From ssiddiqiATinspirepharm.com Tue Sep 14 09:54:00 1999 From: ssiddiqiATinspirepharm.com (Suhaib Siddiqi) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:54:00 -0000 Subject: xfree under cygwin References: <199909141621.SAA24503@bernin.grnbl_domain> Message-ID: > > I'm blocked because my mailer is open relay, so I figured I'd mail you > directly. If your SMTP host is listed in ORBS ( http://www.orbs.org ) then Cygwin mailing lists will reject your posts. This to reduce the spam on our mailing lists. You may consider contacting your ISP System Admin and inform him that he is running an Open relay system which is listed in ORBS. I am cc'ing this message to cygwin-xfree list, so your message get posted. > > I'm looking to get xfree working under cygwin and noticed you > seem to post > patches regularly. Do these get integrated back into the xfree > tree? i.e. > the patches you submitted for 3.9.15, are they in .16? The patches are not incorporated into official XFree86 tre yet. I have not submitted the patches to XFree86.org yet. A lot of commercial X vendors have vested interest in XFree86.org. The objected to having using Cygwin to build XFree86 and merge my patches into official Xfree86 tree. Cygwin is under GPL, merging my patches into XFree86 means those X-server vendors would either purchase commercial license of Cygwin or would not be able to bundle XF86 built with Cygwin with their software. XFree86 organization, though is looking into it. If you wish you can send your compain to XFree86.org (devel@xfree86.org). The XFree86 code with my patches built cleanly, though there are some tricks involved. Most important, you must extract XFree86 tar-balls on a binary mounted cygwin disk, and compile on a binary mounted disk, otherise the some UNIX specific Assembly code would not compile. The only thing missing is devices drivers. if you have knowledge of writing devices drivers, then you can certainly help. this is the last bump (i hope so?) to have XFree86 servers functional. Suhaib > > What can I do to help? I won't be able to do a lot of compiling, but I'd > really like to see it work since I'll need to use it for work, and they > don't necessarily want to buy a server. How clean should the .16 > build be? > > Thanks, Nils. > > From ssiddiqiATinspirepharm.com Tue Sep 14 12:29:00 1999 From: ssiddiqiATinspirepharm.com (Suhaib Siddiqi) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 12:29:00 -0000 Subject: xfree under cygwin References: <37DE97CA.E0CB7AAE@ibm.net> Message-ID: John, The XGGI/Xfree files are avialble at Sourceware. ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/xfree I have separated XGGI source tree from xfree86 source tree. XGGI patches break the XFree86 servers code in hw/xfree86 subdirectory. The files are: xggi-1.tar.bz2, xggi-2.tar.bz2 xggi-3.tar.bz2 The precompiled X11 binaries and XGGI.exe is in pre-alpha-xfree-cygwin-b20.tar.bz2, in case you you need them. Thanks for your help with DirectX. I am Cc'ing this message to cygwin-xfree list, so others know that sources tar-balls had been updated. Suhaib From SsiddiqiATInspirePharm.Com Wed Sep 15 18:00:00 1999 From: SsiddiqiATInspirePharm.Com (Suhaib M. Siddiqi) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:00:00 -0000 Subject: X server installation problems References: <01BEFFA0.85B403D0@tchang.opencon.com> Message-ID: First, Please address the questions to Cygwin mailing list. Second, the servers are not functional, yet. Though, X-servers compiled binaries are in the tar-balls, but important pieces, such as DirectX and devices drivers are missing. The pre-alpha-xfree binaries are intended for some developers who are working on this project. It saves them 5 hours of compilation time, to test their drivers they are writing for cygwin-xfree. Third, there is no link between X11R6.4-Cygwin-B20.1.tar.gz and Xfree code/binaries. You can not grap my X11R6.4 libraries from my Geocities or Webjump URLs and get xfree code/binaries from Sourceware, then try to mix and make a monster out of it. It will not work. The Cygwin/Xfree code and binaries are X11R6.3 based (XFRee86 3.3.5) and X11R6.4 is X11R6.4 from X Consortium, with no XFree86 code in it. Suhaib On 15-Sep-99 Tony Chang wrote: > > I downloaded pre-alpha-xfree-cygwin-b20_1 and X11R6_4-Cygwin-B20_1_tar, and > unzipped them. But, I don't know how to set up and start the X-server from > Windows NT. Could you provide me any information about this? Do I need to > download more files or packages in order to run it? > > Thanks in advance, > > Tony Chang ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Suhaib M. Siddiqi Date: 15-Sep-99 Time: 20:51:56 ---------------------------------- From ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com Sun