Re: failed to activate core devices errors

[Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>]

On 05/02/2011 23:42, katrin schmid wrote:
> thanks for the reply.
> Swrast_dri.so didnt seems to be the problem in my case,
> will try the XMing now. 
> I followed this:
> http://robust.cs.utep.edu/arch1-wiki/index.php/Setup_Xming_and_Cygwin#Installing_and_Configuring_the_Xming_X_Server

If you followed those instructions and got stuck, I suggest you contact the
author.

Just for the record, those instructions are a couple of years old, so the
advice given may be out of date.  Furthermore, the advice to install all
cygwin packages is not good advice.

> and got this:
> C:\Users\katisss>xterm -display localhost:0
> Warning: Cannot convert string "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-is
> o8859-*" to type FontStruct
> Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct
> Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> xterm: cannot load font -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-is
> o10646-1
> Do i need to install something?

This isn't the right place to get help with Xming, either.
Try the Xming website for directions.

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Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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