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Re: cygwin-xfree Digest 25 Sep 2004 19:30:23 -0000 Issue 1550
- From: Vijay Kiran Kamuju <infyquest at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:01:23 +0530
- Subject: Re: cygwin-xfree Digest 25 Sep 2004 19:30:23 -0000 Issue 1550
- References: <1096140623.27309.ezmlm@cygwin.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: Vijay Kiran Kamuju <infyquest at gmail dot com>
hi,
sorry for not replying fast,
i live in the other side of the world.
i was in the office, and it was becoming late, wrking till 8pm
i cannt access gmail in netcafes as they here use older ie
so i could nt reply u fast.
all i just wanted to connect to multiple solaris servers.
using the xwin, ie multiple instances
thats all was my question how to start multiple instances of xserver
bye,
vijay
On 25 Sep 2004 19:30:23 -0000, cygwin-xfree-digest-help@cygwin.com
<cygwin-xfree-digest-help@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> cygwin-xfree Digest 25 Sep 2004 19:30:23 -0000 Issue 1550
>
> Topics (messages 21367 through 21378):
>
> multiple connections from Xserver
> 21367 by: Tom Sobczynski <tsobczynski@mac.com>
> 21368 by: Vijay Kiran Kamuju <infyquest@gmail.com>
> 21369 by: Michel Bardiaux <mbardiaux@peaktime.be>
> 21371 by: Igor Furlan <primorec@sbcglobal.net>
>
> start up screen problem
> 21370 by: Michel Bardiaux <mbardiaux@peaktime.be>
>
> BScreen::BScreen: an error occcurred while querying the X server
> 21372 by: Bammon0001@aol.com
> 21373 by: Mark Paulus <mark.paulus@mci.com>
> 21374 by: Michel Bardiaux <mbardiaux@peaktime.be>
>
> Missing characters from a Type1 font
> 21375 by: Arthur Norman <acn1@cam.ac.uk>
>
> Display Error
> 21376 by: ksrangsy@uwm.edu
> 21378 by: Alexander Gottwald <Alexander.Gottwald@s1999.tu-chemnitz.de>
>
> weird situation with Xnest
> 21377 by: Ariel Burbaickij <ariel.burbaickij@gmail.com>
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Tom Sobczynski
> To: Vijay Kiran Kamuju
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:25:42 -0400
> Subject: Re: multiple connections from Xserver
>
> Vijay,
>
> I think there is some confusion about what it is you are trying to
> accomplish. If you tell us more about what you'd really like to be able
> to do, we can try to provide you with good options. For instance, are
> you interested in seeing two desktops on remote systems, or do you want
> to run specific applications on two remote systems and simply interact
> with them from your Windows desktop? Am I making any sense, or just
> muddying the waters more?
>
> Tom
>
> On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 00:34, Vijay Kiran Kamuju wrote:
> > is it possible to connect to multiple clients from my XServer
> >
> > im already running XWin by
> >
> > XWin -clipboard -query yamuna&
> >
> > i wanted 2 connect to another server named himalya while keeping
> > connection to above open
> >
> > it gives a fatal error and i am providing the
> >
> > Contents of /tmp/XWin.log
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> > Welcome to the XWin X Server
> > Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> > Release: 6.8.1.0-1
> >
> > Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> >
> > XWin was started with the following command line:
> >
> > XWin -clipboard -query himalaya
> >
> > ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> > winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1024 h 768
> > winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
> > winCheckDisplayNumber - Cygwin/X is already running on display 0
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > InitOutput - Duplicate invocation on display number: 0. Exiting.