Sep 26 19:07:00 1999 From: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com (Suhaib M. Siddiqi) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 19:07:00 -0000 Subject: May xfree86 patches Message-ID: An interesting news, someone seems to have downloaded my pacthes for XFree86 4.0 developers snapshots from sourceware and submitted part of these patches to XFree86 team. Today I was making a new set of pacthes against the recent XFree86 4.0 developers snapshot and notcied some my pacthes with __CYGWIN__ already in there. I sent a complain to Xfree86 list. Now they are trying to figure out from log files who actually may have done this ;-) Suhaib From sssiddiqi@ipass.net Mon Sep 27 05:05:00 1999 From: sssiddiqi@ipass.net (Suhaib Siddiqi) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 05:05:00 -0000 Subject: FW: Cygwin patches into X (fwd) Message-ID: Following message may be of interest to others. Suhaib > Feel free to forward to the list if you like. > > Nils. > > > ------- Forwarded Message > > From: Branden Robinson > Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:00:17 -0400 > To: Nils Lohner > Cc: debian-x@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Unidentified subject! > Message-ID: <19990915190017.B11098@ecn.purdue.edu> > References: <199909151510.RAA00999@bernin.grnbl_domain> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > User-Agent: Mutt/1.0pre2i > In-Reply-To: <199909151510.RAA00999@bernin.grnbl_domain> > > - --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 05:10:33PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote: > > Someone has patches to allow XF86 to be built under Windoze > > with cygwin, and the XF people are reluctant to let > them in due to > > commercial interestes, i.e. the finished X server > binaries can't be bundl= > ed > > with other software. Where do I find a clue bat large > enough to change > > this thinking? Please have a lok at the mail below and > let me know what = > I=20 > > can possibly do. > > Yes, I saw the gigantic flamewar on xfree86-devel about > this, which was > hopelessly entagled with what I'm sure is the thousandth > iteration of a > BSD vs. GPL licensing flamewar on that list. > > > My thinking: the patches do not force you to use cygwin > to compile, but= > =20 > > rather just enable it for those who want it, and so I > don't see any reaso= > n=20 > > why the XF people should object to the patches. They > enhance and do not= > =20 > > limit in any way. If someone else wants to posrt it to > a compiler with a= > =20 > > different license, noone is stopping them. > > That's true. > > > This is really frustrating me, people being this narrow > minded (what's th= > e=20 > > politically correct term for that? :) and I'm hoping > people here will hav= > e=20 > > some useful suggestions. > > Uh, this mailing list is brand new and pretty limited in > scope. (See the > charter at < http://www.debian.org/~branden/ >.) > > If some folks here want to form or join a coalition about > this, I don't > care, but I personally have too many irons in the fire as > is and don't have > much personal interest in such a thing (though you can be > sure I'd use it > if it saw the light of day). > > Ultimately I think the best way to change XFree86's mind > on things like > this is: > 1) Make very sure all these cygwin changes are > MIT-licensed. I don't see > why this should be such a big deal as the X source > base already > supports tons of proprietary compilation > environments already. > 2) If they don't listen, fork. The sound of moving > feet is a powerful > motivator. When interests diverge, this is often > the best thing to > do. > > Point 2 has problems with the XFree86 membership > agreement, though, > especially if the current patches are based against the > CVS version of the > XFree86 code. Then again, with 3.9.16 out, how different > can it be? > > I don't really have much more advice than that. I also > don't feel this > topic is terribly germane to this list, so if interested > parties from this > list would consider mailing each other about I'd appreciate it. > > Sorry to sound so uninterested but I really just have too > much on my plate > to concern myself with XFree86 for Windows. I hope you > can sympathize. > > - --=20 > G. Branden Robinson | You don't just > decide to break Kubrick= > 's > Debian GNU/Linux | code of silence and > then get drawn away > branden@ecn.purdue.edu | from it to a > discussion about cough > cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | medicine. > > - --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > > - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 2.6.3a > > iQCVAwUBN+AlAKiRn0nSNFD5AQGXtwP/QVggCB+Jtqy7giqUxSk+gzR8ZoC2f78x > acz412gw3bSqyaKBhDJScN/pIHjau4+s39XDtaAz5qijRod7VfubeOyBYFRm/66O > oKTYQdRiiPMqGgsGAalUNg4ZTYG5nOWrXVCKW1I2AEtz02GzYKyZ0BWOK6V4s81P > 35c4UDbUwRE= > =nE1M > - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > - --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy-- > > > - -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > > From cgf@cygnus.com Mon Sep 27 10:26:00 1999 From: cgf@cygnus.com (Chris Faylor) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:26:00 -0000 Subject: FW: Cygwin patches into X (fwd) References: Message-ID: <19990927132900.A924@cygnus.com> I don't understand. Was this person responsible for submitting the __CYGWIN__ patches to the code base? -chris On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 08:01:52AM -0400, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote: >Following message may be of interest to others. >Suhaib > >> Feel free to forward to the list if you like. >> >> Nils. >> >> >> ------- Forwarded Message >> >> From: Branden Robinson >> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:00:17 -0400 >> To: Nils Lohner >> Cc: debian-x@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: Unidentified subject! >> Message-ID: <19990915190017.B11098@ecn.purdue.edu> >> References: <199909151510.RAA00999@bernin.grnbl_domain> >> Mime-Version: 1.0 >> User-Agent: Mutt/1.0pre2i >> In-Reply-To: <199909151510.RAA00999@bernin.grnbl_domain> >> >> - --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> >> On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 05:10:33PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote: >> > Someone has patches to allow XF86 to be built under Windoze >> > with cygwin, and the XF people are reluctant to let >> them in due to >> > commercial interestes, i.e. the finished X server >> binaries can't be bundl= >> ed >> > with other software. Where do I find a clue bat large >> enough to change >> > this thinking? Please have a lok at the mail below and >> let me know what = >> I=20 >> > can possibly do. >> >> Yes, I saw the gigantic flamewar on xfree86-devel about >> this, which was >> hopelessly entagled with what I'm sure is the thousandth >> iteration of a >> BSD vs. GPL licensing flamewar on that list. >> >> > My thinking: the patches do not force you to use cygwin >> to compile, but= >> =20 >> > rather just enable it for those who want it, and so I >> don't see any reaso= >> n=20 >> > why the XF people should object to the patches. They >> enhance and do not= >> =20 >> > limit in any way. If someone else wants to posrt it to >> a compiler with a= >> =20 >> > different license, noone is stopping them. >> >> That's true. >> >> > This is really frustrating me, people being this narrow >> minded (what's th= >> e=20 >> > politically correct term for that? :) and I'm hoping >> people here will hav= >> e=20 >> > some useful suggestions. >> >> Uh, this mailing list is brand new and pretty limited in >> scope. (See the >> charter at < http://www.debian.org/~branden/ >.) >> >> If some folks here want to form or join a coalition about >> this, I don't >> care, but I personally have too many irons in the fire as >> is and don't have >> much personal interest in such a thing (though you can be >> sure I'd use it >> if it saw the light of day). >> >> Ultimately I think the best way to change XFree86's mind >> on things like >> this is: >> 1) Make very sure all these cygwin changes are >> MIT-licensed. I don't see >> why this should be such a big deal as the X source >> base already >> supports tons of proprietary compilation >> environments already. >> 2) If they don't listen, fork. The sound of moving >> feet is a powerful >> motivator. When interests diverge, this is often >> the best thing to >> do. >> >> Point 2 has problems with the XFree86 membership >> agreement, though, >> especially if the current patches are based against the >> CVS version of the >> XFree86 code. Then again, with 3.9.16 out, how different >> can it be? >> >> I don't really have much more advice than that. I also >> don't feel this >> topic is terribly germane to this list, so if interested >> parties from this >> list would consider mailing each other about I'd appreciate it. >> >> Sorry to sound so uninterested but I really just have too >> much on my plate >> to concern myself with XFree86 for Windows. I hope you >> can sympathize. >> >> - --=20 >> G. Branden Robinson | You don't just >> decide to break Kubrick= >> 's >> Debian GNU/Linux | code of silence and >> then get drawn away >> branden@ecn.purdue.edu | from it to a >> discussion about cough >> cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | medicine. >> >> - --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy >> Content-Type: application/pgp-signature >> >> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: 2.6.3a >> >> iQCVAwUBN+AlAKiRn0nSNFD5AQGXtwP/QVggCB+Jtqy7giqUxSk+gzR8ZoC2f78x >> acz412gw3bSqyaKBhDJScN/pIHjau4+s39XDtaAz5qijRod7VfubeOyBYFRm/66O >> oKTYQdRiiPMqGgsGAalUNg4ZTYG5nOWrXVCKW1I2AEtz02GzYKyZ0BWOK6V4s81P >> 35c4UDbUwRE= >> =nE1M >> - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> - --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy-- >> >> >> - -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-request@lists.debian.org >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> listmaster@lists.debian.org >> >> >> ------- End of Forwarded Message >> >> >> -- cgf@cygnus.com http://www.cygnus.com/ From ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com Mon Sep 27 10:37:00 1999 From: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com (Suhaib Siddiqi) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:37:00 -0000 Subject: FW: Cygwin patches into X (fwd) References: <19990927132900.A924@cygnus.com> Message-ID: No, someone downloaded the my patches from Sourceware server and submitted parts of those patches to XFree86 team. I assume this fellow was attempting to take some of my fixes for various X clients, and forgot to remove the #ifdef __CYGWIN__. On Sunday, I was making a freswh set of patches, and noticed at several palces #ifdef __CYGWIN32__. I stopped using __CYGWIN32__ couple of months ago. I am using #ifdef __CYGWIN__. First I thought I was making some mistakes. Later I downloaded a fresh archive of XFRee86 4.0 developrs snapshot, extracted it in a separate directory and ran a grep -i 'cygwin' *.* on various directories. I found in several files some of my fixes for various X clients. The following message which I forwarded this morning has nothing to do with my other mail about someone submitting part of my patches. Nils is on Debian Linux and he forwarded the message about cygwin-xfree code. He is unable to post to the cygwin list because his SMTP is perhaps in ORBS therefore I forwarded his message to the list Suhaib > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com > [ mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On > Behalf Of Chris > Faylor > Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 1:29 PM > To: ssiddiqi@nspm.ipass.net > Cc: Cygwin-Xfree@Sourceware.Cygnus.Com > Subject: Re: FW: Cygwin patches into X (fwd) > > > I don't understand. Was this person responsible for submitting > the __CYGWIN__ patches to the code base? > > -chris > > On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 08:01:52AM -0400, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote: > >Following message may be of interest to others. > >Suhaib > > > >> Feel free to forward to the list if you like. > >> > >> Nils. > >> > >> > >> ------- Forwarded Message > >> > >> From: Branden Robinson > >> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:00:17 -0400 > >> To: Nils Lohner > >> Cc: debian-x@lists.debian.org > >> Subject: Re: Unidentified subject! > >> Message-ID: <19990915190017.B11098@ecn.purdue.edu> > >> References: <199909151510.RAA00999@bernin.grnbl_domain> > >> Mime-Version: 1.0 > >> User-Agent: Mutt/1.0pre2i > >> In-Reply-To: <199909151510.RAA00999@bernin.grnbl_domain> > >> > >> - --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 05:10:33PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote: > >> > Someone has patches to allow XF86 to be built under Windoze > >> > with cygwin, and the XF people are reluctant to let > >> them in due to > >> > commercial interestes, i.e. the finished X server > >> binaries can't be bundl= > >> ed > >> > with other software. Where do I find a clue bat large > >> enough to change > >> > this thinking? Please have a lok at the mail below and > >> let me know what = > >> I=20 > >> > can possibly do. > >> > >> Yes, I saw the gigantic flamewar on xfree86-devel about > >> this, which was > >> hopelessly entagled with what I'm sure is the thousandth > >> iteration of a > >> BSD vs. GPL licensing flamewar on that list. > >> > >> > My thinking: the patches do not force you to use cygwin > >> to compile, but= > >> =20 > >> > rather just enable it for those who want it, and so I > >> don't see any reaso= > >> n=20 > >> > why the XF people should object to the patches. They > >> enhance and do not= > >> =20 > >> > limit in any way. If someone else wants to posrt it to > >> a compiler with a= > >> =20 > >> > different license, noone is stopping them. > >> > >> That's true. > >> > >> > This is really frustrating me, people being this narrow > >> minded (what's th= > >> e=20 > >> > politically correct term for that? :) and I'm hoping > >> people here will hav= > >> e=20 > >> > some useful suggestions. > >> > >> Uh, this mailing list is brand new and pretty