RE: Can't Open Display - Very Interesting results

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

I am trying to compile Harold code from latest CVS, but his bump again
with w32api, even with snapshot which had his patches.  I posted the
errors a while ago.

Suhaib


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 5:04 PM
> To: cygwin xfree
> Cc: Corinna Vinschen; deo@logos-m.ru
> Subject: Re: Can't Open Display - Very Interesting results
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 04:26:44PM -0400, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> >That is because win32-x11 does not use UNIX domain socket, but use
> >WINSOCK32.  I will work on getting ride of UNIX domain socket from
> >Cygwin/XFree.  Initially I have Cygwin/XFree86 only with Winsock32
> >support then Cygwin started supporting UNIX domain socket so I
> >activated it.
> 
> Agh! If you think that there are bugs in Cygwin, let us know 
> and we will
> try to fix them.
> 
> The goal is to make Cygwin as UNIX-like as necessary so that 
> that the X
> server has to make as few accomodations as possible.
> 
> I have not seen a definitive explanation of a problem with UNIX domain
> sockets yet.  Since unix domain sockets use almost exactly 
> the same code
> as IP sockets, I don't exactly understand what the problem is.
> 
> I've Cc'ed Corinna and Egor since I believe that both of them 
> have done
> stuff to the networking code.  Maybe one of them has an idea on why
> UNIX domain sockets are occasionally not working.
> 
> cgf
> 
> >Win32-X11 is fast too, but it slows down if you use twm and 
> xterm from
> >cygwin/xfree
> >I do not know why?  I am investigating.
> >
> >Suhaib
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Kevin DeKorte [mailto:kdekorte@yahoo.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:02 PM
> >> To: cygwin xfree
> >> Subject: Can't Open Display - Very Interesting results
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Suhaib,
> >> 
> >> I tried the win32-X11 server and it seems to work just
> >> fine. I have some wonderful news however that may be
> >> very enlightening
> >> 
> >> start win32-X11 using the following
> >> cd \xwin32\bin
> >> startx
> >> 
> >> Get a few errors but it comes up.
> >> 
> >> cd \cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
> >> set PATH= {stuff}
> >> set DISPLAY=:0.0  or my ip:0.0 or 127.0.0.1:0.0
> >> xterm
> >> 
> >> get can't open display for all settings
> >> 
> >> telnet to my Sun box
> >> DISPLAY={my ip}:0.0
> >> cd /usr/X/bin
> >> ./xterm &
> >> 
> >> Success... xterm is running on xwin32-X11
> >> try 
> >> ./twm & for kicks and that works
> >> 
> >> close down xwin32-X11
> >> 
> >> startup xfree86/cygwin test 14 I believe
> >> cd \cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
> >> set DISPLAY  (like above)
> >> start /B XWin -engine 1 -screen 0 1024x768x16  -ac
> >> 
> >> xterm (get can't open display)
> >> 
> >> go over to sun telnet window (with no setting changed
> >> from test with xwin32-X11)
> >> 
> >> ./xterm &   (xterm appears in Cygwin/Xfree86)
> >> ./twm &     (xterm is now managed)
> >> 
> >> play around with it abit... cygwin/xfree86 is faster
> >> than xwin32-X11   
> >> 
> >> So that is my report... Looks to my like a problem
> >> with the networking code in cygwin
> >> 
> >> 
> >> My config
> >> 
> >> IBM ThinkPad T21 Laptop (384MB of RAM / 850 MHz)
> >> Windows 2000 + SP1 + DirectX 8
> >> 
> >> Sun Machine
> >> 
> >> Sun 220R - Solaris 7
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Cygwin cygcheck -s
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Cygnus Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
> >> Current System Time: Wed Apr 11 13:57:25 2001
> >> 
> >> WinNT Ver 5.0 build 2195 Service Pack 1
> >> 
> >> Path:	/cygdrive/c/oracle/ora81/bin
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Oracle/jre/1.1.7/bin
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/WINNT
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/WINNT/System32/Wbem
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/WINNT/SYSTEM32
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/WINNT
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/WINNT/SYSTEM32/WBEM
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/WINNT/SYSTEM32
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/WINNT
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/WINNT/SYSTEM32/WBEM
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/Progra~1/Personal Communications
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/Notes
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/Utilities
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Symantec/pcAnywhere/
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/DOCUME~1/Shared
