Re: glui.h compilation prb

2003-06-05 Thread Zieg, Mark
Andre, I just came across your post regarding GLUI and gcc2/3 under Cygwin: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin/27178/match=glui Thank you for clarifying that. Do you have any idea when the OpenGL package will be updated, and we can use GLUI under gcc3? Also, are there any hazards to

RE: Setup and recovering from mistakes.

2002-10-18 Thread Zieg, Mark
> > > Progess [wait] > > > > How long is the "Progress [wait]" step under what > > conditions including CPU speed (mine is very slow, a 486/80)? > > Less than 1 sec on my P4 1.2GHz. I think you should hear disc access during > this phase. (I can't tell - 1GB of RAM allows a lot of disc cache :-) )

RE: [Novice]

2002-10-01 Thread Zieg, Mark
If you follow these steps... http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ccj00/twiki/bin/view/Cygwin/InstallXWindows ...you will end up with something that looks like this: http://www.zieg.com/pub/cygwin-x11.jpg That's far from aesthetically ideal, but it's a decent default to customize from. -

RE: how do I know which system to choose when running setup?

2002-10-01 Thread Zieg, Mark
(1) The point of having multiple mirrors is so that everyone won't hit the same server, thus slowing it down. If we all said "use THIS one, it's the best"...then everyone would shift to it, and it would shortly be the worst. (2) What's "fast for me" won't necessarily be "fast for you", because w

RE: Moving cygwin discussions to Usenet? (e.g., alt.os.cygwin)

2002-09-30 Thread Zieg, Mark
> OK, let me clarify - I guess what I would really like is a Cygwin-specific > *Unix* beginner's list. My desire is not to get rid of stupid questions, > since I think all my questions are probably stupid, but rather the > questions that are just over my head and make me feel like I will never

RE: can't chmod files that I own

2002-09-26 Thread Zieg, Mark
I had the exact same problem with Cygwin & CVS. I think the problem is that NT's idea of "perry" doesn't match Cygwin's definition of UID 1119. If you're on an NT Domain, have you done the "mkpasswd -u perry -d COMPANY_DOMAIN >> /etc/passwd"? That's what fixed it for me. See this for another

RE: bash window title - can I add hostname to it?

2002-09-25 Thread Zieg, Mark
> > > to include hostname as well as the current directory it displays now. > > > > export PS1="\[\e]2;\h:\w\007\e[1;36m\]\h [\[\e[1;35m\]\w\[\e[1;36m\]] \u $ > > \[\e[1;33m\]" > > > > (Note that you need to have such a prompt on every computer you telnet to, > > as well -- they're the ones that s

RE: bash window title - can I add hostname to it?

2002-09-24 Thread Zieg, Mark
This does that for me: export PS1="\[\e]2;\h:\w\007\e[1;36m\]\h [\[\e[1;35m\]\w\[\e[1;36m\]] \u $ \[\e[1;33m\]" (Note that you need to have such a prompt on every computer you telnet to, as well -- they're the ones that send the ANSI sequences to your terminal client to set the title.) -Or

RE: chmod in cygwin shell

2002-09-24 Thread Zieg, Mark
> I cant set the x bit to my files. I am the user who installed cygwin and who > dowloaded thee files which i want > to make executeable now. This almost certainly isn't the right long-term solution, but if you just want a quick fix, you might try this: ziegm $ touch newfile ziegm $ ls -la

RE: Why rxvt?

2002-09-20 Thread Zieg, Mark
> Can anyone tell me what advantages this might have for running bash, > compared to the usual Windows command line window? The ability to resize the window arbitrarily is the deal-breaker for me. I've started a Cygwin FAQ for my workgroup. You might find this entry worth trying: http