Build with MinGW GCC, link to Cygwin libs, program doesn't work
Christopher Faylor
cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com
Mon Sep 12 22:17:00 GMT 2005
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 05:20:13PM -0400, Daniel Orzechowski wrote:
>I've built a simple application by compiling the source with the MinGW
>version of GCC 3.3.1 , and linking to the regular Cygwin X11 libraries.
>
>My C_INCLUDE_PATH environment variable points to the
>c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\include , and my LIBRARY_PATH variable points to
>c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib .
>
>After calling
>> gcc -o test test.c -lX11-6
>the code compiles and links successfully. I run XWin.exe (which works
>properly; I am able to use xeyes, xfontsel, etc.) and then launch my
>program. It gets stuck on the call to XOpenDisplay(), and does nothing but
>run the CPU up to 99% load until I send it a Ctrl-C.
>
>I'm not very familiar with Cygwin, and wouldn't know where to start looking
>to troubleshoot this. Has anyone ever experienced anything similar to this
>problem, or know where I could look to get started? I skimmed the FAQ but
>didn't seem to find anything relevant.
>
>
>(Switching compilers or Cygwin versions isn't really possible, since our
>customer is dictating what build environment we use. I'm attempting to use
>the Cygwin X libraries since we're evaluating alternatives to the
>commercial off-the-shelf X server and client software we're currently
>using.)
If switching compilers isn't possible then you're out of luck. You can't
do what you are doing here without using the cygwin gcc compiler.
cgf
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