tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post116365434440153461..comments2023-06-19T23:26:32.126+10:00Comments on QuantumG's Blog: God Damn I Hate CygwinQuantumGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336493213317053535noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-83550165082543937902009-05-31T21:33:11.342+10:002009-05-31T21:33:11.342+10:00There is quite a significant reason to ditch Cygwi...There is quite a significant reason to ditch Cygwin and install Cooperative Linux - does the same job, but natively and therefore much faster.<br /><br />Want X? There are plenty of free X clients out there.Aaron aka Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08217040473453456468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-51601352418532275432008-10-04T00:29:00.000+10:002008-10-04T00:29:00.000+10:00THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!I've spent hours trying to fix ...THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!<BR/><BR/>I've spent hours trying to fix this/find out what's wrong. Finally encountered your blog, followed your instructions, and it's all fine now. Incredible - two years since your post and the Cygwin install is still as broken as ever!shephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850739069052366971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-21656141053631528032008-09-23T14:01:00.000+10:002008-09-23T14:01:00.000+10:00*smaks forehead*Dont forget to do the old cd /usr/...*smaks forehead*<BR/><BR/>Dont forget to do the old <BR/><BR/>cd /usr/x11r6/lib/x11/fonts<BR/>mkfontdir *<BR/><BR/>... after all that, otherwise the line-enders are still wrong for how Xwin reads the files in Binmode... Duh.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815520637261312322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-17851384067183796672008-09-23T13:55:00.000+10:002008-09-23T13:55:00.000+10:00Oddly enough, this did not fix the error on my cyg...Oddly enough, this did not fix the error on my cygwin install...<BR/><BR/><BR/>C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts type system (binmode)<BR/>C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (textmode)<BR/>C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (textmode)<BR/>C:\cygwin on / type system (textmode)<BR/>c: on /cygdrive/c type system (textmode,noumount)<BR/>f: on /cygdrive/f type system (textmode,noumount)<BR/>k: on /cygdrive/k type system (textmode,noumount)<BR/>l: on /cygdrive/l type system (textmode,noumount)<BR/><BR/>(WW) /tmp mounted int textmode<BR/>_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root<BR/>(II) XF86Config is not supported<BR/>(II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information<BR/>winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel<BR/>winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1800 height: 1440 depth: 32<BR/>winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32<BR/>null screen fn ReparentWindow<BR/>null screen fn RestackWindow<BR/>InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init<BR/>InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned<BR/>InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init<BR/>InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned<BR/>winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello<BR/>winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello<BR/>winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock ()<BR/>winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock ()<BR/>MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support<BR/>XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel<BR/>(--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31<BR/>(--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00000409" (00000409) <BR/>(--) Using preset keyboard for "English (USA)" (409), type "4"<BR/>(--) 8 mouse buttons found<BR/>Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!<BR/><BR/>Fatal server error:<BR/>could not open default font 'fixed'<BR/>winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress<BR/><BR/><BR/>Quest for a solution continues..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815520637261312322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-70151239705784119122008-08-05T11:37:00.000+10:002008-08-05T11:37:00.000+10:00Absolutly fanfuckintastic!Consider this page book-...Absolutly fanfuckintastic!<BR/><BR/>Consider this page book-marked for all of my students to see a solution to this bloody problem!<BR/><BR/>Big :-D to you!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358738683989569360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-5678770032889768142008-05-27T10:15:00.000+10:002008-05-27T10:15:00.000+10:00Thanks heaps! I couldn't get the "remounting" to w...Thanks heaps! I couldn't get the "remounting" to work so changed to binary mode and did the "font-update" thing. Now I have X again!<BR/><BR/>(which means I can copy and paste into a shell window - why can't I do that without X anyway?)Dr Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738692854939893434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-88858049167461070722008-04-18T18:16:00.000+10:002008-04-18T18:16:00.000+10:00Geez. I thought it was just me. Cheers!Geez. I thought it was just me. Cheers!reubsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488156541183448879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-68516694639994792992008-02-06T08:01:00.000+10:002008-02-06T08:01:00.000+10:00Nice, thanks. For some reason, my dir didn't even ...Nice, thanks. For some reason, my dir didn't even have a "fonts" folder, but once I added one, your steps worked perfectly.Ian Varleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04549771851387122708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-67165766227441149962007-09-01T10:32:00.000+10:002007-09-01T10:32:00.000+10:00THANK YOU!!!and Cygwin FAQ sucks!THANK YOU!!!<BR/><BR/>and Cygwin FAQ sucks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371583364548311445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-43923405819861927582007-06-26T06:17:00.000+10:002007-06-26T06:17:00.000+10:00THANK YOU!!! I can't get over how difficult it is...THANK YOU!!! I can't get over how difficult it is to use X in cygwin nowadays. Plus when people ask questions of the cygwin folks, they get all huffy and pissy and tell you to read the docs. People should just be coming directly to your helpful blog.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497879464906012655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-62705823124310580302007-05-23T19:16:00.000+10:002007-05-23T19:16:00.000+10:00Beautiful work! - have you posted this to cygwin?Beautiful work! - have you posted this to cygwin?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227593785154442541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-83825776798900474782007-05-17T02:18:00.000+10:002007-05-17T02:18:00.000+10:00Thanks a lot. I don't know why this font-update st...Thanks a lot. I don't know why this font-update stuff isn't there anywhere else on the web - not even on the Cygwin FAQUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680814389986000940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-74525261424369778202007-04-16T21:02:00.000+10:002007-04-16T21:02:00.000+10:00THANK YOU!!!I had 3 days of searching for solution...THANK YOU!!!<BR/><BR/>I had 3 days of searching for solution!<BR/><BR/>(I did not do the 'mv' command, however)Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005219241413308640noreply@blogger.com