limited in > >> scope. (See the > >> charter at < http://www.debian.org/~branden/ >.) > >> > >> If some folks here want to form or join a coalition about > >> this, I don't > >> care, but I personally have too many irons in the fire as > >> is and don't have > >> much personal interest in such a thing (though you can be > >> sure I'd use it > >> if it saw the light of day). > >> > >> Ultimately I think the best way to change XFree86's mind > >> on things like > >> this is: > >> 1) Make very sure all these cygwin changes are > >> MIT-licensed. I don't see > >> why this should be such a big deal as the X source > >> base already > >> supports tons of proprietary compilation > >> environments already. > >> 2) If they don't listen, fork. The sound of moving > >> feet is a powerful > >> motivator. When interests diverge, this is often > >> the best thing to > >> do. > >> > >> Point 2 has problems with the XFree86 membership > >> agreement, though, > >> especially if the current patches are based against the > >> CVS version of the > >> XFree86 code. Then again, with 3.9.16 out, how different > >> can it be? > >> > >> I don't really have much more advice than that. I also > >> don't feel this > >> topic is terribly germane to this list, so if interested > >> parties from this > >> list would consider mailing each other about I'd appreciate it. > >> > >> Sorry to sound so uninterested but I really just have too > >> much on my plate > >> to concern myself with XFree86 for Windows. I hope you > >> can sympathize. > >> > >> - --=20 > >> G. Branden Robinson | You don't just > >> decide to break Kubrick= > >> 's > >> Debian GNU/Linux | code of silence and > >> then get drawn away > >> branden@ecn.purdue.edu | from it to a > >> discussion about cough > >> cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | medicine. > >> > >> - --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy > >> Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > >> > >> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> Version: 2.6.3a > >> > >> > iQCVAwUBN+AlAKiRn0nSNFD5AQGXtwP/QVggCB+Jtqy7giqUxSk+gzR8ZoC2f78x > >> > acz412gw3bSqyaKBhDJScN/pIHjau4+s39XDtaAz5qijRod7VfubeOyBYFRm/66O > >> > oKTYQdRiiPMqGgsGAalUNg4ZTYG5nOWrXVCKW1I2AEtz02GzYKyZ0BWOK6V4s81P > >> 35c4UDbUwRE= > >> =nE1M > >> - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > >> - --9Ek0hoCL9XbhcSqy-- > >> > >> > >> - -- > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-request@lists.debian.org > >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > >> listmaster@lists.debian.org > >> > >> > >> ------- End of Forwarded Message > >> > >> > >> > > -- > cgf@cygnus.com > http://www.cygnus.com/ > From sos@prospect.com.ru Mon Sep 27 10:59:00 1999 From: sos@prospect.com.ru (Sergey Okhapkin) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:59:00 -0000 Subject: FW: Cygwin patches into X (fwd) Message-ID: <002301bf0911$a40ea360$02af6080@sokhapki-2.cc.bellcore.com> >I was making a freswh set of patches, and noticed at several palces >#ifdef __CYGWIN32__. I stopped using __CYGWIN32__ couple of months >ago. I am using #ifdef __CYGWIN__. First I thought I was making >some mistakes. Later I downloaded a fresh archive of XFRee86 4.0 Aren't these changes based on my X11R6.X patches? I used __CYGWIN32__ at those times. Sergey Okhapkin, http://www.lexa.ru/sos Piscataway, NJ From ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com Mon Sep 27 11:04:00 1999 From: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com (Suhaib Siddiqi) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 11:04:00 -0000 Subject: FW: Cygwin patches into X (fwd) References: <002301bf0911$a40ea360$02af6080@sokhapki-2.cc.bellcore.com> Message-ID: *> > >I was making a freswh set of patches, and noticed at > several palces > >#ifdef __CYGWIN32__. I stopped using __CYGWIN32__ > couple of months > >ago. I am using #ifdef __CYGWIN__. First I thought I was making > >some mistakes. Later I downloaded a fresh archive of XFRee86 4.0 > > > Aren't these changes based on my X11R6.X patches? I used > __CYGWIN32__ at > those times. Could be, but your stuff is not in X11R6.x, and was also not in XFree86 recent snapshots. > > Sergey Okhapkin, http://www.lexa.ru/sos > Piscataway, NJ > > From saturday@deathsdoor.com Mon Sep 27 19:58:00 1999 From: saturday@deathsdoor.com (William Wylde) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 19:58:00 -0000 Subject: May xfree86 patches References: Message-ID: <19990928.2575154@mis.configured.host> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/26/99, 10:06:09 PM, "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" wrote regarding May xfree86 patches: > An interesting news, > someone seems to have downloaded my pacthes for XFree86 4.0 