> >
> > winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Vijay Kiran Kamuju
> To: Tom Sobczynski
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:03:08 +0530
> Subject: Re: multiple connections from Xserver
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Alex's solution just solved my prob
>
> bye,
> Vijay
>
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:25:42 -0400, Tom Sobczynski <tsobczynski@mac.com> wrote:
> > Vijay,
> >
> > I think there is some confusion about what it is you are trying to
> > accomplish. If you tell us more about what you'd really like to be able
> > to do, we can try to provide you with good options. For instance, are
> > you interested in seeing two desktops on remote systems, or do you want
> > to run specific applications on two remote systems and simply interact
> > with them from your Windows desktop? Am I making any sense, or just
> > muddying the waters more?
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 00:34, Vijay Kiran Kamuju wrote:
> > > is it possible to connect to multiple clients from my XServer
> > >
> > > im already running XWin by
> > >
> > > XWin -clipboard -query yamuna&
> > >
> > > i wanted 2 connect to another server named himalya while keeping
> > > connection to above open
> > >
> > > it gives a fatal error and i am providing the
> > >
> > > Contents of /tmp/XWin.log
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Welcome to the XWin X Server
> > > Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> > > Release: 6.8.1.0-1
> > >
> > > Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > >
> > > XWin was started with the following command line:
> > >
> > > XWin -clipboard -query himalaya
> > >
> > > ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> > > winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1024 h 768
> > > winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
> > > winCheckDisplayNumber - Cygwin/X is already running on display 0
> > >
> > > Fatal server error:
> > > InitOutput - Duplicate invocation on display number: 0. Exiting.
> > >
> > > winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michel Bardiaux
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:56:44 +0200
> Subject: Re: multiple connections from Xserver
>
> Vijay Kiran Kamuju wrote:
>
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > Alex's solution just solved my prob
> >
> > bye,
> > Vijay
>
> But since you didnt describe your problem very clearly (there are
> several interpretions possible), no one else will benefit from the
> solution. So please explain anyway.
>
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:25:42 -0400, Tom Sobczynski <tsobczynski@mac.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Vijay,
> >>
> >>I think there is some confusion about what it is you are trying to
> >>accomplish. If you tell us more about what you'd really like to be able
> >>to do, we can try to provide you with good options. For instance, are
> >>you interested in seeing two desktops on remote systems, or do you want
> >>to run specific applications on two remote systems and simply interact
> >>with them from your Windows desktop? Am I making any sense, or just
> >>muddying the waters more?
> >>
> >>Tom
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 00:34, Vijay Kiran Kamuju wrote:
> >>
> >>>is it possible to connect to multiple clients from my XServer
> >>>
> >>>im already running XWin by
> >>>
> >>>XWin -clipboard -query yamuna&
> >>>
> >>>i wanted 2 connect to another server named himalya while keeping
> >>>connection to above open
> >>>
> >>>it gives a fatal error and i am providing the
> >>>
> >>>Contents of /tmp/XWin.log
> >>>-------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>>Welcome to the XWin X Server
> >>>Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> >>>Release: 6.8.1.0-1
> >>>
> >>>Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> >>>
> >>>XWin was started with the following command line:
> >>>
> >>>XWin -clipboard -query himalaya
> >>>
> >>>ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> >>>winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1024 h 768
> >>>winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
> >>>winCheckDisplayNumber - Cygwin/X is already running on display 0
> >>>
> >>>Fatal server error:
> >>>InitOutput - Duplicate invocation on display number: 0. Exiting.
> >>>
> >>>winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
> >>
> >>
>
> --
> Michel Bardiaux
> Peaktime Belgium S.A. Bd. du Souverain, 191 B-1160 Bruxelles
> Tel : +32 2 790.29.41
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Igor Furlan
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:45:15 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: multiple connections from Xserver
>
>
> --- Michel Bardiaux <mbardiaux@peaktime.be> wrote:
>
> > Vijay Kiran Kamuju wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Tom,
> > >
> > > Alex's solution just solved my prob
> > >
> > > bye,
> > > Vijay
> >
> > But since you didnt describe your problem very
> > clearly (there are
> > several interpretions possible), no one else will
> > benefit from the
> > solution. So please explain anyway.
