RE: kde 1.1.2 under win95

["Ralf Habacker" <Ralf dot Habacker at freenet dot de>]

Hi,
relating to the previous mail I have some new details.

So identify, where the win 95 problems belongs to, I have installed an
exceed X-Server (V5.1.1) and tried to run kde with the xlibs taken
from xfree 4.1.0.

1. Starting kde is about 3 times faster as with the xfree86 4.1.0 server
   and the apps have good performance.

2. The KDE window Manager (kwm) hangs too when using exceed in single window
mode.
   Because this happens although with the xfree server, this might be a kwm or
   cygwin problem.

3. In exceed multiple window mode mostly apps runs, that means the xlib works.

As summary I think the problems are related to the xfree x-server (1) and
in kwm or cygwin (2).

BTW: While testing kde with exceed on Win2K I recognized that the exceed server
seems to be more than 2 times faster as xfree. (x11perf say it)
Application starting is although faster. Any ideas ?
If somebody like to get the logs, please write me.

Ralf


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]Im Auftrag von Ralf
> Habacker
> Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 16. August 2001 23:06
> An: Cygwin-Xfree
> Betreff: kde 1.1.2 under win95
>
> Hi,
>
> currently I have the chance to check kde 1.1.2 under win 95.
>
> I have downloaded the xfree 4.1.0 archives on August 1 and tried to install it
> with Xinstall.sh like described in the cygwin-xfree user guide.
>
> On installation and later running I have found some problems:
>
> 1. Installing
> 	XInstall.sh breaks with a
> 		syntax error in line 1246 near then
> 		if [ X"$VARDIST" != X ]; then
> 	Editing this file with vi and reentering a new line makes in working.
> 	After dowloading the newest Xinstall.sh the problem stays.
>
> 1. Starting xfree with startxwin95.bat opens for any started app like Xwin,
> xterm and twm an additional dos box. Is it normal ?
>
> 4. Very slow performance
>    - Starting xfree with startxwin9x.bat needs several minutes to get running
> xterm.
>    - Doing a ls -l /bin with a full installed cygwin needs one minutes to show
> all the files.
>    - Starting kde needs about 5 minutes and at least kwm hangs.
>
> 5. XWin hangs
>    Sometimes Xwin crashes.
>    After some tries startxwin9x.bat hangs immediately.
>
> 6. Clicking on the server background shows no text (perhaps a font missing, I
> have installed  only the basic font archive with Xinstall.sh)
>
> After the first tests I tried a xfree 4.0.3 release which I have used for with
> kde 1.1.2 under Windows 2000/NT with the same results.
>
> This problems seems undepended from the cygwin release, because I have tried
> this under cygwin 1.1.8 and a patched cygwin 1.3.2 release (relating socket
> problems).
>
> My configuration is:
> Pentium II 233 MHz
> 64 MB RAM
> Riva TNT2 Graphiccard
> Windows95 C Release
>
> Has anyone some hints for this ?
>
> Thank you for answering
>
> Ralf
>
>