Re: Is mate-desktop still available?

2025-01-24 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2025-01-24 10:56, Mercurio, Steven W-CTR (FAA) via Cygwin wrote: I installed Cygwin and was hoping to do what I did a long time ago which is to have an actual mate desktop as an alt desktop. The XFCE desktop seems to work but not mate. I also seem to not be able to install the mate

Re: Creating a desktop shortcut to Cygwin emacs

2024-02-22 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
0-1.x86_64. I had 3.4.6 on the old laptop. My desktop shortcut on the old laptop goes to: C:\cygwin64\bin\run2.exe --display 127.0.0.1:0.0 /usr/local/bin/emacs.xml I tried to set this up on the new laptop, and I noticed that "run2" doesn't exist, but "run" does. I trie

Re: Creating a desktop shortcut to Cygwin emacs

2024-02-22 Thread Henry S. Thompson via Cygwin
David Karr via Cygwin writes: > Ok. I forgot I had to add that package. > > However, now there's another odd problem. The command line still doesn't > start anything, but it does print an error message, saying that it can't > find "/usr/local/bin/emacs.xml". I can copy that file from the old lapt

Re: Creating a desktop shortcut to Cygwin emacs

2024-02-22 Thread Ken Brown via Cygwin
[Please don't top post on this list. Thanks.] On 2/22/2024 4:23 PM, David Karr wrote: Ok. I forgot I had to add that package. However, now there's another odd problem. The command line still doesn't start anything, but it does print an error message, saying that it can't find "/usr/local/bin

Re: Creating a desktop shortcut to Cygwin emacs

2024-02-22 Thread David Karr via Cygwin
otes on it, or something > > has changed that I'm not aware of. > > > > I'm installing Cygwin on a new laptop, version 3.5.0-1.x86_64. I had > 3.4.6 > > on the old laptop. > > > > My desktop shortcut on the old laptop goes to: > > > > C:

Re: Creating a desktop shortcut to Cygwin emacs

2024-02-22 Thread Ken Brown via Cygwin
0-1.x86_64. I had 3.4.6 on the old laptop. My desktop shortcut on the old laptop goes to: C:\cygwin64\bin\run2.exe --display 127.0.0.1:0.0 /usr/local/bin/emacs.xml I tried to set this up on the new laptop, and I noticed that "run2" doesn't exist, but "run" do

Creating a desktop shortcut to Cygwin emacs

2024-02-22 Thread David Karr via Cygwin
Every three years or so I have to set up a new laptop, and several things that I only do in that period I either lose the notes on it, or something has changed that I'm not aware of. I'm installing Cygwin on a new laptop, version 3.5.0-1.x86_64. I had 3.4.6 on the old laptop. My deskto

Re: Desktop partially inert with mintty running

2024-02-15 Thread Bruce Jerrick via Cygwin
Thank you so much for the link to the github.com/mintty report -- the best problem is a known problem :) I've posted a comment to that report with a little more info. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:http

Re: Desktop partially inert with mintty running

2024-02-15 Thread Thomas Wolff via Cygwin
Am 15.02.2024 um 09:23 schrieb Bruce Jerrick via Cygwin: Has anyone had this happen: Sometimes when I have a mintty running, the upper-left quandrant of the desktop becomes inert to the mouse -- icons do not respond to hovers or clicks, and the desktop background does not respond to a right

Desktop partially inert with mintty running

2024-02-15 Thread Bruce Jerrick via Cygwin
Has anyone had this happen: Sometimes when I have a mintty running, the upper-left quandrant of the desktop becomes inert to the mouse -- icons do not respond to hovers or clicks, and the desktop background does not respond to a right-click. The remainder of the desktop behaves normally

Re: Cygwin64 does not show my desktop directories

2023-07-19 Thread Orit Heimer via Cygwin
cygwin@cygwin.com > >> Cc: Orit Heimer > >> Subject: Re: Cygwin64 does not show my desktop directories > >> > >> On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:52:31 +0300 > >> Orit Heimer wrote: > >>> Hello to all, > >>> I am new to Cygwin64 and encountered a

Re: Cygwin64 does not show my desktop directories

2023-07-19 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2023-07-19 11:20, Voris, Ben via Cygwin wrote: -Original Message- From: Takashi Yano Sent: 19 July 2023 03:15 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Orit Heimer Subject: Re: Cygwin64 does not show my desktop directories On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:52:31 +0300 Orit Heimer wrote: Hello to all, I am