>
> You are right... perhaps he does not care ;-)
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michel Bardiaux
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:36:18 +0200
> Subject: Re: start up screen problem
>
> Vijay Kiran Kamuju wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > i am using humming bird exceed and cygywin/x to connect to solaris servers
> >
> > i noticed some thing quite different
> >
> > check out the first screen after successfully logging in
> >
> > cde1.gif -------> Cygwin/X
> > cde2.gif -------> HummingBird Exceed
> >
> > there is colorloss in the images due to gif conversion,
> >
> > if u want ill provide the orignal bmps
> >
> > can anyone tell me why its happening?
> >
> > can u fix this?
> >
> > bye,
> > Vijay
> >
> What does xdpyinfo say in both cases?
>
> --
> Michel Bardiaux
> Peaktime Belgium S.A. Bd. du Souverain, 191 B-1160 Bruxelles
> Tel : +32 2 790.29.41
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bammon0001@aol.com
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:59:09 -0400
> Subject: BScreen::BScreen: an error occcurred while querying the X server
>
> Hello,
> Am having difficulty getting this email through.
>
> I installed cygwin per a the web site's and a Professor's instructions. In startx, got
>
> BScreen::BScreen: an error occured whil querying the Xserver.
> another window manager already running on display:0.0.
>
> Openbox: no managable screens found aborting
>
> ...attached is the XWin.log.
>
> Thank you,
> Brian Ammon
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mark Paulus
> To: "Bammon0001@aol.com"
> , "cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com"
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 10:08:21 -0600
> Subject: Re: BScreen::BScreen: an error occcurred while querying the X server
>
> Do you have a .xinitrc that is starting a window
> manager?
>
> If you want to use startx and want to use a window manager
> via .xinitrc (such as fvwm2 or wmaker), then you also
> need to add a .xserverrc that invokes XWin WITHOUT
> the multiwindow option:
> e.g.
>
> $ cat .xserverrc
> exec X :0 -clipboard
>
> $ cat .xinitrc
> exec wmaker
>
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:59:09 -0400, Bammon0001@aol.com wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >Am having difficulty getting this email through.
>
> >I installed cygwin per a the web site's and a Professor's instructions. In startx, got
>
> >BScreen::BScreen: an error occured whil querying the Xserver.
> >another window manager already running on display:0.0.
>
> >Openbox: no managable screens found aborting
>
> >...attached is the XWin.log.
>
> >Thank you,
> >Brian Ammon
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michel Bardiaux
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:13:21 +0200
> Subject: Re: BScreen::BScreen: an error occcurred while querying the X server
>
> Bammon0001@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > Am having difficulty getting this email through.
> >
> > I installed cygwin per a the web site's and a Professor's instructions. In startx, got
> >
> > BScreen::BScreen: an error occured whil querying the Xserver.
> > another window manager already running on display:0.0.
> >
> > Openbox: no managable screens found aborting
> >
> > ...attached is the XWin.log.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Brian Ammon
>
> The problem is not with the X server, XWin.log shows it started
> normally. But you specified -multiwindow, meaning you will be using
> MS-Windows itself as window manager. So startx should not start any WM
> of its own. What exactly is there in your startx?
>
> --
> Michel Bardiaux
> Peaktime Belgium S.A. Bd. du Souverain, 191 B-1160 Bruxelles
> Tel : +32 2 790.29.41
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Arthur Norman
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 23:27:52 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
> Subject: Missing characters from a Type1 font
>
> I install the AMS "computer modern" type1 fonts (as fetched form any big
> TeX archive) and then try to use them. I appear to find that using cygwin
> and its X server that the character with code 0xa1 is not displayed when
> XDrawString is used. The code is a second-mapping of what would otherwise
> be code 0x00, a capital Gamma.
