am using that feature.
-- 
David Arnstein
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Re: ghostscript weirdness

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004, Tomasz Rojek wrote:

> > You also need to make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin/gs gets picked up before
> > /usr/bin/gs (i.e., that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your PATH before /usr/bin --
> > which is usually done by default by /etc/profile.d/00xorg-x11-base.sh).
>
> I have encountered the same problem - my PATH contains /usr/bin before
> /usr/X11R6/bin. According to above info from Igor I run
> /etc/profile.d/00xorg-x11-base.sh. This did not help (I closed old rxvt
> session and opened new one). Of course manual fix to PATH solves the
> problem.

Tomasz,

As observed by Sven, 00xorg-x11-base.sh won't put /usr/X11R6/bin in the
front of your PATH if it's already in it somewhere.  Specifically, if you
have an older or custom /etc/profile that puts /usr/X11R6/bin in the PATH
after /usr/bin, ghostscript-x11 won't work properly.

There was no need to run the script explicitly -- they are supposed to be
run automatically by /etc/profile.  However, up until the recent version
of the base-files package (3.0-3), you would not have gotten an updated
/etc/profile if you already had it on your system.  I suggest you follow
the advice from the base-files 3.0-* announcement (the "NOTE" in the star
box at ) --
*unless* you've made customizations of any of them, remove your
/etc/profile, /etc/bash.bashrc, /etc/DIR_COLORS, and everything in
/etc/skel, and then reinstall the base-files package.
Igor
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Re: X11 becomes unresponsive. VERY unresponsive.

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, David Arnstein wrote:

> [snip]
> Have you experienced any trouble with hyperthreading (feature of
> latest Intel CPUs)?  I am using that feature.

I don't recall any reported problems with Cygwin/X per se, but there is a
HUGE hyperthreading-related thread on the main Cygwin list -- you might do
well to check there.  Here's an executive summary for the impatient:
unless someone tracks down the problem and fixes it, or donates a
hyperthreaded system that exhibits the problem to CGF, this won't get
fixed.
Igor
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whatever you think is worth doing."  -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw