Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-27 Thread Matt Seitz (matseitz)
"Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" wrote: > > Remember that using X requires some level of manual intervention, namely > that you have to *start* the server and set DISPLAY before actually > using it. > So installing xorg-server as a dependency isn't going to > prevent these questions one bit. Good point. W

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-25 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 14:43 -0800, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: > "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" wrote: > > > > Nobody that doesn't need or want it has to install the X-Server. If > > one uses gitk though, one has now moved into the category of "need/want > > the X-Server" if one wasn't already in that ca

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-24 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 2/24/2012 6:37 PM, Mike Kaganski wrote: 25.02.2012 9:53, Larry Hall (Cygwin) пишет: On 2/24/2012 5:43 PM, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: My question is: are there enough gitk users who would need/want the Cygwin xorg-server that it would be worth installing xorg-server by default when installi

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-24 Thread Mike Kaganski
25.02.2012 9:53, Larry Hall (Cygwin) пишет: On 2/24/2012 5:43 PM, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: My question is: are there enough gitk users who would need/want the Cygwin xorg-server that it would be worth installing xorg-server by default when installing gitk, even though some gitk users may not

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-24 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 2/24/2012 5:43 PM, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" wrote: Nobody that doesn't need or want it has to install the X-Server. If one uses gitk though, one has now moved into the category of "need/want the X-Server" if one wasn't already in that category. ;-) Well, they c

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-24 Thread Matt Seitz (matseitz)
"Larry Hall (Cygwin)" wrote: > > Nobody that doesn't need or want it has to install the X-Server. If > one uses gitk though, one has now moved into the category of "need/want > the X-Server" if one wasn't already in that category. ;-) Well, they certainly will need/want AN X-Server. But I thoug

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-24 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 2/24/2012 3:50 PM, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: "Corinna Vinschen" wrote: > On Feb 24 11:26, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: Should xorg-server be specified as a runtime dependency of gitk? The X server is no hard requirement. Consider: $ DISPLAY=my_linux_box:0 gitk& True. But woul

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-24 Thread Matt Seitz (matseitz)
"Corinna Vinschen" wrote: > On Feb 24 11:26, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: > > > > Should xorg-server be specified as a runtime dependency of gitk? > > The X server is no hard requirement. Consider: > > $ DISPLAY=my_linux_box:0 gitk& True. But would the benefit (helping new users) outweigh

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-24 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 24 11:26, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: > "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" wrote: > > > > xorg-server is not specified as a runtime dependency of libX11 or > libxcb > > for several reasons: > > Should xorg-server be specified as a runtime dependency of gitk? The X server is no hard requirement. Consid

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-24 Thread Matt Seitz (matseitz)
"Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" wrote: > > xorg-server is not specified as a runtime dependency of libX11 or libxcb > for several reasons: Should xorg-server be specified as a runtime dependency of gitk? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-20 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On Fri, 2012-02-17 at 23:54 +0100, marco atzeri wrote: > probably yes, the current setup.ini requires the X DLL's needed but > not the xorg-server > > Yaakov, > could you add it ? xorg-server is not specified as a runtime dependency of libX11 or libxcb for several reasons: * not everything that

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-20 Thread Csaba Raduly
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Bill Hoffman wrote: (snip) > Hi, just discovered this one myself.  I am wondering why tcl-tk does not > depend on an xserver now?  Since you can not run tcl-tk without xorg-server, > seems like setup should install it right? Technically, you don't *have to* run x

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-17 Thread marco atzeri
On 2/17/2012 11:34 PM, Bill Hoffman wrote: On 2/11/2012 12:40 AM, marco atzeri wrote: On 2/11/2012 12:02 AM, Arnon Moscona wrote: Hi Arnon, because Tk now need the X server. Have you missed ? http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html See also http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-app

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-17 Thread Bill Hoffman
On 2/11/2012 12:40 AM, marco atzeri wrote: On 2/11/2012 12:02 AM, Arnon Moscona wrote: Hi Arnon, because Tk now need the X server. Have you missed ? http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html See also http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2011-10/msg00083.html for further info Hi

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-10 Thread marco atzeri
On 2/11/2012 12:02 AM, Arnon Moscona wrote: I just updated cygwin (installing hg), which updated all the packages. gitk now fails to start. I basically get : $Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable cygwin warning: MS-DOS style path detected:

Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin

2012-02-10 Thread Matt Seitz (matseitz)
"Arnon Moscona" wrote in message news:... > > I never needed an X server before, and gitk > displayed fine up until now. So why should I need to run an X server > now? See: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-02/msg00115.html -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: