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RE: CDE Hangs on login with Xfree




> From what I've heard, Sun will continue to support CDE, but 
> will indeed drop support for OpenWindows.  OW will be 
> replaced with Gnome 2.0 when available. Gnome is my current 
> solution to the CDE problem.  My question is:  Is it the only 
> fix to the incompatibility problem between XFree and CDE?
> 
> I've not been able to verify this, as I can't get CDE to run, 
> but if you try to install one of the WebStart packages 
> (*_sfw_*.class) 

WebStart is a Java application and I think a few other Java applications
also crashes on Cygwin/Xfree86.  We have not investigated the cause of it,
yet.


Suhaib

>on Solaris 8 using OpenWindows or Gnome, 
> Xfree crashes (or is this only happening to me?) and dies 
> with an XWin.exe.stackdump.  Or, is this a completely 
> different problem?
> 
> Randy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of 
> Suhaib Siddiqi
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 11:41 AM
> To: 'cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com'
> Subject: RE: CDE Hangs on login with Xfree
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Oliver S Dungey [mailto:odungey@csc.com]
> > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 11:32 AM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > Subject: RE: CDE Hangs on login with Xfree
> >
> >
> >
> > Openwindows is being discontinued as you rightly say. In 
> addition CDE 
> > is being dropped as Sun are adopting GNOME.
> >
> > Oliver
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Yeah right... I know
> but you can install GNOME and/or KDE they supply it on 
> options CD or I think you can download from www.sunfreeware.com
> 
> 
> Suhaib
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>@sources.redhat.com
> > on 10/08/2001 13:03:48
> >
> > Sent by:  cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> >
> >
> > To:
> > cc:   "'cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com'"
> >       <cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com>
> > Subject:  RE: CDE Hangs on login with Xfree
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Sorry to pop in 'out of the blue', but I am a USER (read NOT A
> > > DEVELOPER) of Cygwin/Xfree and I have the same problems with 3 
> > > different Solaris boxes and 7 different W2k machines.
> > >
> > > I have the same setup on each of 7 different W2k machines:
> > >    Latest Cygwin binaries, latest Xfree 4.1.0 release,
> > >    statrup script on a network share containing:
> > >         XWin -screen 0 1024x768x256 -query
> > > $TARGET_SERVER -fp tcp/$TARGET_SERVER:7100
> > >
> > > My 3 Solaris boxes are set up in the following manner 
> (all with the 
> > > latest 'Sun Recommended Patch' packages applied:
> > >    1 - Solaris 8 (Intel)
> > >    1 - Solaris 8 (Sparc - Netra T 1125)
> > >    1 - Solaris 7 (Sparc - Netra T 1125)
> > >
> > > Like Oliver, I can log in to OpenWindows without a hitch,
> > but as soon
> > > as you select CDE as your environment, as soon as the
> > desktop finishes
> > > rendering,
> >
> > Have you tried setting CDE as default desktop environment 
> on the Sun 
> > machines?
> >
> > The OpenWindows will be a history in next release of 
> Solaris.  I read 
> > that due to several issues and incomplabilities Sun plans to 
> > discontnue OpenWindows for good.
> >
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> >
> > >XFree locks up forcing the "three
> > > finger salute" (to bring up task manager) so you can kill it.
> > >
> > > I, too, have searched every machine for multiple .DLL's and
> > none have
> > > been located on any of the 7 W2k workstations.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps in some way.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Randal Cobb
> > > Applications Architect
> > > Daugherty Systems, Inc.
> > > (770) 475-7218
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf 
> Of Oliver S 
> > > Dungey
> > > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 3:36 AM
> > > To: Harold Hunt
> > > Cc: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > > Subject: RE: CDE Hangs on login with Xfree
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for trying it out with Solaris on Intel:
> > >
> > > The command line I use at startup is as follows:
> > > XWin -screen 0 1600 1200 -fp tcp/dolphin:1234 -query dolphin
> > >
> > > What am I running?:
> > > I am using the latest Cygwin binaries as installed over the
> > internet
> > > on a clean install. I am using the last Xfree release 
> 4.1.0 having 
> > > followed the installation instructions to the letter. I
> > have checked
> > > for multiple cygwin DLL's and to my horror I found one
> > installed with
> > > Iona's Orbix product. I removed this file but the problems
> > persist. I
> > > have cleanly installed on about 5 different NT boxes and they all 
> > > suffer the same problems. I can logon with any account using 
> > > OpenWindows with no problems at all.
> > >
> > > Further findings:
> > > I have now found another interesting thing: I can now logon
> > with CDE
> > > with my user account and everything works OK (apart from
> > the periodic
> > > crashes - could have been the old cygwin
> > > dll) but if I logon with any other user accounts XWin
> > terminates just
> > > as the login is completing.
> > >
> > > What next?:
> > > You are quite correct that the Solaris installation would
> > appear to be
> > > the chief suspect (SPARC version, not Intel) although 
> Exceed isn't 
> > > having any problems. It is a pretty standard install but 
> there are 
> > > obviously lots of variables. I will find time to compile a debug 
> > > version and run it through GDB to try and get you some useful 
> > > information.
> > >
> > > Oliver
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Harold Hunt" <huntharo@msu.edu> on 09/08/2001 17:07:05
> > >
> > > To:   Oliver S Dungey/FSG/CSC@CSC, "cygx" 
> <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> > > cc:
> > > Subject:  RE: CDE Hangs on login with Xfree
> > >
> > >
> > > Oliver,
> > >
> > > Well, I downloaded Solaris 8.0 for Intel and installed it
> > on one of my
> > > computers.  I created a new user and logged in via XDMCP. 
>  So far, 
> > > everything has worked fine; Cygwin/XFree86 did not hang on
> > login.  The
> > > User Registration program worked fine and did not cause any
> > crashes or
> > > hangs.  I have clicked the Options menu in dtterm with no adverse 
> > > effect.
> > >
> > > > I don't really know who's bugs these are but they should
> > not really
> > > > cause a crash in Xfree, maybe some warnings but not a
> > full on crash.
> > >
> > > The answer to that question is simple: they are your bugs.
> > You are the
> > > only one that has encountered them, so you own them.  I 
> don't know 
> > > that these are bugs, rather, there is likely something else
> > going on
> > > with your systems. For example, you might have more than
> > one copy of
> > > cygwin1.dll on your system, you may have mixed and matched the 
> > > Cygwin/XFree86 binaries, or you may have a really strange Solaris 
> > > configuration.  In any case, we can't help you until you 
> figure out 
> > > what is going on.
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > >
> > > Harold
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> 


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