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RE: questions on DISPLAY and libX11.a
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com '" <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: questions on DISPLAY and libX11.a
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 20:18:12 -0500
Did you try?
SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 (from a DOS Shell)
or export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 (from a bash shell if you are starting from
a bash shell).
However, startxwin.bat, should set display for you? Are you sure X-server
is starting and you are getting an X-desktop? If not, xterm will not
display.
Unfortunately no, you cannot link to libX11.a using MSVC. It is a gcc
library for Cygwin. If you are interested for libraries for MSVC, you can
check out http://win32-xfree.sourceforge.net. Unfortunately,
sourceforge.net is getting lousy. They used to be well organized but now
since last 2 months, my several requests to reset the CVS so I can replace
X11R6.4 code with X11R6.5.1 code had gone un-answered. I might send them a
couple of more reminders. In case of no response I would call the project
"DEAD" and replace the URL with a "DEAD PROJECT" banner. In the mean time
you could grab the X11R6.4 libs for MSVC if you wish.
Suhaib
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Wong
To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
Sent: 11/8/2000 7:32 PM
Subject: questions on DISPLAY and libX11.a
Question 1:
Hi, I'm using Windows 2000 Server os and have been trying to correctly
set
the DISPLAY environment
variable, but not matter what I do, things like xterm.exe will complain
can't open display: blah blah
so i've tried making the DISPLAY environment variable:
myipaddress:0.0
myipaddress:0
:0
:0.0
host name:0.0
host name:0
I am unsure if the problem is because of the DISPLAY variable being
incorrectly set of if Win2k has preventative security issues.
I've run ipconfig.exe /all and get: (for security purposes, I've put x's
in
place of the actual numbers and changed names)
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : cowpc
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : somecompany.com
somecompany2.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com Fast EtherLink XL PCI
Server Adapter (3C9
80-TX)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-04-24-F6-70
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : xx.x.xxx.xx
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : xx.x.x.x
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xx.x
xxx.xxx.xx.x
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Cable Disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink III ISA
(3C509b-TPO)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-60-97-BF-54-54
Can somebody help me?
--------------------------------------------
Question 2:
Also, for libX11.a, can it be linked with the Microsoft C++ 6.0 compiler
or
was it only made for g++?
If I try to do it with the Microsoft compiler, I get:
libX11.a(ds00367.o) : warning LNK4078: multiple ".text" sections found
with
different attributes (E0000020)
libX11.a(ds00367.o) : warning LNK4078: multiple ".bss" sections found
with
different attributes (C0000000)
and it gets an access violation before even getting into the main()
function at all if I had code that makes
calls to fundamental functions such as XFlush or XOpenDisplay in an
include
somewhere.
-Alan Wong - Software Engineer
Sony Computer Entertainment America
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San Diego, CA 92121-2723
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