Re: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only

2002-06-15 Thread Ben Nolan
Or. Use the current name with the knowledge that the people we are targeting at aren't going to want to use a 3rd party launcher app at the same time as their cygwin distro. Honestly, We aren't targetting at developers. We are targetting at schools / govt offices who need access to x-based

RE: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only

2002-06-15 Thread Tim Thomson
Thanks for the replies. The idea is to end up with an X server that is small and easy to use. I'd like to use the existing cygwin setup.exe, as it is very nice, but I don't want to end up with a full cygwin setup. Basically I'm after something like X-Win32, MI/x, or WinaXe, but based on

RE: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only

2002-06-15 Thread Tim Thomson
On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 22:27, Robert Collins wrote: Sure. And a minimum cygwin install is all you'd get. Setup only installs the bare minimum - the 'base' category by default. No compilers, no 'optional' components at all. And even they can be deselected (but not be default). Hmmm, I first

RE: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only

2002-06-15 Thread Robert Collins
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tim Thomson Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2002 8:54 PM Hmmm, I first installed cygwin-xfree before it was incorporated into the setup.exe system, but have now used the setup.exe to install on

mailing list archive

2002-06-15 Thread Randy Bush
been through the faq and docs. but before i ask already answered questions, is there a searchable mailing list archive somewhere? randy

Re: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only

2002-06-15 Thread Rasjid Wilcox
I'd thought I mention that this has been done before, by both myself and Matthew Donald. Both done in the time before the option to install X via setup.exe. My versions are available at http://www.webone.com.au/~rasjidw/WinXTerm-0.32.zip

Re: mailing list archive

2002-06-15 Thread Sylvain Petreolle
--- Randy Bush [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : been through the faq and docs. but before i ask already answered questions, is there a searchable mailing list archive somewhere? randy http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/ ___ Do You

Re: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only

2002-06-15 Thread Rasjid Wilcox
On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 12:30 am, Rasjid Wilcox wrote: For example, MySQL use the cygwin dll for their windows port (see http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-3.23.html) but they are using cygwin 1.3.9 not the current version. This could cause problems in the future if someone does not keep their

Re: gtk with cygwin

2002-06-15 Thread Sylvain Petreolle
Does someone know if http link is availble to download GTK ? I'm behind a proxy and don't have access to ftp port. Thanks for any answer. --- Psyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I have GTK+ and GNOME compiled inside CYGWIN. I used the directions on the page linked from the main Cygwin page.

Re: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only

2002-06-15 Thread Ian Burrell
Robert Collins wrote: Yes. The X install is relatively heavy. I was thinking that you can do the following: Setup your own setup.ini. In that include a package (say XFree86-XDMCP-minimal) for your cut-down X install, minus all the cygwin infrastructure. DON'T include anything with a name

Re: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only

2002-06-15 Thread Tim Thomson
On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 02:30, Rasjid Wilcox wrote: The main reason I decided to go with the setup.exe option is due to the 'you can't have two versions of cygwin.dll running at the same time' problem. And in fact you can use setup.exe and still only have a 5-6 MB download (assuming you

Re: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only

2002-06-15 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 11:01 AM 6/15/2002, Rasjid Wilcox wrote: On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 12:30 am, Rasjid Wilcox wrote: For example, MySQL use the cygwin dll for their windows port (see http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-3.23.html) but they are using cygwin 1.3.9 not the current version. This could cause problems