RE: cygwin and X11/gnome question

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Hawkins [mailto:peter@globalvision.com.au] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:13 PM
> To: 'Suhaib Siddiqi'
> Subject: RE: cygwin and X11/gnome question
> 
> 
> Yes, that is where I went. There is no subscription info 
> there so far as I can see. The FAQ refers you to 
> http://cygwin.com/lists.html which sends you back to 
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/. When I go there I get a 
> search index only. I assume something that was once there has 
> been removed so that there is no info about subscribing 
> anywhere so far as I can see.
> 
> Sorry about the HTML. I had it turned off and upgrading to 
> office xp must have turned it back on. No need to assume such 
> things are deliberate though. Outlook doesn't tell you it's 
> sending html. - You can be friendly about it and need not 
> assume I'm trying to be irritating. I assume it's off again now.
> 
> Peter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suhaib Siddiqi [mailto:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2001 8:49 PM
> To: 'Peter Hawkins'
> Subject: RE: cygwin and X11/gnome question
> 
> First of all, no HTML fromated e-mails to me.  I hate those 
> HTML formated potentially unsafe e-mails.
> 
> If you have read the FAQ there are instructions on how to 
> subscribe to mailing list.  Go to 
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/  and follow instructions.  
> 
> Note your HTML formated e-mails WILL BE rejected by the mailing list.
> 
> Thanks
> Suhaib
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Hawkins [mailto:peter@globalvision.com.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 9:04 PM
> To: 'Suhaib Siddiqi'
> Subject: RE: cygwin and X11/gnome question
> 
> 
> I actually tried but couldn't subscribe. I was guessing 
> majordomo@. I can't find info on how to subs.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> PLEASE POST TO PROPER MAILING LIST.  THANKS
> 
> Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Hawkins [mailto:peter@globalvision.com.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 2:52 AM
> To: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
> Subject: cygwin and X11/gnome question
> Suhaib,
> 
> I have read all the documentation I can find but I'm still stuck
> 
> I'm very new to cygwin but I installed XFree, afterstep and 
> followed the instructions at http://my.dreamwiz.com/jbdoll/, 
> to install libiconv, glib,
> gtk+, imlib and xfce. I believe all these run fine.
> 
> I have seen that there is interest in gnome and thought I'd 
> see how far I can get with it.
> 
> I downloaded a very recent libtool and installed it - I read 
> somewhere that you need to do that for it  to work with dlls.
> 
> I then tried building ORBit without luck - the build runs but 
> crashes out when it attempts to compile the tests. My questions are:
> 
> 1.What if any are the limitations of cygwin that make it hard 
> to get gnome to run? 
> 2.should ORBit be able to compile and if so is there any 
> information on how to do it or a binary I can get? 
> 3.has anyone got gnome to fly yet and is that being worked on? 
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter
>