RE: Cygwin64 does not show my desktop directories

2023-07-19 Thread Voris, Ben via Cygwin
> -Original Message- > From: Takashi Yano > Sent: 19 July 2023 03:15 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Cc: Orit Heimer > Subject: Re: Cygwin64 does not show my desktop directories > > On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:52:31 +0300 > Orit Heimer wrote: > > Hello to

Re: Cygwin64 does not show my desktop directories

2023-07-19 Thread Takashi Yano via Cygwin
On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:52:31 +0300 Orit Heimer wrote: > Hello to all, > I am new to Cygwin64 and encountered a problem. > I am using a Windows 10. > I try to get cygwin64 to show my desktop directories. > I use the following command to change to this directory: > *cd /cygdri

Cygwin64 does not show my desktop directories

2023-07-19 Thread Orit Heimer via Cygwin
Hello to all, I am new to Cygwin64 and encountered a problem. I am using a Windows 10. I try to get cygwin64 to show my desktop directories. I use the following command to change to this directory: *cd /cygdrive/c/Users/Default/Desktop* But when I then use *ls* I get nothing. I suspect this is a

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2021-03-22 Thread Achim Gratz
ASSI writes: > Takashi Yano via Cygwin writes: >>> 1. Rename /usr/share/locale to something else, like local.bak. >>> 2. Start mintty in the usual way. >>> 3. Rename the directory from step 1 back to /usr/share/local. >>> 4. Work just like the problem never existed either in the shell running >>> i

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-06-08 Thread Brian Inglis
y (non-admin) user account, that explains why I am seeing the >>>>>>> problem there and not on other machines. Before you are going to >>>>>>> suggest that it's the admin vs. non-admin rights: no, if I create a >>>>>>> locale.alias

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-06-08 Thread Takashi Yano via Cygwin
;>>>> suggest that it's the admin vs. non-admin rights: no, if I create a > >>>>> locale.alias with my user account (either as an empty file or a copy of > >>>>> the backup file), then the admin account is unable to start a shell in > >&

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-06-07 Thread Brian Inglis
start a shell in >>>>> mintty successfully. I have no idea why the ownership of a file that >>>>> onnly should get read (and is readable by everyone) would have the >>>>> effect I'm seeing, but maybe that gives the clue on where to look for a >&g

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-06-07 Thread Takashi Yano via Cygwin
ly should get read (and is readable by everyone) would have the > > >> effect I'm seeing, but maybe that gives the clue on where to look for a > > >> fix. > > > > > > Thanks for the additional information. I tested the following steps > > > t

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-06-07 Thread Takashi Yano via Cygwin
why the ownership of a file that > >> onnly should get read (and is readable by everyone) would have the > >> effect I'm seeing, but maybe that gives the clue on where to look for a > >> fix. > > > > Thanks for the additional information. I tested the fo

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-06-06 Thread Brian Inglis
> Thanks for the additional information. I tested the following steps > to confirm if the problem can be reproduced. > > 1. Enable Administrator account. > 2. Remove all groups from account yano other than Users. > 3. Install cygwin for all with gettext package as

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-06-06 Thread ASSI
Takashi Yano via Cygwin writes: […] > Both 4 and 5 successfully open mintty window with shell. …as they do for me on other machines that have different configuration. > I wonder what is the difference between my environment and yours. That way lies madness… and I can't really tell you as this ma

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-06-06 Thread Takashi Yano via Cygwin
by everyone) would have the > effect I'm seeing, but maybe that gives the clue on where to look for a > fix. Thanks for the additional information. I tested the following steps to confirm if the problem can be reproduced. 1. Enable Administrator account. 2. Remove all groups from accoun

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-06-06 Thread ASSI
Takashi Yano via Cygwin writes: >> 1. Rename /usr/share/locale to something else, like local.bak. >> 2. Start mintty in the usual way. >> 3. Rename the directory from step 1 back to /usr/share/local. >> 4. Work just like the problem never existed either in the shell running >> inside the mintty or

Fwd: gnome-terminal desktop shortcut

2020-05-17 Thread Franz Fehringer via Cygwin
repost, first attempt to wrong recipient Weitergeleitete Nachricht Betreff:Re: gnome-terminal desktop shortcut Datum: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 16:52:49 +0200 Von:Franz Fehringer Newsgruppen:gmane.os.cygwin Referenzen: This works for me with - DISPLAY=:0 at

