Unable to use X session under cygwin 1.3.11-3 on NT 4.0 sp. 6

Bernt Guldbrandtsen bg@genetics.agrsci.dk
Thu Jun 27 07:43:00 GMT 2002


Hello all,

I would like to add some information to this.

It is possible to lauch Xfree under Windows 2000 5.00.2195, SP 2 Danish 
version with cygwin 1.3.11-3 using xwin& twm&. However if I then try to 
launch an xterm I get the placement cursor. xterm dies without any error 
messages when I then click in order to place the xterm window.

Downgrading to cygwin 1.3.10 removes the problem.

Hence, it appears that the problem is caused by xterm in combination with 
cygwin 1.3.11-3.

Best regards,

Bernt Guldbrandtsen
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Cygwin Package Information
Last downloaded files to: C:\Documents and Settings\bgu\Dokumenter\cygwin
Last downloaded files from: 
ftp://ftp.nas.nasa.gov/mirrors/cygwin.com/pub/cygwin

Package             Version
XFree86-base        4.2.0-1
XFree86-bin         4.2.0-1
XFree86-etc         4.2.0-1
XFree86-f100        4.2.0-2
XFree86-fenc        4.2.0-2
XFree86-fnts        4.2.0-2
XFree86-fscl        4.2.0-2
XFree86-lib         4.2.0-3
XFree86-man         4.2.0-1
XFree86-prog        4.2.0-1
XFree86-startup-scripts4.2.0-2
XFree86-xserv       4.2.0-7
_update-info-dir    00011-1
ash                 20020131-1
autoconf            2.53a-1
autoconf-devel      2.53a-1
autoconf-stable     2.13-4
automake            1.6.1-1
automake-devel      1.6.1-3
automake-stable     1.4p5-5
bash                2.05a-3
bc                  1.06-1
binutils            20011002-1
bison               1.35-1
byacc               1.9-1
bzip2               1.0.2-2
ccache              1.9-1
clear               1.0-1
cpio                2.4.2
cron                3.0.1-6
crypt               1.0-1
ctags               5.2-1
curl                7.9.8-1
cvs                 1.11.0-1
cygrunsrv           0.95-1
cygutils            1.1.1-1
cygwin              1.3.11-3
cygwin-doc          1.0-1
db2                 2.7.7-3
dejagnu             20010117-1
diff                1.0-1
diffutils           2.8.1-1
ed                  0.2-1
enscript            1.6.3-2
expat               1.95.3-2
expect              20010117-1
file                3.37-1
fileutils           4.1-1
findutils           4.1.7-4
flex                2.5.4-2
gawk                3.0.4-1
gcc                 2.95.3-5
gdb                 20010428-3
gdbm                1.8.0-4
gettext             0.11.2-2
gnupg               1.0.7-1
gperf               0.0
grep                2.5-1
groff               1.17.2-1
gsl                 1.1.1-1
gzip                1.3.2-1
indent              2.2.8-1
inetutils           1.3.2-17
jbigkit             1.2-6
jpeg                6b-7
keychain            1.8-1
less                374-1
libbz2_0            1.0.2-1
libbz2_1            1.0.2-2
libdb2              2.7.7-3
libdb2-devel        2.7.7-3
libiconv2           1.8-2
libintl             0.10.38-3
libintl1            0.10.40-1
libintl2            0.11.2-2
libncurses5         5.2-1
libncurses6         5.2-8
libpng              1.2.3-1
libpng10            1.0.13-3
libpng10-devel      1.0.13-3
libpng12            1.2.3-1
libpng12-devel      1.2.3-1
libpng2             1.0.12-1
libpopt0            1.6.4-4
libreadline4        4.1-2
libreadline5        4.2a-1
libtool             20020202a-1
libtool-devel       20020502-2
libtool-stable      1.4.2-2
libxml2             2.4.17-1
libxslt             1.0.13-1
links               0.96-1
login               1.4-3
lynx                2.8.4-1
m4                  0.0
make                3.79.1-7
man                 1.5g-2
mingw               20010917-1
mingw-runtime       2.0-2
mktemp              1.4-1
mt                  2.0.1-1
ncftp               3.1.3-1
ncurses             5.2-8
newlib-man          20001118-1
opengl              1.1.0-6
openssh             3.4p1-1
openssl             0.9.6d-1
openssl-devel       0.9.6d-1
patch               2.5-3
pcre                3.7-1
perl                5.6.1-2
pkgconfig           0.12.0-1
popt                1.6.4-4
python              2.2.1-1
rcs                 5.7-3
readline            4.2a-1
regex               4.4-2
rsync               2.5.5-1
rxvt                2.7.2-10
sed                 3.02-1
sh-utils            2.0-2
sharutils           4.2.1-2
shellutils          0.0
shutdown            1.2-2
swig                1.3.11-1
tar                 1.13.19-1
tcltk               20001125-1
tcsh                6.11.00-4
termcap             20020403-1
terminfo            5.2-3
texinfo             4.2-3
textutils           2.0.21-1
tiff                3.5.7-1
time                1.7-1
ttcp                19980512-1
ucl                 1.01-1
units               1.77-1
unzip               5.50-1
vim                 6.1-2
w32api              1.5-1
wget                1.8.1-1
which               1.5-1
xpm                 4.0.0-2
xpm-nox             4.2.0-1
zip                 2.3-2
zlib                1.1.4-1
zsh                 4.0.4-1


Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Thu Jun 27 15:30:33 2002

Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2

Path:	C:\cygwin\bin
	C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
	C:\cygwin\bin
	C:\cygwin\usr\local\share\emacs\bin
	C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
	c:\texmf\miktex\bin
	C:\cygwin\windows\command
	C:\cygwin\windows
	C:\cygwin\windows\system
	c:\gstools\gs7.00\bin

SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32
WinDir: C:\WINNT

CYGWIN = `tty notitle'
C_INCLUDE_PATH = `/usr/local/include:/usr/include'
HOME = `c:\bernt'
LIBRARY_PATH = `/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib'
MAKE_MODE = `UNIX'
PWD = `/bernt'
USER = `bernt'

ALLUSERSPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'
APPDATA = `C:\Documents and Settings\bgu\Application Data'
BIBINPUTS = `/texmf/bibtex/bib/:/localtexmf/bibtex/bib/'
BIBSTYLES = `/texmf/bibtex/bst/:/localtexmf/bibtex/bst/'
CDPATH = `.:~:~/sci:~/foredrag'
COMMONPROGRAMFILES = `C:\Programmer\F$(All(Bes filer'
COMPUTERNAME = `HAG-I001'
COMSPEC = `C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe'
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH = `/usr/local/include:/usr/include'
CWFOLDER = `C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior'
DISPLAY = `127.0.0.1:0.0'
HOMEDRIVE = `C:'
HOMEPATH = `\'
INDEXSTYLE = `/texmf/makeindex//:localtexmf/makeindex//'
LM_LICENSE_FILE = `C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\license.dat'
LOGONSERVER = `\\FOULUM-DC3'
LPRPRINTER = `raw'
LPRSERVER = `130.226.241.119'
MANPATH = `/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/X11R6/man'
MWCWINX86INCLUDES = 
`+C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\MSL;+C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Win32-X86 
Support;C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\MSL\MSL_C\MSL_Common\Include;C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Win32-X86 
Support\Headers\Win32 SDK;'
MWWINX86LIBRARIES = 
`+C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\MSL;+C:\Programmer\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Win32-x86 
Support;'
MWWINX86LIBRARYFILES = 
`MSL_C_x86.lib;MSL_Extras_x86.lib;MSL_Runtime_x86.lib;MSL_C++_x86.lib;gdi32.lib;user32.lib;kernel32.lib;'
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1'
OLDPWD = `/usr/bin'
OS2LIBPATH = `C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;'
OS = `Windows_NT'
PAGER = `less'
PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.tcl'
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 15 Model 0 Stepping 7, GenuineIntel'
PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `15'
PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0007'
PROGRAMFILES = `C:\Programmer'
PROMPT = `$P$G'
PS1 = `\w$ '
PS2 = `> '
SHELL = `/usr/bin/bash'
SHLVL = `1'
SYSTEMDRIVE = `C:'
SYSTEMROOT = `C:\WINNT'
TEMP = `c:\DOCUME~1\bgu\LOKALE~1\Temp'
TERM = `cygwin'
USERDOMAIN = `DJF'
USERNAME = `BGU'
USERPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\bgu'
WINDIR = `C:\WINNT'
_ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck'

Use `-r' to scan registry

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c:\bernt                           /bernt                    user    textmode
\cygwin                            /cygwin                   user    binmode
.                                  /cygdrive                 user 
binmode,cygdrive
C:/cygwin                          /                         system  binmode
c:\localtexmf                      /localtexmf               system  binmode
c:\texmf                           /texmf                    system  binmode
C:/cygwin/bin                      /usr/bin                  system  binmode
C:/cygwin/lib                      /usr/lib                  system  binmode
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts  system  binmode
.                                  /cygdrive                 user 
binmode,cygdrive

Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Found: \bin\bash.exe
Warning: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe hides \bin\bash.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\make.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
Found: \bin\sh.exe
Warning: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe hides \bin\sh.exe

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         DLL epoch: 19
         DLL bad signal mask: 19005
         DLL old termios: 5
         DLL malloc env: 28
         API major: 0
         API minor: 53
         Shared data: 3
         DLL identifier: cygwin1
         Mount registry: 2
         Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
         Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
         Program options name: Program Options
         Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
         Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
         Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
         Cygdrive default prefix:
         Build date: Sun Jun 23 22:31:15 EDT 2002
         CVS tag: cygwin-1-3-11-3
         Shared id: cygwin1S3

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     Cygwin DLL version info:
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         DLL bad signal mask: 19005
         DLL old termios: 5
         DLL malloc env: 28
         API major: 0
         API minor: 47
         Shared data: 3
         DLL identifier: cygwin1
         Mount registry: 2
         Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
         Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
         Program options name: Program Options
         Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
         Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
         Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
         Cygdrive default prefix:
         Build date: Tue Nov 6 13:12:58 EST 2001
         CVS tag: cygwin-1-3-4
         Shared id: cygwin1S3

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