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/Program Files/SQLLIB/BIN
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/Program Files/SQLLIB/HELP
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/usr/X11R6/bin
> >> 	/usr/bin
> >> 	/usr/bin
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/usr/X11R6/bin
> >> 	/usr/bin
> >> 	/usr/bin
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/usr/X11R6/bin
> >> 	/usr/bin
> >> 	/usr/bin
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/usr/X11R6/bin
> >> 	/usr/bin
> >> 	/usr/bin
> >> 	/cygdrive/c/usr/X11R6/bin
> >> 	/usr/bin
> >> 	/usr/bin
> >> 
> >> SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32
> >> WinDir: C:\WINNT
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Use `-r' to scan registry
> >> 
> >> a:  fd           N/A    N/A                    
> >> c:  hd  NTFS   20022Mb  46% CP CS UN PA FC    
> >> KDEKORTE
> >> d:  cd           N/A    N/A                    
> >> m:  net NTFS   17351Mb  26% CP CS UN PA FC     
> >> 
> >> C:\cygwin\bin  /usr/bin  system  binmode
> >> C:\cygwin\lib  /usr/lib  system  binmode
> >> C:\cygwin  /        system  binmode
> >> 
> >> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
> >> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
> >> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe
> >> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
> >> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
> >> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe
> >> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe
> >> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
> >> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\make.exe
> >> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
> >> 
> >>    56k 2000/12/03 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz21.0.dll
> >>    82k 2001/01/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll
> >>    18k 2000/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll
> >>    17k 2001/01/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll
> >>    14k 2000/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll
> >>    81k 2000/12/05 C:\cygwin\bin\cygitcl30.dll
> >>    35k 2000/12/05 C:\cygwin\bin\cygitk30.dll
> >>    45k 2000/10/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cygjbig1.dll
> >>   119k 2000/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg6b.dll
> >>    53k 2001/01/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll
> >>   414k 2001/01/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll
> >>   299k 2001/01/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll
> >>    34k 2001/01/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll
> >>   163k 2001/02/03 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpng2.dll
> >>   108k 2001/01/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll
> >>   390k 2000/12/05 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtcl80.dll
> >>     5k 2000/12/05 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtclpip80.dll
> >>    10k 2000/12/05 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtclreg80.dll
> >>   243k 2000/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtiff3.dll
> >>   623k 2000/12/05 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtk80.dll
> >>    41k 2000/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-noX4.dll
> >>    45k 2000/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-X4.dll
> >>    49k 2001/02/03 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll
> >>   615k 2001/01/31 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
> >>     Cygwin DLL version info:
> >>         dll major: 1001
> >>         dll minor: 8
> >>         dll epoch: 19
> >>         dll bad signal mask: 19005
> >>         dll old termios: 5
> >>         dll malloc env: 28
> >>         api major: 0
> >>         api minor: 34
> >>         shared data: 3
> >>         dll identifier: cygwin1
> >>         mount registry: 2
> >>         cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
> >>         cygwin registry name: Cygwin
> >>         program options name: Program Options
> >>         cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
> >>         cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
> >>         cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
> >>         cygdrive default prefix: 
> >>         build date: Wed Jan 31 10:08:38 EST 2001
> >>         shared id: cygwin1S3
> >> 
> >> Use -h to see help about each section
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> =====
> >> ---------------------------------
> >> Kevin DeKorte
> >> kdekorte@yahoo.com
> >> 
> >> 
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