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Re: post-upgrade problems
- From: Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Cc: Tom_Roche at pobox dot com
- Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 21:48:36 +0100
- Subject: Re: post-upgrade problems
- References: <20090525195425.BAAB4141DB441@cedar.isis.unc.edu>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Tom Roche wrote:
summary: After upgrading from X 6.8.99.901-1 to 7.4-1, I had font
problems, but could launch an xterm from the new cygwin. After
attempting to fix that by installing fonts, I cannot launch an xterm
from the new cygwin.
details:
I'm attempting to debug a problem with the cygwin upgrade I attempted
today (25 May 09). I haven't upgraded for about a year, so I went from
xorg-x11-* version=6.8.99.901-1 to version=7.4-1. (For details of the
old config, see
http://www.unc.edu/~tr/cygcheck_20090525old_1404.txt
Note that,
* while `cygcheck` shows my winXP=SP2, I believe it's actually SP3,
and up-to-date, except for WGA.
* I'm able to switch between my old and new cygwins by changing
windows paths and cygwin mounts. The old cygwin still works
correctly: I'm using it to compose and send this post.
) I initially upgraded to the configuration represented by
http://www.unc.edu/~tr/cygcheck_20090525new_1420.txt
It had font-related problems:
0 When I started my initial xterm (via a copy of startXwin.bat), I
noticed that it showed a toolbar, whereas my previous cygwin's xterms
did not. Is that working as designed?
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-how-do-i-get-rid-of-xterm-menu
1 When I started my initial xterm, I noticed that all the chars in the
toolbar were in the same huge font, though the body text of the
xterm is normal.
When I run emacs from the initial xterm
$ emacs --debug-init &
I get the following problems
3 In the launching xterm: I see the error text
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct
4 In the launched emacs: all char in its menubar were in same huge font
as the launching xterm's menubar.
5 In the launched emacs: all char in the body of its frame (i.e. where
the text of a file would display) displayed as boxes, i.e. as
unrepresentable.
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-where-are-my-fonts
After perusing the cygwin-xfree archives, I decided I needed to
install fonts. Instead of being cautious, I just installed all the
font-* packages, resulting in the configuration
http://www.unc.edu/~tr/cygcheck_20090525new_1530.txt
but something went horribly wrong, since now I can't even launch an
xterm :-( When I run my startXwin.bat,
0 the window for that batch file pops up briefly
1 the window for Xwin.exe opens briefly, then closes
and I never get my xterm. When I try to open an xterm (or emacs) by
right-clicking on the X in my tray and then choosing Applications>
xterm, nothing happens. (The only thing that I'm able to open with
tray>rclick>Applications is notepad.)
What should I do to fix this?
Try starting xterm from a shell. It may be reporting some error as it tries
to start up, but you can't see it with either of those methods of starting it.
You'll probably want to read about the upgrade at
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-x-is-broke
as well
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