Re: X windows problems
2012.12.20.17:45:35 UT
Hi Art,
I installed Cygwin earlier this year on
the laptop computer of one of my students. I
typically use a rather barebones configuration
where I have XWin running in the multiwindow
mode. I use Cygwin in order to get tex-live
and GNU Octave running on my crappy WinXP
workstation at the college where I work. I
believe that the installation I did on the
laptop still works.
The notes that I made for myself when I
did the Win7 installation on the laptop were:
1) definitely disable UAC (User Access Control).
The UAC ruins your ability to start up
Cygwin and XWin.
2) also disable (or even un-install) Windows
Defender. It is a bot-scanner that will
only act as a real-time resident protection
service. That interferes so much with
Cygwin/XWin that it must be killed.
3) implement a standard AV program (I typically
use Avast!, but SVG also works well), the
Spybot anti-malware passive scanner (no
Tea-Timer or resident services) and the
standard MS Firewall.
I realize that what I've written here is not
heavy on detail, but I think that it captures
the essentials for Cygwin/Xwin under Win7.
Good luck,
George g_barrick_at_walsh_dot_edu
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