"-query" not working on cygwin/windows

2009-02-13 Thread km4hr
I can't get "-query" to do anything. I only get a grey screen. Do you have disable firewalling, or open some ports, or whatever on the Windows box? I completely disabled my Windows firewall (I think) but still no joy. I'm completely illiterate on Windows. I don't care to know anything about Win

Re: Bug in "startXwin.bat"

2009-02-13 Thread neomjp
>Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: >> Linda Walsh wrote: >>> Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Linda Walsh wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: >> Linda Walsh wrote: >>> The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if >>> your Cygwin installation isn't in the default l

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread Jon TURNEY
John Emmas wrote: I can see a package called "libX11 : X.OrgX11 core library (source)". Will that bring in all the source files I need or is there a bit more to it than that? The package containing the X server is 'xorg-server'. That is the package for which you need ask setup to install the

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
Thanks Jon & Larry, I can see a package called "libX11 : X.OrgX11 core library (source)". Will that bring in all the source files I need or is there a bit more to it than that? John -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/p

Re: I Cannot Start the X Server

2009-02-13 Thread Jon TURNEY
Todd Sankey wrote: I recently upgraded and ran into this problem as well. I watched the XWin.exe process using ProcMon from sysinternals.com and it doesn't look like a problem of directory / file / user permissions as the FAQ would suggest. I've updated the FAQ entry a bit. From ProcMon it

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
John Emmas wrote: Jon - I just realised that I don't seem to have the source for X11 (which is presumably what I need before applying your patch). I've looked on my usual Cygwin mirror (ftp://mirrors.xmission.com) as well as looking in Cygwin-Ports (ftp://sourceware.org) but I couldn't see wha

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
Jon - I just realised that I don't seem to have the source for X11 (which is presumably what I need before applying your patch). I've looked on my usual Cygwin mirror (ftp://mirrors.xmission.com) as well as looking in Cygwin-Ports (ftp://sourceware.org) but I couldn't see what I needed to downloa

Re: I Cannot Start the X Server

2009-02-13 Thread Todd Sankey
Thanks for the pointer to the FAQ. I am aware of it. Unfortunately I seem to be one of those cases where the procedure of recreating the /tmp directory and running with administrator privileges doesn't work. I read the technical note in the FAQ and thought the results with ProcMon might be helpful

Re: Font problem with remote emacs session

2009-02-13 Thread Joe Java
Thank you! Everything works and looks great! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
Oh BTW, I should have added:- One particular problem is that the xserver will only support twin monitors if they both have the same settings (resolution etc). Hmm... I thought this worked. The only restriction should be that the colour-depth of the monitors is the same... Sorry, I stand co

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "Jon TURNEY" Subject: Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH] Bah! Now I've noticed the flickering again, so I have to fix it. Your cunning plan worked. :-) Thanks very much for that, Jon. I'll apply your patch at the weekend (presumably it'l