HOWTO rootless mode??
I can't find any documentation on how to use rootless mode (or even what it is)? How so I start rootless mode? Can anyone point me to some sourses of help? Is it available with the latest (stable) distribution of cygwin/xfree? Thanks, Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
Randall, please don't post here
Hi Randall, If you can't be civilized, please don't post to this list. It is better not to post than to post comments like the one you just posted. Apparently, judging from your comments, you're not interested in any newbies figuring out how to use cygwin/xfree. What is the matter with folks posting questions to learn new stuff? Aren't you interesting in helping to spread this great software across the globe? Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
screen too big for display
I just installed Cygwin/xfree with fvwm2 window manager, and the desktop comes up too large for the display. In other words, when I move the mouse down on my screen, the desktop scrolls, so a window at the top of my screen scrolls off my screen. How can I make the desktop fit my screen? I tried to change the XWin parameters, but to no effect. (This problem does not appear when I use twm). Thanks for any help, Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
xdmcp font problem
When I connect to a remote Linux box from my cygwin/xfree PC, and run abiword through the connection, abiword crashes complaining that cannot add fonts to the X font path Then Abiwork crashes. I have 75dpi, 100dpi and scalable font (Xfscl) installed on the Cygwin/xfree system. This does not happen when I login from the console on the linux box and run abiword on the linux box, so the problem is not on the linux box. Also this does not happen when I login with xdmcp to the linux box from another linux box, and run abiword remotely. Any ideas how I might fix this? Thanks, Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
cygjpeg6b.dll not found
When I try to start wmaker I get the eerror CYGJPEG6B.DLL not found. I checked that this file indeed is not in my \cygwin directory. Which package is it supposed to come in? Openbox works great. Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
RE: cygjpeg6b.dll not found
Harold, I guess a crucial not was missing. -Anyhow, it was only meant as a joke. I hope you didn't take any offense. Anyway, where does cygjpeg6b.dll come from? Lars. On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Harold Hunt wrote: Lars, Yeah, I read it. But I read it as, I checked and cygjpeg6b.dll IS in my /cygwin directory. No need to get pissy. Harold -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lars Jensen Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 3:26 PM To: Harold Hunt Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: cygjpeg6b.dll not found Harold, Did you read more than the subject title of my posting? ;-) The message states that cygjpeg6b.dll is not in my \cygwin directory tree at all. Further I am using startxwin.bat to start wmaker! Where does the cygjpeg.dll come from? Lars. On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Harold Hunt wrote: Lars, You've gotta start wmaker via some script that sets your paths correctly. The startxwin.bat or startxwin.sh scripts do this. You can't just run wmaker from any old command line. Harold -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lars Jensen Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: cygjpeg6b.dll not found When I try to start wmaker I get the eerror CYGJPEG6B.DLL not found. I checked that this file indeed is not in my \cygwin directory. Which package is it supposed to come in? Openbox works great. Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592 -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592 -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
RE: Problem with windows programs w/Cygwin-xfree
Harold, Actually, I think I have to correct myself - I now think it is xwinclip that hangs up things. I found a way to reproduce the problem. 1) Add the line start xwinclip after the start twm line in startxwin.bat. 2) start cygwin/xfree with the new startxwin.bat 3) Go down and click on the windows meny bar and issue the command WindowsKey-E (to bring up windows Explorer). (WindowsKey is the key with a MSWindow on it). 4) After this I can't bring any windows programs up (at least for a while). Try to click the Start button, for example. The windows side of the machine become very sluggish. Lars. On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Harold Hunt wrote: Lars, In answer to your question: no, no one else has reported this problem. We're going to need information on *exactly* which programs this problem happens with. Harold -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lars Jensen Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem with windows programs w/Cygwin-xfree Sometimes I experience a strange problem with not being able to start up a windows program when I have cygwin/xfree running. When I click on a windows program while running Cygwin/xfree the windows program first comes up after I ghave shut down Cygwin/xfree. This is an intermittent problem that only occurs about half the time. Has anyone had this problem? Thanks, Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592 -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
New xfree install: twm doesn't work
I just installed xfree with the new setup program, and I foung that twm doesn't work - it complains that some lib dll file is missing. Has anyone else had problems with twm with the new install? Thanks for any help Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
Fonts not found
I just installed the Type 1 font package that comes with Cygwin, Xfscl.tgz. The x-server still can't find the fonts. Is there some configuration file I need to edit also to make Cygwin aware of the fonts? This is what I did: cd /usr/X11R6 extract.exe zxf Xfscl.tgz Thanks, Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
Installing extra packages?
I juts tried to install Xf100.tgz on top of an initial xfree installation. The instructions in the Install file supplied with xfree 4.2.0 says to install the fonts by using extract -C /usr/X11R6 Xf100.tgz I tried this and get an error that extract needs more flags. Which flags should I use to install extra packages? Thanks, Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
Exiting xfree
One problem I have when I run xfree in Windows mode (which I prefer), is that sometimes I accidentally hit the exit button in the upper right hand corner of the my Cygwin/Xfree window. This sometimes causes me to loose work. I know that a way of avoiding this is to use the fullscreen flag with XWin.exe. However, I prefer to run in a window, so my question is whether there is a way to disable the windows exit button so that the only way to exit is with Alt-F4? (Using the nowinkill flag doesn't help here.) Thanks, Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
startxwin.bat gone?
A file, startxwin.bat used to be included with earlier versions of cygwin-xfree. I just installed the (required) packages of cygwin-xfree 4.2, and couldn't find the file. Has it been removed? startxwin is a convelient way of starting up X because it also starts up twm and xterm on the same time. Thanks, Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
Mouse-click focus in X ?
How do I get the MS windows-like mouse-click focus behavior in X windows? I want a window to become active first when I click within the window area. (Presently a window becomes active when I place the mouse within the window area.) I'm using standard Cygwin-xfree setup with twm. Thanks for any answers, Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592
LyX and Cygwin anyone?
Has anyone used LyX on cygwin? The Windows LyX port requires an x-window server to run, and I am interested in the minimal set of Cygwin/Cygwin-xfree packages needed to get a functional x-window server so LyX can run. Thanks, Lars
