RE: XServer Woes

["Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <siddiqis at ipass dot net>]

> Same problem. :( Also, the first time I try to run it after logging into
> the window station gives an error stating that a memory location could
> not be "read". (Quotes from NT.) Has anyone gotten it working in NT?
>

Yes, I had it working on NT.  So did John Fortin.

Try unzipping all the fonts in all the fonts directories in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
and then run mkfontdir in each subdirectory.

Is your /usr/X11R6 installation on a C:\drive?  If not then /usr directory
can be mounted
to /usr.

Suhaib



> --Matt
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suhaib Siddiqi [mailto:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 6:51 AM
> To: Matt Lewandowsky; Cygwin-XFree Mailing List (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: XServer Woes
>
>
>
>
> Have fonts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc gunziped them mkfontdri
> should fix it.
>
> Suhaib
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On Behalf Of Matt
> > Lewandowsky
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 11:41 PM
> > To: Cygwin-XFree Mailing List (E-mail)
> > Subject: XServer Woes
> >
> >
> > OK. I've taken the plunge and tried to run John Fortin's
> > GGI/DX server
> > under NT. However, I get the following when I try to run it:
> >
> > bash-2.02$ PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file
> > Roman_Merror opening security policy file
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > could not open default font 'fixed'
> >
> > [1]+  Exit 1                  ggiserver
> >
> > What am I doing wrong, since I'm fairly convinced that it
> > is (yet again)
> > my fault? I didn't see anything when I tried to RTFM. I
> > even searched
> > the digests that I keep archived in Outlook. I'm trying
> > to remember the
> > default locations for XF86, but it's been too long since
> > I've had font
> > issues like this... I think I'm looking in the right places... :(
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --Matt
> >
> > P.S. In /usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/PEX, I have Roman.phont and
> > Roman_M.phont,
> > as well as a fonts.dir.  But I cannot find the fixed font. :( I've
> > already run mkfontdir in the /usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/* directories.
> >
> > P.P.S. I'm fairly impressed with the VNC-based X server.
> > I mainly tried
> > it out to see if it would run on NT without crashing my
> > VNC server that
> > I use to connect from home with. It's much faster (for my Eterms
> > exported on the LAN) than Exceed, and it gives about the
> > same number of
> > errors, but the trade-off is the resolution: I can live
> > with the 16
> > colors it gives (after all, I usually restrict my VNC
> > sessions to 8-bit
> > anyway, so no real color loss...), but I wish there were a way to
> > specify a higher resolution... Running at 800x600 leaves
> > a lot of wasted
> > space on my 1280x1024 screen when I have a lot of serious
> > X'ing to do.
> > Just a wish that I'm sure has already been added to a
> > TODO list... :)
> >
> > --
> > Matt Lewandowsky
> > Jr. UNIX Systems Administrator, D2K Inc.
> > mattl@d2k.com <mailto:mattl@d2k.com>    408-487-8897
> > The man with a new idea is a crank
> > until the idea succeeds. - Mark Twain