Re: Cygwin/X: KDE Desktop

2020-05-14 Thread Maarten Hoes via Cygwin
he start of this thread. > > the menu entries that you can find under the windows start menu work every > once in a while, but the majority of the time they do like you say: > > 1 nothing > 2 runs, but black screen > 3 runs, and window manager comes up (very seldom) > > in

Re: Cygwin/X: KDE Desktop

2020-05-13 Thread briand
they do like you say: 1 nothing 2 runs, but black screen 3 runs, and window manager comes up (very seldom) interestingly , running "startx" in mintty is 100% working. I am using the xfce desktop, and this all started on the last cygwin upgrade i did (which also broke graphics characters

Re: Cygwin/X: KDE Desktop

2020-05-13 Thread Maarten Hoes via Cygwin
Hi, TL;DR (The Management Summary) : I installed an old version (dated 2016) of (all of) Cygwin where KDE does give me the 'full desktop' experience (single MS-Windows window). Is there a desire for follow up (and more details), in the sense that current Cygwin might be made to wo

Re: Cygwin/X: KDE Desktop

2020-04-28 Thread Maarten Hoes via Cygwin
. Also, after I have to exit from the 'black screen', I get some remaining 'bash.exe' processes left in MS-Windows task manager (regardless of what desktop environment/desktop manager I tried to start). Sometimes it seems to help if I kill these off before I retry to start LXD

Re: Cygwin/X: KDE Desktop

2020-04-28 Thread Tony Richardson via Cygwin
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 7:11 AM Maarten Hoes via Cygwin wrote: > Hi, > > > I tried a few different Desktop Environments for comparison. At least > GNOME-Openbox, KDE-Openbox, Plasma, and MATE give me a black screen and no > taskbar/menu, pop-up menu with right-click on backg

Re: Cygwin/X: KDE Desktop

2020-04-28 Thread Maarten Hoes via Cygwin
Hi, I tried a few different Desktop Environments for comparison. At least GNOME-Openbox, KDE-Openbox, Plasma, and MATE give me a black screen and no taskbar/menu, pop-up menu with right-click on background, etc., but I can start applications on them if I open a Cygwin prompt through the

Cygwin/X LXDE Desktop Issue

2020-04-25 Thread Tony Richardson via Cygwin
I have the LXDE desktop environment installed, every other time I try to start it (via the LXDE icon under Cygwin/X) it doesn't completely start up. By that I mean I don't see the LXDE background screen (the screen is solid black) and a different window manager appears to be runnin

Cygwin/X: KDE Desktop

2020-04-22 Thread Maarten Hoes via Cygwin
Hi, When I run XLaunch and choose single window (or use the KDE 'Plasma' shortcut), I get a black window (or grey, when also supplying '-retro'), but I am not getting a desktop like when I do when I run KDE on Linux (KDE taskbar/menu, pop-up menu with right-click on backgroun

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-14 Thread Achim Gratz
Ken Brown via Cygwin writes: > It's possible that you also need to copy > /usr/bin/cygwin-console-helper.exe from a recent Cygwin release. I was stgarting from a 3.1.4 install (and the latest snapshot from cygwin.com works on the same installation). I'll look at it again later. REgards, Achim.

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-13 Thread Ken Brown via Cygwin
On 3/13/2020 5:26 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: Takashi Yano via Cygwin writes: I guess renaming /usr/share/locale/locale.alias is enough. Yes it does. Could you please test if the following cygwin1.dll resolve the problem? Mintty doesn't start when I just replace this DLL, I get a Windows error

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-13 Thread Achim Gratz
Takashi Yano via Cygwin writes: >> I guess renaming /usr/share/locale/locale.alias is enough. Yes it does. > Could you please test if the following cygwin1.dll resolve > the problem? Mintty doesn't start when I just replace this DLL, I get a Windows error "0x0022". That usually means I shou

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-13 Thread Rainer Emrich
Am 13.03.2020 um 03:01 schrieb Takashi Yano via Cygwin: > On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 10:03:25 +0900 > Takashi Yano wrote: >> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:39:39 +0100 >> Achim Gratz wrote: >>> I don't really want to imagine how you came up with that observation, >>> but yes, that's the same problem I am facing.

