RE: XFree410 and OpenDX413 problems

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

> 
> I have a new Cygwin installation on Win98 with some problems :
> 
> * Cygwin.1.3.2 binaries installed with with setup.exe
> 
> * XFree.4.1.0 full binaries installed with Xinstall.sh
> 
> * Opendx.4.1.3 Cygwin binaries
> 
> 1. XFree problems :
> 
>    "xterm" works well but it does not recognize the "CTRL D"
> sequence
> and I have to use "xkill" to close the window.
> 
> If I use Xwin.exe with "starxwin9x.bat", two "xterm" windows are
> created, the first one can be closed with "CTRL D" but not the
> second
> one. If I use Xwin.exe with "startxwin.sh", I get only one xterm
> that
> cannot be closed. In both cases, "mxterm" is not found.
> I cannot find any mxterm file in /usr/X11R6. What could I have
> missed
> when downloading the binaries ?
> 
> Same "CTRL D" problem with a commercial X server (WinaXe) and
> typing
> "xterm" in the main bash window.


There is a replacement xterm in "fixes" directory.  Have you tried it?

> 
> 
> 2. OpenDX.4.1.3 Cygwin problems (maybe better for the OpenDX list
> ?)
> 
>   Note : I have to create "csh.exe" as a copy or a link on
> "tcsh.exe" in
> order to run dxworker as only "tcsh.exe" is in the cygwin132
> installation. Why not including a link in the OpenDX.gz file ?
> 
>   Typing "dx" gives the main menu window and I can choose "Run
> Tutorial". But when I try to run, edit or create visual programs
> or to
> run samples, I get first a message "Unable to connect to dxexec",
> then :
> 
> timeout waiting for response from DX
> Internal error detected at "MacroDefinition.C":631
> No files needed to be saved
> 0 [sig] dxui (process number) open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack
> trace to
> DXUI.EXE

try dx -edit

Suhaib


> 
> Thank you in advance for your help
> 
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