Re: Minimal replacement for Exceed
Boaz Harrosh wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to find a replacement for Hummingbird Exceed. I know that Cygwin includes an X server, but I'm not interested in all of Cygwin. What would be the minimum I'd need to install to be able to run Cygwin/X? In case it matters, I'd like to run the X server with the -multiwindow and -clipboard parameters. Thanks! Amanda Dear Amanda ! I have packed a Wise-Installer with a some-what minimal installation. It uses the windows fonts and this way saves 14M of fonts. It does include a full bash + utils and SSH so it is not as minimal as it can be. The Install.exe is about 12M. I can send you the .exe but you will find that it has some specialized stuff for the purpose it was made. (automatic connection to a Linux application server). I can also send you the files listing, and the wise script, so you can pack your own. Files listing and script would be nice to lookat. Any possiblility to have it online somewhere? -- Jani Tiainen
Re: Multiwindows launches but nothing happens
On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, ROBERT T JOAN V SAVAGE wrote: Hi, I have installed cygwin and am having troubles running xwin or xwin -multiwindows. Running xwin pops open window, but has not drop down menus to start, for instance and xterm. If I run xwin -multiwindow nothing seems to happen. The log file is as follows: Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.1.0-5 [snip] XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard [snip] winClipboardProc - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 winInitMultiWindowWM - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. [snip] What exactly did you expect would happen? The log shows the X server as started and waiting for connections. Now you need to open an X application (e.g., xterm) -- it won't be opened automatically when you start the X server directly the way you did (by running XWin.exe). You have a few choices: - Install the X-startup-scripts, and use either startxwin.sh or startx to start the X server (both will, IIRC, open at least an xterm for you). - Install the X-start-menu-icons package and use the Start menu to open whatever applications you need. - Use the old-fashioned way and open a regular Cygwin console (via the Cygwin icon on your desktop), and from the prompt run DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 xterm - Do the above, but run a window manager instead (provided you're in non-multiwindow mode, which in itself is a window manager). Most X window managers (e.g., twm, fvwm, WindowMaker, openbox) will have a desktop menu that allows to start X applications. Note that only twm comes with X by default, others have to be installed separately. - Starting the X server should have created an icon in your system tray. ISTR there was some work on adding a menu to that icon that would let you start applications and control the X server. Don't know if that was ever completed, though, or if it's been included in the default XWin package... There are other ways, but they are more arcane... :-) Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT
Re: Multiwindows launches but nothing happens
On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: [snip] - Do the above, but run a window manager instead (provided you're in non-multiwindow mode, which in itself is a window manager). Most X window s/which in/because multiwindow mode/ managers (e.g., twm, fvwm, WindowMaker, openbox) will have a desktop menu that allows to start X applications. Note that only twm comes with X by default, others have to be installed separately. Sorry for the confusion, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT
Re: Files in /tmp/.X11-unix not getting cleaned up..
David Suarez wrote: I have setup Cygwin/X on Windows Terminal Services and have been running it using the approach that each new user gets there own port. Everything runs dandy except under some circumstance it appears the socket/file in the /tmp/.X11-unix/ directory is not cleaned up when X is closed. In those cases, on startup for a non-admin rights user, they receive a fatal error. To fix all I do is go into the directory and delete the offending file (I confirm that there is no X server on that port first). Since the work-around works, I attempted to add that to the script the user's kick off to delete the hanging file if it's there. Unfortunately since this only happens if the previous user of that port was different, a permission error occurs. this a quite often asked question. You could solve this with per-user mounted /tmp directory. eg. mkdir $HOME/tmp mount -buf $(cygpath -m $HOME/tmp) /tmp This will create a temp directory in the users home directory and map /tmp to that directory. bye ago NP: Megadump - Superhuman -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Re: X11 problems
Marc Jourdeuil wrote: I can't run X programs from my PC anymore, across the VPN. How do I turn on X11 forwarding with cygwin? Will that solve the problem? DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -Y remotehost Check the FAQ about this. There are a lot of answers about X11Forwarding. bye ago NP: Megadump - Superhuman -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Re: Multiwindows launches but nothing happens
Thanks for the response. I do not understand why the x-startup-scripts are not installed. I have tried a number of sites to install from selecting all packages. Are the startup scripts something that need manual installation? If so how is this done. Or is the a site that you recommend installing from? Thanks Robert On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, ROBERT T JOAN V SAVAGE wrote: Hi, I have installed cygwin and am having troubles running xwin or xwin -multiwindows. Running xwin pops open window, but has not drop down menus to start, for instance and xterm. If I run xwin -multiwindow nothing seems to happen. The log file is as follows: Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.1.0-5 [snip] XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard [snip] winClipboardProc - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 winInitMultiWindowWM - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. [snip] What exactly did you expect would happen? The log shows the X server as started and waiting for connections. Now you need to open an X application (e.g., xterm) -- it won't be opened automatically when you start the X server directly the way you did (by running XWin.exe). You have a few choices: - Install the X-startup-scripts, and use either startxwin.sh or startx to start the X server (both will, IIRC, open at least an xterm for you). - Install the X-start-menu-icons package and use the Start menu to open whatever applications you need. - Use the old-fashioned way and open a regular Cygwin console (via the Cygwin icon on your desktop), and from the prompt run DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 xterm - Do the above, but run a window manager instead (provided you're in non-multiwindow mode, which in itself is a window manager). Most X window managers (e.g., twm, fvwm, WindowMaker, openbox) will have a desktop menu that allows to start X applications. Note that only twm comes with X by default, others have to be installed separately. - Starting the X server should have created an icon in your system tray. ISTR there was some work on adding a menu to that icon that would let you start applications and control the X server. Don't know if that was ever completed, though, or if it's been included in the default XWin package... There are other ways, but they are more arcane... :-) Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT