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-12 Thread Takashi Yano via Cygwin
On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 10:03:25 +0900 Takashi Yano wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:39:39 +0100 > Achim Gratz wrote: > > I don't really want to imagine how you came up with that observation, > > but yes, that's the same problem I am facing. This is my current > > workaround now: > > > > 1. Rename /us

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-12 Thread Takashi Yano via Cygwin
On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:39:39 +0100 Achim Gratz wrote: > I don't really want to imagine how you came up with that observation, > but yes, that's the same problem I am facing. This is my current > workaround now: > > 1. Rename /usr/share/locale to something else, like local.bak. > 2. Start mintty i

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-12 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 12.03.2020 um 20:39 schrieb Achim Gratz: Rainer Emrich writes: I really don't know if this the same issue. But I had similiar symptom after upgrade from 3.0.7 to 3.1.4 on Windows 7. The mintty window pops up, but I got no command prompt. The bash shell used all of one CPU for ever. I tried

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-12 Thread Achim Gratz
Takashi Yano via Cygwin writes: > Achim, can you build mintty locally? If so, could you please > apply attahed patch to mintty 3.1.4 and report the output > in mintty window? I guess I can, but it will take time I don't have right now. I'll see what I can wedge in next week. What I did figure ou

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-12 Thread Achim Gratz
Rainer Emrich writes: > I really don't know if this the same issue. But I had similiar symptom > after upgrade from 3.0.7 to 3.1.4 on Windows 7. The mintty window pops > up, but I got no command prompt. The bash shell used all of one CPU for > ever. I tried several things. The solution after hours

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-12 Thread Takashi Yano via Cygwin
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:51:42 +0100 Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Hi Takashi, > > would you mind to take a look? The mutex is only used in > fhandler_pty_master::pty_master_fwd_thread if the pseudo console is > used. Unfortunately I don't see the faintest hint in the starce why > this occurs. It hap

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-11 Thread Rainer Emrich
7, Achim Gratz wrote: >> Achim Gratz writes: >>>>> There is some undesirable interaction when I try to start mintty from my >>>>> desktop shortcut. Mintty itself starts OK, but any Cygwin program that >>>>> mintty starts (whether a shell or something el

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-11 Thread Corinna Vinschen
18:47, Achim Gratz wrote: > Achim Gratz writes: > >>> There is some undesirable interaction when I try to start mintty from my > >>> desktop shortcut. Mintty itself starts OK, but any Cygwin program that > >>> mintty starts (whether a shell or something else) j

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2020-03-11 Thread Achim Gratz
Achim Gratz writes: >>> There is some undesirable interaction when I try to start mintty from my >>> desktop shortcut. Mintty itself starts OK, but any Cygwin program that >>> mintty starts (whether a shell or something else) just goes into a >>> spinloop (

mintty hangs when started from desktop shortcut (was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] cygwin 3.1.4-1)

2020-02-19 Thread Achim Gratz
Corinna Vinschen writes: > The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: > > * cygwin-3.1.4-1 > * cygwin-devel-3.1.4-1 > * cygwin-doc-3.1.4-1 Unfortunately the problem that I reported already for the 3.1.0 release persists. When starting mintty from a desk

KDE Desktop

2020-02-07 Thread Paul Galbraith via cygwin
Hi everyone, I am trying to get the KDE plasma desktop running. I've installed xorg-server and plasma-desktop and can get simple gui apps running (e.g. gvim).  When I try to run the plasma desktop (from "Plasma" icon installed in the windows start menu), the KDE logo appears

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2019-12-18 Thread Achim Gratz
Takashi Yano writes: > Does anything change if the registry value ForceV2 is set to 0 under > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console? This disables the pseudo console feature. No, nothing that I can determine changes, but thanks for the suggestion. > Note: Do not forget to revert the registry value. Yup,. re

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut

2019-12-18 Thread Achim Gratz
Corinna Vinschen writes: >> There is some undesirable interaction when I try to start mintty from my >> desktop shortcut. Mintty itself starts OK, but any Cygwin program that >> mintty starts (whether a shell or something else) just goes into a >> spinloop (Windows says

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut (was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] cygwin 3.1.0-1)

2019-12-18 Thread Takashi Yano
is some undesirable interaction when I try to start mintty from my > desktop shortcut. Mintty itself starts OK, but any Cygwin program that > mintty starts (whether a shell or something else) just goes into a > spinloop (Windows says it's mostly kernel time). Starting Cygwin > throug

Re: cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut (was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] cygwin 3.1.0-1)

2019-12-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen
nteraction when I try to start mintty from my > desktop shortcut. Mintty itself starts OK, but any Cygwin program that > mintty starts (whether a shell or something else) just goes into a > spinloop (Windows says it's mostly kernel time). Windows version? > Starting Cygwin > thr

cygwin-3.1.0 and mintty from desktop shortcut (was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] cygwin 3.1.0-1)

2019-12-17 Thread Achim Gratz
Corinna Vinschen writes: > The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: > > * cygwin-3.1.0-1 > * cygwin-devel-3.1.0-1 > * cygwin-doc-3.1.0-1 > There is some undesirable interaction when I try to start mintty from my desktop shortcut. Mintty itself

Re: gnome-terminal desktop shortcut

2019-09-02 Thread Franz Fehringer
This works for me with - DISPLAY=:0 at toplevel Windows (DOS) level - Cygwin bin (last) in the Windows (DOS) path The desktop link is C:\Tools\Cygwin\bin\run.exe C:\Tools\Cygwin\bin\gnome-terminal.exe One essential point is to use UTF-8 I have LC_ALL=de_DE.utf8 both at Windows (DOS) and Cygwin

Re: gnome-terminal desktop shortcut

2019-09-02 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2019-09-01 23:14, Amadeus WM via cygwin wrote: > I installed cygwin 3.0.7 about 2 weeks ago and everything seems fine. > I start the X server from the command line with startxwin. > > What I'd like to do is to set up a desktop shortcut for gnome-terminal. > I have defin

gnome-terminal desktop shortcut

2019-09-01 Thread Amadeus WM via cygwin
I installed cygwin 3.0.7 about 2 weeks ago and everything seems fine. I start the X server from the command line with startxwin. What I'd like to do is to set up a desktop shortcut for gnome-terminal. I have defined the DISPLAY=":0.0" option in windows, and from mintty I c

[ANNOUNCEMENT] MATE Desktop 1.20

2018-04-24 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
-1.0.4-1 * libxapp-devel-1.0.4-1 * libxapp-doc-1.0.4-1 * marco-1.20.1-1 * marco-devel-1.20.1-1 * mate-applets-1.20.1-1 * mate-backgrounds-1.20.0-1 * mate-calc-1.20.1-1 * mate-common-1.20.0-1 * mate-control-center-1.20.2-1 * mate-desktop-1.20.1-1 * mate-desktop-schemas-1.20.1-1 * mate-dictionary-1.20.0

Re: sshd interaction with desktop not working

2018-03-18 Thread R0b0t1
tepad in the > example below). > the 'i' switch is used to indicate that you want to interact with the > windows desktop > > psexec \\192.168.X.xxx -u $username -i $id -d notepad.exe > > pause > If you want to follow along with Microsoft's own effort/inability t

Re: sshd interaction with desktop not working

2018-03-18 Thread mhallnh
ssion $id = $results | Select-String "$username\s+(\w+)" | Foreach {$_.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value} Then you can follow up by invoking the windows program (notepad in the example below). the 'i' switch is used to indicate that you want to interact with the wi

Re: sshd interaction with desktop not working

2018-03-17 Thread R0b0t1
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 2:47 PM, mhallnh wrote: > What's the answer? That CYGWIN sshd can not interact with the Windows > desktop? > It can if it is run from the desktop, but I think it is started in the privileged session for services. The problem with running it within a deskt

Re: sshd interaction with desktop not working

2018-03-17 Thread mhallnh
What's the answer? That CYGWIN sshd can not interact with the Windows desktop? -- Sent from: http://cygwin.1069669.n5.nabble.com/Cygwin-list-f3.html -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwi

Re: sshd interaction with desktop not working

2018-03-16 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, mhallnh! > Has anyone been able to get the CYGWIN sssd service to interact with the > Windows desktop? > If yes could you please reply back with the details on how you got it to > work. Re-read the message you were replying to. It contains the answer. -- With best reg

Re: sshd interaction with desktop not working

2018-03-16 Thread mhallnh
Has anyone been able to get the CYGWIN sssd service to interact with the Windows desktop? If yes could you please reply back with the details on how you got it to work. Thanks, Mitch Hall -- Sent from: http://cygwin.1069669.n5.nabble.com/Cygwin-list-f3.html -- Problem reports: http

