From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13456 invoked by alias); 5 Feb 2011 23:42:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 13447 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Feb 2011 23:42:48 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_KB,TW_XK,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (HELO mailout-de.gmx.net) (213.165.64.23) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with SMTP; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:42:43 +0000 Received: (qmail 13586 invoked by uid 0); 5 Feb 2011 23:42:40 -0000 Received: from 125.63.153.127 by www061.gmx.net with HTTP; Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:42:39 +0100 (CET) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:42:00 -0000 From: "katrin schmid" In-Reply-To: <20110205210252.GA23458@win.tue.nl> Message-ID: <20110205234239.65360@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20110205125738.265190@gmx.net> <20110205210252.GA23458@win.tue.nl> Subject: Re: failed to activate core devices errors To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-02/txt/msg00004.txt.bz2 hi, thanks for the reply. Swrast_dri.so didnt seems to be the problem in my case, will try the XMing now. I followed this: http://robust.cs.utep.edu/arch1-wiki/index.php/Setup_Xming_and_Cygwin#Installing_and_Configuring_the_Xming_X_Server and got this: C:\Users\katisss>xterm -display localhost:0 Warning: Cannot convert string "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-is o8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion xterm: cannot load font -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-is o10646-1 Do i need to install something? Thanks, katrin -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 01:57:38PM +0100, katrin schmid wrote: > > hi, > > i am trying to start XWin.exe > > in any of the ways described here: > > http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html > > and with just XWin.exe and ends in Sementation fault and failed to > activate core devices errors. > > I found several post disscussing this on the web but no solution. > > You may have missed my posting of Jan 26, which follows. > It mentions two solutions that both work for me: > > - rename /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so > - rebase -d -b 0x70000000 -o 0x10000 /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so > > Before discovering them (from information given here on this list) > I had a cruder workaround: > - use the XMing server instead > > All the best, > > Reinier > > | Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:24:47 +0100 > | Subject: Re: xorg-server-1.9.2-1 Fullscreen Issue > | > | On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 05:48:44PM +0000, Jon TURNEY wrote: > | > On 21/01/2011 04:38, Frederick D. Hansen wrote: > | > > On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 13:37 +0000, Jon TURNEY wrote: > | > >> On 18/11/2010 12:33, Frederick Hansen wrote: > | > >>> Just FYI, after upgrading to xorg-server 1.9.2, any attempt to run > in fullscreen results in an error. Downgrading to version 1.8.2 seems to > correct the issue. Running either version in multiwindow also works. > | > >>> > | > >>> The contents of Xwin.log are shown below: > | > >>> > | > >>> > | > >>> Welcome to the XWin X Server > | > >>> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project > | > >>> Release: 1.9.2.0 (10902000) > | > >>> Build Date: 2010-11-03 > | > >>> > | > >>> XWin was started with the following command line: > | > >>> > | > >>> /usr/bin/XWin -fullscreen -depth 8 -clipboard -silent-dup-error > | > | By the way, on my machine, this is just: > | > | X :0 -multiwindow > | > | > >> [snip] > | > >>> [ 30091.406] (EE) XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp > | > >>> [ 30091.406] (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap > | > >>> [ 30091.406] XKB: Failed to compile keymap > | > >>> [ 30091.406] Keyboard initialization failed. This could be a > missing or incorrect setup of xkeyboard-config. > | > >>> [ 30091.406] > | > >>> Fatal server error: > | > >>> [ 30091.406] Failed to activate core devices. > | > | This was the same for me. > | > | > >> Are you sure that removing -fullscreen allows the X server to start > properly? > | > | I didn't have it in the first place. > | > | > I use XP SP3. I can't reproduce this problem. > | > > | > The problem going away when you remove (and hence prevent from > loading) the > | > dynamically loaded swrast_dri.so *really* makes this look like a remap > problem. > | > | I'm on Windows 7. > | Renaming /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so fixed the problem for me. > | > | I then renamed it back and ran rebase on it > | with the defaults used in rebaseall. X is still starting up. > | > | I then created rebase.lst using the commands used in rebaseall. > | /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so is in there. > | > | But I have run rebaseall immediately prior to starting X > | and it was still failing to start. > | > | So it does appear to be a rebase problem, > | and I have no clue why rebaseall couldn't fix it. > | (It was completing successfully.) > | > | > There is some work upstream to remove this rather pointless fork/exec > of > | > xkbcomp and replace it with libxkbcommon, but that now seems unlikely > to > | > appear in X server 1.10. > | > | > -- > | > Jon TURNEY > | > Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer > | > | -- > | Reinier Post > | > | -- > | Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > | Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > | Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ > | FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de -- NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren und surfen! 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