RE: how I got an X server & xterm to run under cygwin

["Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

> Yes, that would fix the problem.

OK.  I will add it to my TO DO list for the next Release.

>By the way, I didn't get a
> chance to thank you again.

Thanks.

>When I first got the x-server
> running, I was amazed! Although it currently is a bit slow
> on my 400MHz Pentium.

Well, we are making progress.  It is a huge project.  Imagine
over 100 developers contribute at XFree86 project.  Here we are
only two.  I was assuming once we had functional servers, we might
attract more contributors... I am still hoping that.  It usually kills
my whole weekened just to fix bugs, compile and make distributions.

We started with nothing... and many members at the list were saying
that it would not possible, because xfree86 code is too hardware
specific, which would violate Windows hardware ownerships...

My only aim had been to get a stable and good x-server for Win32, of course
free.
I think current commercial x-servers for Windows are over priced (rnaging
from
UUS$ 200 to 500 per seat) because there is no open source competition.  In
the
Linux world no one would buy MetroLink or XiGraphic if they would sell
their X-servers for 200-500 bucks a piece, because XF86 is available
as a open source project.

Suhaib


>
> Thanks again,
>
> --Kevin
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On Behalf Of Suhaib
> > Siddiqi
> > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 12:38 PM
> > To: Kevin Wright; cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > Subject: RE: how I got an X server & xterm to run under cygwin
> >
> >
> > Thanks.  I will chhange the ProjectRoot for DXWin32 and XGDI
> > from /usr to /xwin32, in the next release.  Will this help?
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On Behalf Of Kevin
> > > Wright
> > > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 1:17 PM
> > > To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > > Subject: FW: how I got an X server & xterm to run under cygwin
> > >
> > >
> > > Suhaib,
> > >
> > > I ran into this problem myself. The problem is that if you have
> > > the latest cygwin installed and you follow the default mount points,
> > > it creates a /bin directory which is *mounted* to /usr/bin. This means
> > > that programs outside of cygwin don't understand /usr/bin. Thus when
> > > I was in a cmd shell, and tried to cd to \usr\bin, I couldn't. The
> > > only way I got the X-server to run was to copy the files in
> \usr\bin\X11
> > > to \usr\X11R6\bin and run startdx.bat. (after modifying the path)
> > >
> > > --Kevin
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On Behalf Of Suhaib
> > > > Siddiqi
> > > > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 11:48 AM
> > > > To: darxus@chaosreigns.com
> > > > Cc: Cygwin-Xfree@Sourceware. Cygnus. Com
> > > > Subject: RE: how I got an X server & xterm to run under cygwin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I think you are making life a bit complicated.
> > > > X-servers-v.10.tar.bz2 makes no use of Cygwin mount points,
> > therefore no
> > > > need
> > > > to fool around with mounts.
> > > >
> > > > Simply unbzip2 and untar in a
> > > >
> > > > c:\usr
> > > > directory.
> > > > cd to c:\usr\bin\X11
> > > > and start using startx or startdx batch files.
> > > >
> > > > Suhaib
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: darxus@chaosreigns.com [mailto:darxus@chaosreigns.com]
> > > > > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 1:36 PM
> > > > > To: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
> > > > > Subject: how I got an X server & xterm to run under cygwin
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > This is what I'd like to send to the cygwin-xfree list, but I
> > > > haven't been
> > > > > able to subscribe.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The process of getting an X server to run under cygwin was
> > painful.  I
> > > > > thought I'd tell the rest of you what I ended up doing
> that worked.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) Download
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin/latest/setup.exe and save
> > > > > it to a temporary folder.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) execute setup.exe
> > > > >
> > > > > 3) tell it you want the root directory to be c:\ (must be \)
> > > > >
> > > > > 4) tell it you want to install from the internet (i)
> > > > >
> > > > > 5) select a mirror (I suggest #24, ftp.freesoftware.com) --
> > > it'll take a
> > > > > while to download & install 24mb of .tgz's.
> > > > >
> > > > > (cygwin is now installed)
> > > > >
> > > > > 6) Download
> > > > > ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin/xfree/contrib/X-s
> > > > > ervers-v-1.0.tar.bz2
> > > > > and save it to a temporary folder.
> > > > >
> > > > > 7) Open a dos shell
> > > > >
> > > > > 8) execute these commands:
> > > > >
> > > > > \bin\cygwin
> > > > > umount /usr/lib
> > > > > umount /usr/bin
> > > > > exit
> > > > >
> > > > > 9) cd to the directory containing X-servers-v-1.0.tar.bz2
> > > > >
> > > > > 10) execute these commands:
> > > > >
> > > > > \bin\bunzip2 X-servers-v1.0.tar.bz2
> > > > > cd \
> > > > >
> > > > > 11) Assuming you downloaded the X-servers file to
> > > > > c:\dl\X-servers-v-1.0.tar.bz2, run "\bin\tar -xvf
> > /dl/cygwin/X-serv*"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 12) in bash, umount 2 directories
> > > > >
> > > > > 13) rename c:\bin\cygwin1.dll cygwin1.bak
> > > > >
> > > > > 13) run c:\usr\bin\X11\startdx
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Notes:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) If you don't do the umounts, the X server stuff will be
> > put in the
> > > > > wrong place.  Why were those mount points set up that way ?
> >  error is
> > > > > "Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/lib/X11/rgb'".
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) If you don't rename \bin\cygwin1.dll, xterm won't load --
> > > > error is like
> > > > > "*** shared region is corrupted.  inited 15 0 [main] ? 0
> > > > > lock_pinfo_for_update: rc 0, pinfo_mutex 0xFFFFFFFF, Win32
> > > > error 6" (even
> > > > > if you load it from the batch file).  What's up with these
> > conflicting
> > > > > libs ?
> > > > >
> > > > > 3) I haven't gotten to testing how much stuff I broke in the
> > > process of
> > > > > making the X server & xterm work.  When they load, I get the error
> > > > > message:
> > > > >
> > > > > Warning: locale not supported by C library, locale unchanged
> > > > > Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C
> > > > > Warning: X locale modifiers not supported, using default
> > > > > Failed to open input method
> > > > >
> > > > > ..and it looks like twm's behavior/color properties aren't loaded.
> > > > >
> > > > > 5) The machine I'm using is running windows 98.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I am extreemly happy to finally see X servers available for
> > > > cygwin.  Now I
> > > > > can't wait for Debian GNU/Win32 :)
> > > > >
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