[ANNOUNCEMENT] KDE Plasma Desktop 5.8.9

2018-02-25 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
* plasma-desktop-5.8.9-1 * plasma-integration-5.8.9-1 * plasma-pa-5.8.9-1 * plasma-sdk-5.8.9-1 * plasma-workspace-5.8.9-1 * plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.8.9-1 * systemsettings-5.8.9-1 * systemsettings-devel-5.8.9-1 This is an update to the latest 5.8 LTS release of the KDE Plasma Desktop: https

Re: (1) Trouble installing. (2) Huge desktop folder. (3) ConEmu. (4) Goodness, your instructions

2018-01-22 Thread Jon Turney
up"? In the former case, I'm not sure what, if anything, we can do to improve matters. In the latter, these are things we can fix, if we have the details of which window is being hidden. 2) A 100MB file has appeared on my desktop. Is this part of the installation? You will understan

Re: (1) Trouble installing. (2) Huge desktop folder. (3) ConEmu. (4) Goodness, your instructions

2018-01-20 Thread Achim Gratz
Nicholas Joll writes: > 2) A 100MB file has appeared on my desktop. Is this part of the > installation? You will understand that I do not want to leave the folder > there. What should I do, please? Well that's because you asked the setup program to cache the downloaded files

(1) Trouble installing. (2) Huge desktop folder. (3) ConEmu. (4) Goodness, your instructions

2018-01-20 Thread Nicholas Joll
window. I wonder whether other users are likely to encounter or have encountered that problem. (I have Cygwin . . actually, I can't tell what version I've got. But I downloaded it just now from your website.) 2) A 100MB file has appeared on my desktop. Is this part of the installation

Re: [PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

2017-11-06 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/6/2017 4:48 AM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: On 2017-11-03 12:05, Ken Brown wrote: On 11/3/2017 9:11 AM, Ken Brown wrote: In the meantime, I have another xpdf problem.  After my update of the ghostscript fonts, I get the following errors when starting xpdf: Config Error: No display font for '

Re: [PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

2017-11-06 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2017-11-03 12:05, Ken Brown wrote: > On 11/3/2017 9:11 AM, Ken Brown wrote: >> In the meantime, I have another xpdf problem.  After my update of the >> ghostscript fonts, I get the following errors when starting xpdf: >> >> Config Error: No display font for 'Courier' >> Config Error: No display

Re: [PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

2017-11-03 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/3/2017 9:11 AM, Ken Brown wrote: In the meantime, I have another xpdf problem.  After my update of the ghostscript fonts, I get the following errors when starting xpdf: Config Error: No display font for 'Courier' Config Error: No display font for 'Courier-Bold' Config Error: No display fo

Re: [PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

2017-11-03 Thread Ken Brown
: QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-kbrown' I googled the message, but none of the solutions appeared to apply.  Do you know how to suppress this warning?  I assume it results from the fact that I'm not working in a desktop environment. I don

Re: [PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

2017-11-02 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to > '/tmp/runtime-kbrown' > > I googled the message, but none of the solutions appeared to apply.  Do > you know how to suppress this warning?  I assume it results from the > fact that I'm not working in a deskt

Re: Proper way to run emacs from desktop

2017-11-02 Thread David Karr
f years and then use it continuously >>>> without updates between those installations. I installed it on a new >>>> laptop today, and I'm trying to work through issues. >>>> >>>> The current issue is running Emacs from the desktop. >>>&g

Re: Proper way to run emacs from desktop

2017-11-02 Thread Jon Turney
x27;m trying to work through issues. The current issue is running Emacs from the desktop. I had a shortcut working for a long time that does the following: - C:\cygwin64\bin\run2.exe --display 127.0.0.1:0.0 /usr/local/bin/emacs.xml - Just '--display :0.0' is probabl

Re: Proper way to run emacs from desktop

2017-11-01 Thread David Karr
;m trying to work through issues. >> >> The current issue is running Emacs from the desktop. >> >> I had a shortcut working for a long time that does the following: >> - >> C:\cygwin64\bin\run2.exe --display 127.0.0.1:0.0 /usr/local/bin/emacs.xml >&

Re: Proper way to run emacs from desktop

2017-11-01 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/1/2017 1:08 PM, David Karr wrote: I install Cygwin every couple of years and then use it continuously without updates between those installations. I installed it on a new laptop today, and I'm trying to work through issues. The current issue is running Emacs from the desktop. I

