RE: xterm crashes

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

> Thanks again,
>
> I downloaded it (well, the connection was
> bad, so I had to hold up line with a slow ping)
> and get it successfully linked, and it started and
> worked (until now) without problems.
> I also noticed a better performance compared to the
> Xlib which I was using before.
> If this becomes unavailable, - I'll hold
> copy on my backups.

I think performance will improve as we make more progress. I
see no reasons of downgrading performance intetionally, unless
we introduce bugs in next releases, which would be fixed eventually.

One of the reason for improved performance is Cygwin1.dll from July 17th and
later snapshots.

Suhaib


>
> Ronald
>
>
>
>
> Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > I had installed the cygwin1.dll out of
> > > the cygwin-1.1.2.tar dated with 2000-06-08
> > > and this one crashes, but with the
> > > cygwin1-20000717.dll the xterm is now starting.
> >
> > >From the recent XFree86 distribution, I think cygwin1.dll from
> > July 17th snapshot would work better.  That is what I noticed
> in testing.
> > See thread dll_aloc::list at cygwin mailing list.
> >
> > >
> > > But my second problem stays, the error message has
> > > changed a little bit:
> > >
> > > The exception Breakpoint
> > > A breakpoint has been reached
> > > (0x80000003) occurred in the application at location 0x1406560
> > >
> > > I expect this is nothing else then a signal handler, which
> > > catches the signal 11 (SIGSEGV).
> > >
> > > Is it valid to link an app. against the libX11.a with
> > > VC++ or am I doing stupid things?
> >
> > You cannot link libX11.a with VC++.  You can link only Cygwin compiled
> > code using gcc which comes with Cygwin to libX11.a.
> >
> > For MSVC there is http://win32-xfree.sourceforge.net
> > but that project is not any more active.  John Fortin
> > was interested in it but he left and others who promised
> > to provide development support disappeared.  I do not have enough
> > brain and time to sponsor and spear-head multiple projects.
> > Therefore I assume http://win32-xfree.sourceforge.net is
> > almost dead and might disappear.  You might grab the
> > libraries before from there before they vanish. Those
> > X11 librareis should link with VC++.
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> > >
> > > Ronald
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Is there a place where I can find info about the
> > > > > difference?
> > > > > Which one should I use for Xfree?
> > > >
> > > > You need Cygwin1.dll from Cygwin 1.1.2 or Cygwin1.dll from
> > > > Cygwin Development snapshots of July 17th.
> > > >
> > > > Check http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm using Netscape on a Linux box, since 2 years
> > > > > now, this problem is new for me.
> > > > >
> > > > >  X-Mailer:  Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.5 i686)
> > > > >
> > > > > And be sure I had have very often mail exchange with
> > > > > persons using Microsoft Outlook, but never this problem....
> > > > >
> > > > > Ronald
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ouch, you relly need to know what B20.1 and Cygwin 1.1.2 are
> > > > > and how they
> > > > > > differ.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Reply only to the mailing list please.  And BTW what kind of
> > > > > software are
> > > > > > you using for mail?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --->  rkkk@inspire.inspirepharm.com
> > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ what the hell is that?
> > >  If I see
> > > > > > my domain name again in your FROM: field I will cut your entire
> > > > > > NetBlock off from my netwrok.   Be carefull!!!!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Suhaib
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: rkkk@inspire.inspirepharm.com
> > > > > > > [mailto:rkkk@inspire.inspirepharm.com]On Behalf Of
> Ronald Kukuck
> > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 2:53 PM
> > > > > > > To: Suhaib Siddiqi
> > > > > > > Subject: Re: xterm crashes
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I tried B20.1 and also that one out of the
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "cygwin-1.1.2.tar"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > should I use the B20?? By using this one I'm running
> > > > > > > in trouble if I have directories with spaces in the
> > > > > > > path env. variable.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ronald
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > PS.: This is the first time I'm working with mailing
> > > > > > >      lists, have I to reply to you or to the mailing
> > > > > > >      list?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > and which version of Cygwin1.dll?  I hope not B20.1???
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Suhaib
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> > > > > > > > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of
> > > > > > > Ronald Kukuck
> > > > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 2:37 PM
> > > > > > > > > To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > > > > > > > > Subject: xterm crashes
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I'm using NT4.0 and an Exceed X-Server and I tried
> > > > > > > > > to get the xterm out of Xfree to work.
> > > > > > > > > Before I used the xterm out of B20 but this had
> > > > > > > > > some problems and my big hope was the xterm out of
> > > > > > > > > Xfree.
> > > > > > > > > I copied the xterm.exe on my NT box, at the first
> > > > > > > > > start i got the message that libXpm.dll was missing,
> > > > > > > > > so I copied the libXpm.dll out of the Xfree DLLs to
> > > > > > > > > my NT box and the xterm started.
> > > > > > > > > But after copying also the libX11.dll, libXext.dll,
> > > > > > > > > libSM.dll and libICE.dll from Xfree to my NT box the
> > > > > > > > > xterm give me the error message:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >    0 [main] xterm 1065 handle_exception:
> > > > > > > > > Execption:STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
> > > > > > > > >  914 [main] xterm 1065 stackdump: Dumping.......
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > If I start the xterm out the B20 with this DLL
> configuration,
> > > > > > > > > it starts up.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Here comes my second problem and the reason why I
> updated also
> > > > > > > > > the other DLLs.
> > > > > > > > > I have ported a Unix app. to NT which is using
> the X-lib only,
> > > > > > > > > no other X libs. I used the Exceed dev. kit and got
> > > it running.
> > > > > > > > > Now I wanted to link it against the libX11.a from Xfree.
> > > > > > > > > I changed the include paths and library paths (I'm
> > > using VC++6.0)
> > > > > > > > > and got a successful link.
> > > > > > > > > But starting the app. I got:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >   User breakpoint called from code at 0x1406560
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > and then it crashes. It gives me the error messages after
> > > > > > > > > jumping in the call to XOpenDisplay. The string for
> > > the display
> > > > > > > > > is OK, also changing the display to my Linux box
> has the same
> > > > > > > > > result. It gives the same message with the DLLs out of
> > > > > B20 and Xfree.
> > > > > > > > > If I link it against the libX11.a out of B20 I
> got a signal
> > > > > > > 11 (SIGSEGV)
> > > > > > > > > on the same place.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > What do I make wrong ?
> > > > > > > > > Any ideas?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Ronald Kukuck