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AW: XWin minimal installation


Does this also work, if I install the Xmins on the USB-Stick? So that I can
use it like XliveUSB-Stick (like the XliveCD from
http://xlivecd.indiana.edu/?

Marco


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 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]Im Auftrag von Juan José Gutiérrez
de Quevedo Pérez
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. März 2005 22:33
An: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Betreff: XWin minimal installation


This might be of interest to some people in the list, so there it goes.

I've just finished making a small distribution of X/Cygwin (only 2Mb),
and have placed it in the following address:
http://www.iteisa.com/xmins/
(xmins-->XWin Minimal Installation)

What I've done basically is take the necessary cygwin and X/Cygwin
files and package them in a convenient (and small, I might add) way,
so that I can carry it around in a usb stick, or download it in a short
time from the internet in case of need.

I know it's not a full X/Cygwin server (most extensions are not
working, like xkb or xfixes), but it's enough to i.e. run a remote
gnome session or start some programs through ssh in a remote host.

There are some things I don't actually like about how it has turned
out, actually, the main being that it doesn't support xkb(it always
said couldn't load keymap, I think it's because of the binary-
mounting /tmp thingy) and that it is needing windows scripting host
right now to ask for a host to query. For the later the solution would
be to create a frontend to allow selecting most of the xserver options
such as -query -indirect, etc... This frontend would also allow me to
delete all those awfull entries from the start menu (there are 9 right
now)

--
Juan José Gutiérrez de Quevedo
Director Técnico (juanjo@iteisa.com)
ITEISA (http://www.iteisa.com)


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