Proper way to run emacs from desktop

2017-11-01 Thread David Karr
I install Cygwin every couple of years and then use it continuously without updates between those installations. I installed it on a new laptop today, and I'm trying to work through issues. The current issue is running Emacs from the desktop. I had a shortcut working for a long time that

Re: [PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

2017-10-30 Thread Brian Inglis
ogled the message, but none of the solutions appeared to apply.  Do you >>> know >>> how to suppress this warning?  I assume it results from the fact that I'm >>> not >>> working in a desktop environment. >> >> Normally set to /run/user/$(id -u)

Re: [PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

2017-10-28 Thread Ken Brown
: QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-kbrown' I googled the message, but none of the solutions appeared to apply.  Do you know how to suppress this warning?  I assume it results from the fact that I'm not working in a desktop environment. Normally set to /r

Re: [PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

2017-10-28 Thread Brian Inglis
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-kbrown' > > I googled the message, but none of the solutions appeared to apply.  Do you > know > how to suppress this warning?  I assume it results from the fact that I'm not > working in a de

Re: [PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

2017-10-28 Thread Ken Brown
I googled the message, but none of the solutions appeared to apply. Do you know how to suppress this warning? I assume it results from the fact that I'm not working in a desktop environment. Ken -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http:/

Re: [PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

2017-10-27 Thread Ken Brown
On 10/27/2017 5:00 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: --- xpdf.cygport | 4 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) Thanks! Ken -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info

[PATCH xpdf] Add desktop menu entry

2017-10-27 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
--- xpdf.cygport | 4 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/xpdf.cygport b/xpdf.cygport index 7382054..dba7994 100644 --- a/xpdf.cygport +++ b/xpdf.cygport @@ -86,4 +86,8 @@ src_install() { sed -e 's#/usr/local/share/xpdf#/usr/share/xpdf#g' -i ${D}/etc/xpdfrc make_et

[ANNOUNCEMENT] KDE Plasma Desktop 5.8.8

2017-10-27 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
-kde4-5.8.8-1 * plasma-desktop-5.8.8-1 * plasma-integration-5.8.8-1 * plasma-pa-5.8.8-1 * plasma-sdk-5.8.8-1 * plasma-workspace-5.8.8-1 * plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.8.8-1 * systemsettings-5.8.8-1 * systemsettings-devel-5.8.8-1 This is an update to the latest LTS release of the KDE Plasma Desktop

[ANNOUNCEMENT] MATE Desktop 1.18 updates

2017-09-18 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
* mate-font-viewer-1.18.2-1 * mate-media-1.18.1-1 * mate-panel-1.18.4-1 * mate-screenshot-1.18.2-1 * mate-search-tool-1.18.2-1 * mate-session-manager-1.18.1-1 * mate-system-log-1.18.2-1 * mate-terminal-1.18.1-1 * pluma-1.18.2-1 The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It

[ANNOUNCEMENT] MATE Desktop 1.18

2017-05-01 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
-1.18.1-1 * mate-backgrounds-1.18.0-1 * mate-calc-1.18.0-1 * mate-common-1.18.0-1 * mate-control-center-1.18.1-1 * mate-desktop-1.18.0-1 * mate-dictionary-1.18.1-1 * mate-disk-usage-analyzer-1.18.1-1 * mate-font-viewer-1.18.1-1 * mate-icon-theme-1.18.2-1 * mate-indicator-applet-1.18.0-1 * mate-media

[ANNOUNCEMENT] KDE Plasma Desktop 5.8.5

2017-03-03 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
* oxygen-kde4-5.4.3-1 * plasma-desktop-5.8.5-1 * plasma-integration-5.8.5-1 * plasma-pa-5.8.5-1 * plasma-sdk-5.8.5-1 * plasma-workspace-5.8.5-1 * plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.8.5-1 * systemsettings-5.8.5-1 This is an update to the latest LTS release of the KDE Plasma Desktop, now based on Qt 5 and KDE

[ANNOUNCEMENT] MATE Desktop 1.16

2017-03-02 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
* libmatemixer-1.16.0-1 * libmateweather-1.16.0-1 * marco-1.16.0-1 * mate-applets-1.16.0-1 * mate-backgrounds-1.16.0-1 * mate-common-1.16.0-1 * mate-control-center-1.16.1-1 * mate-desktop-1.16.1-1 * mate-dictionary-1.16.0-1 * mate-disk-usage-analyzer-1.16.0-1 * mate-icon-theme-1.16.0-1 * mate-indicator-applet

