Re: Cygwin-Xfree86 and XP and Solaris 8

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Helmut,

I think you need to point your ``font path'' at the font server running 
on the Solaris 8 machine.  You can do this with the XWin.exe 
command-line parameter ``-fp''.  There are examples on the web, and 
there is an example in the Cygwin/XFree86 FAQ:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-solaris-fonts


Note that ``-fp'' and the ``font path'' are not specific to 
Cygwin/XFree86, so they are not documented in the Cygwin/XFree86 User's 
Guide.  Rather, these two items are generic to all XFree86 X Servers and 
therefore you can find lots of information about them from many sources 
on the web.

Let us know if you have further questions, and be sure to let us know if 
the ``-fp'' parameter solves your problem.

Harold

Schiretz, Helmut F wrote:

> Hi,
>   I have successfully installed and used Cygwin-Xfree86 (1.3.13 I believe -
> which I got from nas.nasa.gov) on a Windows 2000 machine and I am able to
> remotely connect to a Solaris 2.6 machine, but not to a Solaris 8 machine
> (it freezes whilst
> trying to connect).
>
> I have successfully installed Cygwin (1.3.14 I believe) on a Windows XP
> machine - it runs fine, but the X server
> locks up (freezes) whilst trying to connect to either the Solaris 2.6
> machine.
>
> I have looked everywhere for the answer to these problems and how to resolve
> them - to no avail.
>
> I would greatly appreciate your input on these matters,
>
> Regards 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Helmut F. Schiretz 
> Complex Maintenance Facility, 
> Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.
> BAE SYSTEMS,
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