[olug] Cygwin

[Jon]

Yes.  Easy.  Cygwin has its own installer that downloads all available packages ( quite a list ) and then you download the 4.1.0 directory from there X ftp server and follow the how to for initial configuration.  Quite painless.  

get cygwin here-http://www.cygwin.com ( download the get cygwin now app and run it.  It will prompt you for a default install. )

Xfree86 how to is here-http://www.cygwin.com/xfree/docs/ug/cygwin-xfree-ug.html

ftp server for xfree86 ( very fast)-ftp://ftp.nas.nasa.gov/mirrors/cygwin.com/pub/cygwin/xfree

I recomend the ftp.nas.nasa.gov server for the cygwin install as well ( it will give you a list to choose from ) because It is a very low volume server in my experience.  

Hope this helps anyone interested in it.  

PS There is a problem with Xterm in the current build of Xfree86 for cygwin that prevents it from exiting properly.  They have a fixed binary but it still won't exit if your running window maker.  Windowmaker can be built from source when you get cygwin and X setup.

-Jon W

On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 04:50:44PM -0500, Matt Payne wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Jon wrote:
> 
> > Just upgraded my cywin downloaded the latest cygwin Xfree 86 build and
> > downloaded windowmaker sources.  Built like a champ and is running
> > great in a directx window. Anyone stuck on NT that wants a fast cheap
> > X server I can't think of anything better.  Couldn't get black box to
> > compile and I doubt kde is anywhere near the shape it would ned to be
> > in.  Anyway biggest problem is cut and past from X to windows and vice
> > versa.
> > 
> > -Jon
> 
> Jon - This is *AWSOME* 
> 
> It would be great to know how to get this to work.  
> How many PC labs are out there (in high school and colleges) where they
> mirror the PCs.  To have cygwin with X windows configured on these
> machines would allow people (e.g. students) to use tons of X windows based
> tools off of a UNIX (Linux) server in the closet somewhere.  Lots of
> people could use GIMP, ghostview, and tons of other X based programs!
> 
> Is setting up cygwin to do this easy?   Is there one HOWTO document?
> 
> Thanks!!
>  
> -- 
> Matt Payne, (402) 960-3871  Payne at ACM.org
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