Re: X colormap problem when viewed via Microsoft Remote Desktop

2017-02-01 Thread Csaba Raduly
Hi Jeff, On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 6:22 AM, wrote: > Jon, thanks for your suggestion. Using the -nocompositewm option > fixed my problem. If you'd still like a screenshot, I can send one if > the mailing list doesn't mind big attachments. Instead of sending the screenshot to the mailing list, I'

Re: X colormap problem when viewed via Microsoft Remote Desktop

2017-01-31 Thread jeff_schenck
win, I now find that all my X windows (xterm, emacs, etc.) have color and font problems. Non-x terminal windows are fine. Windows 7 is running as a VM on an esxi hypervisor, so I view it remotely with Microsoft Remote Desktop. It worked well on a previous cygwin release, but I don't have the

Re: X colormap problem when viewed via Microsoft Remote Desktop

2017-01-30 Thread Jon Turney
Remote Desktop. It worked well on a previous cygwin release, but I don't have the exact date when it changed. Also, I don't think the problem is with MRD because I see it with VNC also. Thanks for reporting this problem. "color and font problems" is a bit vague. Can you

X colormap problem when viewed via Microsoft Remote Desktop

2017-01-28 Thread jeff_schenck
After a fairly recent update of cygwin, I now find that all my X windows (xterm, emacs, etc.) have color and font problems. Non-x terminal windows are fine. Windows 7 is running as a VM on an esxi hypervisor, so I view it remotely with Microsoft Remote Desktop. It worked well on a previous

[ANNOUNCEMENT] MATE Desktop 1.14 updates

2016-09-20 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
* mate-terminal-1.14.1-1 * mate-themes-3.18.3-1 * mozo-1.14.1-1 * pluma-1.14.1-1 These are the latest updates to MATE Desktop 1.14. Each of the mate-utils components have been split out into their own packages. -- Yaakov -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ

Re: getting cancelsynchronous IO error when starting mintty.exe from Windows XP desktop shortcut

2016-09-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Sep 1 07:14, Fjor wrote: > Hi, Prabhakar, > > I upgraded my cygwin in XP to 2.6 and found that it doesn't work, https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2016-08/msg00114.html, second paragraph. > Of course, when we have to upgrade packages again in the future, we must > confirm that these thre

Re: getting cancelsynchronous IO error when starting mintty.exe from Windows XP desktop shortcut

2016-09-01 Thread Fjor
the future, we must confirm that these three packages are marked "keep" to avoid them to be modified by the installer during the upgrading process. Regards, Fjor -- View this message in context: http://cygwin.1069669.n5.nabble.com/getting-cancelsynchronous-IO-error-when-starting

[ANNOUNCEMENT] desktop-file-utils 0.23-1

2016-08-03 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: * desktop-file-utils-0.23-1 This package includes utilities for manipulating desktop files. This is an update to the latest upstream release: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/ftp-release/2016-June/000708.html

Re: getting cancelsynchronous IO error when starting mintty.exe from Windows XP desktop shortcut

2016-07-29 Thread Corinna Vinschen
tcut and go the following error: > > > "The procedure entry point cancelsynchronousio could not be located in > > > the dynamic link libraryKERNEL32.DLL”. > > Indeed, that Windows API function does not exist on XP: > > > >https://msdn.microsoft.com/libr

Re: getting cancelsynchronous IO error when starting mintty.exe from Windows XP desktop shortcut

2016-07-28 Thread Thomas Wolff
t be located in the dynamic link libraryKERNEL32.DLL”. Indeed, that Windows API function does not exist on XP: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/aa363794.aspx Does this not show that the Cygwin DLL is trying to call it? I've tested mintty 2.4.2 on cygwin 2.5.2 on Win

Re: getting cancelsynchronous IO error when starting mintty.exe from Windows XP desktop shortcut

2016-07-28 Thread Warren Young
; dynamic link libraryKERNEL32.DLL”. Indeed, that Windows API function does not exist on XP: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/aa363794.aspx Does this not show that the Cygwin DLL is trying to call it? $ objdump -x /bin/cygwin1.dll | grep CancelSync [22724](sec 2)(f

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