RE: installing xfree

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

You should have binmode.  Are you not following mails today.  It had been
discussed today.  The HOW TO instructions are in User's Guide.

Suhaib

PS: Please keep your mails to mailing list.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Meier [mailto:fmeier@ifh.ee.ethz.ch]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 4:35 PM
> To: Suhaib Siddiqi
> Subject: AW: installing xfree
> 
> Drive d: is the home for my cygwin installation.
> 
> $ mount
> D:\Programme\cygwind\bin on /usr/bin type system (textmode)
> D:\Programme\cygwind\lib on /usr/lib type system (textmode)
> D:\Programme\cygwind on / type system (textmode)
> c: on /cygdrive/c type user (textmode,noumount)
> d: on /cygdrive/d type user (textmode,noumount)
> 
> so the drive is in textmode.  Do You have any recommendation
> for the installation of xfree?  This think there was nothing
> mentioned.  The README, outdated I think, downloaded from
> 
> ftp://ftp.uni-
> erlangen.de/pub/pc/gnuwin32/cygwin/mirrors/cygnus/xfree/Readme
> 
> doesn't mention anything.
> 
> Frank
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Suhaib Siddiqi [mailto:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com]
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2001 13:14
> > An: 'meier@ieh.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de'; 'CygwinXfree-List'
> > Cc: 'moser@decodon.com'; 'mike.ryder@tesco.net'; 'David Dawes'
> > Betreff: RE: installing xfree
> >
> >
> > .....and is your Cygwin mount point in text mode or binmode? This
> can be a
> > problem too...  These problems are showing up on MAJORITY of the
> users
> > workstations who do not follow instructions properly as mentioned
> > in User's
> > Guide
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Frank Meier [mailto:fmeier@ifh.ee.ethz.ch]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 5:35 AM
> > > To: CygwinXfree-List
> > > Cc: moser@decodon.com; mike.ryder@tesco.net; David Dawes
> > > Subject: RE: installing xfree
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > today, I ran into the same problem and fixed it by installing
> > > Xfnts.tgz
> > > manually.
> > >
> > >    cd /usr/X11R6
> > >    tar -xf Xfnts.tar
> > >
> > > and startxwin.bat starts well. The font files are identical
> (compare
> > > with diff)
> > > but the files encodings.dir and fonts.dir are (very) different.
> Or
> > > execute
> > >
> > >    tar -xf Xfnts.tar lib/X11/fonts/misc/*.dir
> > >
> > > after Xinstall.sh has finished.
> > >
> > > mkfontdir is executed in Xinstall.sh for /local and /misc.
> Before
> > > this is done,
> > > XWin.exe starts.  Hence, mkfontdir causes the trouble.
> > >
> > > Frank
> > >
> > >
> > > >You are either missing fonts or they are corrupted.  Someone
> > > reported that
> > > >installing using Xinstall.sh gave this problem on his system.
> He
> > > installed
> > > >Xfnt.tgz manually.  Please check mail archive
> > > >
> > > >Suhaib
> > > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: mike ryder [mailto:mike.ryder@tesco.net]
> > > >Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 9:58 AM
> > > >To: cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com
> > > >Subject: installing xfree
> > > >
> > > >Hi
> > > >
> > > >I am trying to install Xfree on cygwin and have followed the
> > > instructions as
> > > >posted in the pdf documentation. XWin.exe starts but then
> aborts
> > > with the
> > > >error message
> > > >
> > > >=========================================================
> > > >winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> > > >winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
> > > >winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines
> > > 00000017
> > > >winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> > > >winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Using Windows display depth
> of 16
> > > bits per
> > > >pix
> > > >el
> > > >winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient width 800
> height
> > > 600
> > > >winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - lPitch: 1600
> > > >winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 0000f800 000007e0 0000001f
> > > BPRGB 6 d 16
> > > >winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> > > >
> > > >Fatal server error:
> > > >could not open default font 'fixed'
> > > >=========================================================
> > > >
> > > >Can you give me a pointer to where I might find the problem.
> > > >
> > > >Mike