> Running exactly the same code on several 32-bit Linux systems causes the
> character to be visible (specifically SuSE 9.0 + current updates and
> RedHat 6.1). The new fonts were added using "xset fp+" and Delta, Theta
> appear ok from 0xa2, 0xa3, so the font can really be accessed. I have some
> belief that things fail on SuSE 9.x x86_64 too but can not readily check
> that again just now. As short a demo program I have got is a hack of a
> Hello World program found on the Web. It should display
> X Gamma Y Delta | Theta Lambda Hello, World
> but as I say on cygwin the Gamma is just missed out. Have I missed some
> fine print in a manual please anybody?
>
> unpack cmps-unix.tar.gz to somwhere
> pushd <dir with cm fonts .pfb file>
> type1inst
> xset fp+ `pwd`
> xset fp rehash
> popd
> gcc hello.c -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -o hello
> ./hello
> ============
> /*
> * This is basically an X "Hello World" program found in a collection
> * of Hello Worlds on the web. I have stripped some comments to reduce
> * bulk
> */
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <X11/Xlib.h>
> #include <X11/Xutil.h>
>
> #define STRING "X\x00Y\x01Z\x02\x03Hello, world"
> #define STRING "X\xa1Y\xa2Z\xa3\xa4Hello,\xa0world"
> #define STRINGlength 19
> #define BORDER 1
> #define FONT "-unknown-cmr17-medium-r-normal--40-0-0-0-p-0-adobe-fontspecific"
> XWMHints xwmh = {
> (InputHint|StateHint), /* flags */
> False, /* input */
> NormalState, /* initial_state */
> 0, /* icon pixmap */
> 0, /* icon window */
> 0, 0, /* icon location */
> 0, /* icon mask */
> 0, /* Window group */
> };
>
> main(argc,argv)
> int argc;
> char **argv;
> {
> Display *dpy; /* X server connection */
> Window win; /* Window ID */
> GC gc; /* GC to draw with */
> XFontStruct *fontstruct; /* Font descriptor */
> unsigned long fth, pad; /* Font size parameters */
> unsigned long fg, bg, bd; /* Pixel values */
> unsigned long bw; /* Border width */
> XGCValues gcv; /* Struct for creating GC */
> XEvent event; /* Event received */
> XSizeHints xsh; /* Size hints for window manager */
> char *geomSpec; /* Window geometry string */
> XSetWindowAttributes xswa; /* Temporary Set Window Attribute struct */
>
> if ((dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)) == NULL) {
> fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't open %s\en", argv[0], XDisplayName(NULL));
> exit(1);
> }
>
> if ((fontstruct = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, FONT)) == NULL) {
> fprintf(stderr, "%s: display %s doesn't know font %s\en",
> argv[0], DisplayString(dpy), FONT);
> exit(1);
> }
> fth = fontstruct->max_bounds.ascent + fontstruct->max_bounds.descent;
>
> bd = BlackPixel(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy));
> bg = WhitePixel(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy));
> fg = BlackPixel(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy));
>
> pad = BORDER;
> bw = 8;
>
> xsh.flags = (PPosition | PSize);
> xsh.height = fth + pad * 2;
> xsh.width = XTextWidth(fontstruct, STRING, STRINGlength) + pad * 2;
> xsh.x = (DisplayWidth(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy)) - xsh.width) / 2;
> xsh.y = (DisplayHeight(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy)) - xsh.height) / 2;
>
> win = XCreateSimpleWindow(dpy, DefaultRootWindow(dpy),
> xsh.x, xsh.y, xsh.width, xsh.height,
> bw, bd, bg);
>
> XSetStandardProperties(dpy, win, STRING, STRING, None, argv, argc, &xsh);
> XSetWMHints(dpy, win, &xwmh);
>
> xswa.colormap = DefaultColormap(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy));
> xswa.bit_gravity = CenterGravity;
> XChangeWindowAttributes(dpy, win, (CWColormap | CWBitGravity), &xswa);
>
> gcv.font = fontstruct->fid;
> gcv.foreground = fg;
> gcv.background = bg;
> gc = XCreateGC(dpy, win, (GCFont | GCForeground | GCBackground), &gcv);
>
> XSelectInput(dpy, win, ExposureMask);
> XMapWindow(dpy, win);
> while (1) {
> XNextEvent(dpy, &event);
> if (event.type == Expose && event.xexpose.count == 0) {
