From: Thomas Dineen <tdineen@ix.netcom.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Blank Windows
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 18:20:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40cca560-d10e-823f-6620-cfce204e980c@ix.netcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e6fb0911-5993-fe37-fbe9-6f8a56fa09a2@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
Brian:
  Thank You for your response.
  I have already performed the steps you describe below using
setup_64.exe on my Windows 10 64 bit
machine. I installed ALL of the Cygwin distribution (collection,
packages, or whatever you call it). The setup
took about 24 hours and completed without error.
  However: The fact remains:
  When I open Mate, Lxde, or simular windows (From the Cygwin 32bit
Menu), the window opens successfully, but nothing appears inside the window,
no menus, nothing! PS: This dose work on my windows 7 64 bit machine.
  Are you implying below that the applications in the "Cygwin-X
(32-bit)" start menu
are not expected to run?
Thomas Dineen
On 10/3/2019 11:36 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2019-10-03 12:53, Thomas Dineen wrote:
>> I just downloaded the newest Cygwin 64 bit distribution on my new Windows 10
>> Intel machine. The download completed without errors. The Cygwin64 Terminal
>> works just fine.
>> However when I open Mate, Lxde, or simular windows (From the Cygwin 32bit
>> Menu), the window opens successfully, but nothing appears inside the window,
>> no menus, nothing!
> There is no Cygwin distribution to download.
> Cygwin is a collection of packages subject to rolling updates.
> You have to download cygwin.com/setup-x86/_64.exe and run it.
> Select directories to use and packages to download and *install*.
> Wait until setup and all postinstall scripts are complete before proceeding.
> After installation, you may also have to configure some components to have them
> work usefully on your system.
> To use X Window desktops, you should install Cygwin using setup-x86_64, to use
> 64 bits to address adequate space for all components required to be installed,
> and run them a lot faster.
> If you mean the "Cygwin-X (32-bit)" start menu, that will not run 64 bit programs.
> See https://cygwin.com/install.html to get started.
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-03 18:53 Thomas Dineen
2019-10-04 6:36 ` Brian Inglis
2019-10-04 18:20 ` Thomas Dineen [this message]
2019-10-04 18:36 ` Achim Gratz
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