From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jari.aalto@poboxes.com (Jari Aalto+mail.linux) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: cygwin/xfree86/emacs problems after upgrading Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 11:02:31 +0200 Organization: Private Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1076230870 27208 80.91.224.253 (8 Feb 2004 09:01:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 09:01:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com, "gnu.emacs.bug" , Cygwin Emacs maintainer , cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 08 10:01:04 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ApkoK-0005v0-00 for ; Sun, 08 Feb 2004 10:01:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ApkoB-0007Ej-44 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Feb 2004 04:00:55 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fi.sn.net!newsfeed2.fi.sn.net!newsfeed.kolumbus.fi!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: a110t7.elisa.omakaista.fi Original-X-Trace: phys-news1.kolumbus.fi 1076230283 5069 81.197.3.110 (8 Feb 2004 08:51:23 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@kolumbus.fi Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 08:51:23 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (windows-nt) (i386-msvc-nt5.0.2195) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7ITjqQFb3yW1x8OvBrfMVI9XmZU= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:120757 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:16705 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16705 * Tue 2004-02-03 Thomas L Roche us.ibm.com> gnu.emacs.help * | | [Cygwin] | $ emacs --debug-init & | $ start XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons | | I typically run 2 emacs windows (second created with C-x 5 b) and | 1 xterm, all of which usually overlap ... until the emacs windows | disappear, apparently randomly, although lately I'm convinced that | emacs crashes are more likely when I'm either resizing or | minimizing its windows. I've so far run 2 cygwin sessions today, | once at home (with access to shared drives via a VPN) and once at | work (directly on ethernet), and the xterm traces have been: You're not alone. Windowed version of Emacs doesn't work under latest Cygwin/Xfree. It either core dumps or Emacs just kills itself by removing all frames from the display. Perhaps Cygwin Emacs maintainer have ideas. I've CC'd him. Jari -- http://tiny-tools.sourceforge.net/ Swatch @time http://www.mir.com.my/iTime/itime.htm http://www.ryanthiessen.com/swatch/resources.htm Use Licenses! http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6225 Which Licence? http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4825 OSI Licences http://www.opensource.org/licenses/