developers > snapshots from > sourceware and submitted part of these patches to XFree86 team. Today I was > making a new set of pacthes against the recent XFree86 4.0 developers > snapshot > and notcied some my pacthes with __CYGWIN__ already in there. > I sent a complain to Xfree86 list. Now they are trying to figure out from > log files > who actually may have done this ;-) > Suhaib Look on the bright side, it'll make porting the next version of Xfree easier for you... :-) ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html From davidreed@w-link.net Mon Sep 27 22:49:00 1999 From: davidreed@w-link.net (The Reed Family) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 22:49:00 -0000 Subject: Xfree86 application starting error Message-ID: <000801bf0975$6a32c900$8e00a8c0@r450> I have been trying to run the pre-compiled Xfree86 application programs and am getting an error no matter which app I run.???? When I try to run a program such as xclock.exe I get the following error. ???? Error Starting Program ???????????? The LIBICE.DLL file is ???????????? linked to missing export CYGWIN1.DLL:_ctype_. ???? What am I missing or what have I set up wrong? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. From sssiddiqi@ipass.net Tue Sep 28 03:53:00 1999 From: sssiddiqi@ipass.net (Suhaib Siddiqi) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 03:53:00 -0000 Subject: May xfree86 patches References: <19990928.2575154@mis.configured.host> Message-ID: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 9/26/99, 10:06:09 PM, "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" > > wrote regarding May xfree86 patches: > > > > An interesting news, > > someone seems to have downloaded my pacthes for XFree86 > 4.0 developers > > snapshots from > > sourceware and submitted part of these patches to > XFree86 team. Today > I was > > making a new set of pacthes against the recent XFree86 > 4.0 developers > > snapshot > > and notcied some my pacthes with __CYGWIN__ already in there. > > > I sent a complain to Xfree86 list. Now they are trying > to figure out > from > > log files > > who actually may have done this ;-) > > > Suhaib > > Look on the bright side, it'll make porting the next > version of Xfree > easier for you... :-) Yes, and NO. Having incomplete patched code may create more problems. It already did. I had to revisit several clients code and fix them again. Suhaib From ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com Tue Sep 28 04:08:00 1999 From: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com (Suhaib Siddiqi) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 04:08:00 -0000 Subject: Xfree86 application starting error References: <000801bf0975$6a32c900$8e00a8c0@r450> Message-ID: You need a copy of the latest cygwin1.dl from Cygwin latest snapshots. ???? http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/snapshots/ ???? The Xfree86 code is best compiled using the Cygwin snapshots due to enhanced socket features and various bug fixes which were in B20.1.???? This is mentioned in ReadMe or one of the message to the list. ???? If you intend to recompile the code, then you will need the ????cygwin-inst-19990920.tar.gz ???? There are a few other things to be check for compilation, like CYGWIN=binmode ???? Suhaib -----Original Message----- From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com] On Behalf Of The Reed Family Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 1:51 AM To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Xfree86 application starting error I have been trying to run the pre-compiled Xfree86 application programs and am getting an error no matter which app I run.???? When I try to run a program such as xclock.exe I get the following error. ???? Error Starting Program ???????????? The LIBICE.DLL file is ???????????? linked to missing export CYGWIN1.DLL:_ctype_. ???? What am I missing or what have I set up wrong? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. From ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com Thu Sep 30 11:38:00 1999 From: ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com (Suhaib Siddiqi) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:38:00 -0000 Subject: patches for xfree86 Message-ID: Our patches for Xfree86 4.0 (in dvelopemnt) had been accepted by xfree86.org It is a big patch file therefore they (Xfree86.org) needs to filter it and make sure cygwin patches do not break other OS. I am still looking for help for devices drivers issue. i posted to several comp.os.windows.* news groups. A few of the developers replied. Yariv, owner and maintainer of, www.internal.com also have agreed to give expert advice. He would not be able to do actual coding due lack of free time. Suhaib