Re: Startup Sequence...

2003-07-03 Thread Klemens Meyer
VSong wrote: What is the cygwin startup sequence? I know of three ways that you can start the X-Server: startx, startxwin.bat, and startxwin.sh. My understanding is that when you start X .xsession or .xinitrc are run when you start X. Is this true? I've tried changing my .xsession file, but th

help: IO Error 113

2003-07-03 Thread Hua Ni
Hello, I am new XFree86. I installed it simply using cygwin install. And then copied .xinitrc to the home directory as specified in the online manual without any modification. Then I cd into /usr/X11R6/bin and run startx. The windows comes up OK with three terminals and one clock. When I exit th

Re: cannot use Xfree86

2003-07-03 Thread Macdonald, Luke H
Tom, Your solution was right on the mark, and you fixed another problem I had wanted to fix -- the 'i have no name' bash prompt. Thanks, Luke From: "Rice, Thomas D" To: Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 15:23:12 -0500 Subject: RE: cannot use Xfree86 Reply-to: cygwin-xfree

RE: cannot use Xfree86

2003-07-03 Thread Rice, Thomas D
Does your bash prompt say 'i have no name', if so your ID in /etc/passwd is too large, it has to be less than 65536 (16 bit). Your ID is the third field (separated by ':') on the line with your login. I was getting the same useless window that you are describing and this was what my problem is

cannot use Xfree86

2003-07-03 Thread Macdonald, Luke H
> Hi, > I installed Xfree86 4.2.1 onto my windows 2k box at work which has Cygwin up > and running normally. Every time I try to start X, it crashes. These are the > commands I tried, followed by the respective error message or a description of > what happens. > $ X , and $xwin > -in these case

Startup Sequence...

2003-07-03 Thread VSong
What is the cygwin startup sequence? I know of three ways that you can start the X-Server: startx, startxwin.bat, and startxwin.sh. My understanding is that when you start X .xsession or .xinitrc are run when you start X. Is this true? I've tried changing my .xsession file, but this didn't seem

[ADMINISTRIVIA] sources.redhat.com/gcc.gnu.org/cygwin.com moving this weekend

2003-07-03 Thread Christopher Faylor
The system will be moving to a new co-lo on Saturday so the IP address will be changing and there will be some downtime. I haven't been given exact times but I suspect that this will probably happen in late morning EST. I don't expect more than a couple of hours downtime at most. FYI, cgf -- Ple

Re: Running OpenOffice from Linux server to Win98 workstations

2003-07-03 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Dave Burch wrote: > Greetings. I am a consultant to a small school in need of a IT overhaul. I > have some HP-UX experience, but am new to the Linux world (like most people, > I guess). > > We are trying to extend the life of a bunch of Pentium/Windows 98 > workstations with 3

Running OpenOffice from Linux server to Win98 workstations

2003-07-03 Thread Dave Burch
Greetings. I am a consultant to a small school in need of a IT overhaul. I have some HP-UX experience, but am new to the Linux world (like most people, I guess). We are trying to extend the life of a bunch of Pentium/Windows 98 workstations with 32 mB RAM by replacing Microsoft Office with OpenOff

OpenOffice for Cygwin/Xfree

2003-07-03 Thread Jim George
Folks, is there a version of OpenOffice for Xfree under Cygwin? I want to be able to run OpenOffice on X-Terminals served by my Win2K server running Xfree/Cygwin. -- TIA, Jim George

RE: I am back

2003-07-03 Thread Ralf Habacker
Hi Harold, > > Well, I am back. We had a great time. > > If any patches were submitted or anything needs to be brought to my > attention, please send a reminder to the list for me. I can't possibly > wade through 2 weeks of emails :) > Yes, there is something. Based on the xwin Testserver release

Re: PseudoColor and private colormap

2003-07-03 Thread Michel Bardiaux
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PseudoColor and private colormap

2003-07-03 Thread celine . renard
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