> XWindowAttributes xwa; /* Temp Get Window Attribute struct */
> int x, y;
> while (XCheckTypedEvent(dpy, Expose, &event));
> if (XGetWindowAttributes(dpy, win, &xwa) == 0)
> break;
> x = (xwa.width - XTextWidth(fontstruct, STRING, STRINGlength)) / 2;
> y = (xwa.height + fontstruct->max_bounds.ascent
> - fontstruct->max_bounds.descent) / 2;
> XClearWindow(dpy, win);
> /* The next line appears to me to behave oddly */
> XDrawString(dpy, win, gc, x, y, STRING, STRINGlength);
> }
> }
> exit(1);
> }
> ============
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: ksrangsy@uwm.edu
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:55:10 -0500
> Subject: Display Error
>
> Hello, I have a question about Xwin. I've been using Xwin T1 connection and on
> dial-up but without the full interface response with dial-up. But now that I
> have a dsl connection, I get a display error. Attached is the XWin.log with
> the error message. Is there anything I can do to fix this error; any help
> would be extremely appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Alexander Gottwald
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:45:41 +0200 (MEST)
> Subject: Re: Display Error
>
> ksrangsy@uwm.edu wrote:
>
> > Hello, I have a question about Xwin. I've been using Xwin T1 connection and on
> > dial-up but without the full interface response with dial-up. But now that I
> > have a dsl connection, I get a display error. Attached is the XWin.log with
> > the error message. Is there anything I can do to fix this error; any help
> > would be extremely appreciated.
>
> > Fatal server error:
> > XDMCP fatal error: Session failed Session 135526303 failed for display 172.16.1.33:0: Cannot open display
>
> XWin is using the local ethernet interface with a private address. The remote
> server does not know how to connect a host in that network.
>
> You may try to supply the -from parameter with the ip address of the ppp
> interface (eg XWin -indirect <remotehost> -from <ipaddress>. Or you use
> the more secure way of ssh login into the server and use the X11Forwarding
> feature of ssh to tunnel all X11 connections through the ssh connection
>
> DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -Y remotehost ~/.xsession
>
> bye
> ago
>
> NP: Fixmer/McCarthy - Freefall (Remix by Covenant)
> --
> Alexander.Gottwald@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de
> http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ariel Burbaickij
> To: Alexander Gottwald
> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:12:42 +0200
> Subject: Re: weird situation with Xnest
>
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:20:50 +0200 (MEST), Alexander Gottwald
> <alexander.gottwald@s1999.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
> > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Ariel Burbaickij wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:27:34 +0200 (MEST), Alexander Gottwald
> > > <alexander.gottwald@s1999.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Ariel Burbaickij wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello dear mailing list participants,
> > > > > following pretty strange thing happens
> > > > > to me:
> > > > > if I start Xnest and then try to start
> > > > > xterm on it I get Bad system call and
> > > > > window of xterm does not appear
> > > > > in nested server.
> > > >
> > > > Which version of Xnest you're referring too?
> > >
> > > I do not know how it is possible to obtain
> > > version of Xnest. The release of Xwin
> > > is 6.8.0.0-1
> >
> > There were two fixes to Xnest which might apply to your problem in
> > xorg-x11-xnest-6.8.1.0-1. Please try this version.
> Yes, it had solved both the problem of "Bad system call" and
> also of inability to start window manager in nested server.
> Surprisingly enough, if I start nested server in full display
> mode (i.e. -geometry 1024X768+0+0) application panel
> will not appear for whatever reasons, though.
>
>
>
>
>