cygwin-x-doc/faq errors.xml, 1.9, 1.10 i18n.xml, 1.4, 1.5 trouble.xml, 1.8, 1.9

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Update of /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq
In directory gabe:/tmp/cvs-serv22142

Modified Files:
	errors.xml i18n.xml trouble.xml 
Log Message:
moved some entries from the troubleshooting page


Index: errors.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq/errors.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -d -r1.9 -r1.10
--- errors.xml	10 Apr 2004 18:13:50 -0000	1.9
+++ errors.xml	23 Sep 2004 19:46:12 -0000	1.10
@@ -1,38 +1,11 @@
 <qandadiv id="errors">
 <title>&title-errors;</title>
 
-
-<qandaentry>
-<question id="q-trackpoint">
-<para>IBM ThinkPad's with a TrackPoint mouse doesn't allow simulated
-mouse wheel scrolling.</para>
-</question>
-
-<answer>
-<para>[Gerald S. Williams] The TrackPoint driver tries to send scroll
-up/down messages to the default scrollbar in a window.  &project; does
-not use Windows scrollbars for X Client windows, so we must configure
-the TrackPoint driver to send standard WM_MOUSEWHEEL messages to the
-&project; window.  This can be done by editing the TrackPoint
-configuration file that can be found either in
-<filename>%SYSTEM_ROOT%\System32\tp4table.dat</filename> or 
-<filename>%SYSTEM_ROOT%\System32\tp4scrol.dat</filename>.  Add the
-following to the <quote>Pass 0 rules</quote>section:
-<screen>
-; X Windows
-*,*,XWin.exe,*,*,&project;,WheelStd,0,9
-</screen>
-</para>
-
-</answer>
-
-</qandaentry>
-
-
 <qandaentry>
 <question id="q-owner-tmp-.X11-unix">
 <para><errorname>_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be
 set to root</errorname></para>
+<para><errorname>_XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be created</errorname></para>
 </question>
 
 <answer>
@@ -53,6 +26,18 @@
 </answer>
 </qandaentry>
 
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="duplicate-invocation">
+<para>Duplicate invocation on display number: 0.  Exiting.</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>Most likely you have started <filename>&file-server-exe;</filename> 
+twice with <filename>startxwin.bat</filename> or <filename>startx</filename> 
+or a similar script.</para>
+<para>You can't do this. You can only start <filename>&file-server-exe;</filename> once this way. If you want another terminal window (which in fact is just a convenient side effect of running <filename>startxwin.bat</filename>) you should do this by starting <filename>xterm</filename> from the cygwin shell or from the startmenu entries.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
 
 <qandaentry>
 <question id="q-error-font-eof">
@@ -190,6 +175,23 @@
 </answer>
 </qandaentry>
 
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="cygX11-6.dll-missing">
+<para>cygX11-6.dll not found after installation or upgrade</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>
+Reinstall the <filename>xorg-x11-bin-dlls</filename> package. 
+Make sure not to reinstall any <filename>XFree-*</filename> packages.
+</para>
+<para>
+Check if <filename>/usr/X11R6/bin/cygX11-6.dll</filename> does exist.
+</para> 
+<para>
+Check if <parameter>$PATH</parameter> contains <filename>/usr/X11R6/bin</filename>.
+</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
 
 <qandaentry>
 <question id="q-status-access-violation">

Index: i18n.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq/i18n.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -d -r1.4 -r1.5
--- i18n.xml	3 Apr 2004 07:14:26 -0000	1.4
+++ i18n.xml	23 Sep 2004 19:46:12 -0000	1.5
@@ -30,6 +30,25 @@
 
 <para>If the loading fails, check <xref
 linkend="q-xkb-not-working"></xref></para>
+
+<para>If your keyboard layout is not automaticly detected you can send 
+the required information for inluding it to &project-ml;. Please include 
+the following information in your mail:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+<para>The windows keyboard layout code and the layout name</para>
+<para>You will find it in <filename>&file-log;</filename> in lines similar
+to these:
+<screen>(--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00001809" (00001809)
+(EE) Keyboardlayout "Irish" (00001809) is unknown
+</screen>
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>The XKB country code for this layout if you known it.</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
 </answer>
 </qandaentry>
 
@@ -90,8 +109,7 @@
 <para>First check if you are able to change the server to another
 layout via XKB.  The german layout will be good for testing:
 
-<screen>
-setxkbmap de -model pc105
+<screen>setxkbmap de -model pc105
 </screen>
 
 This worked if pressing "Shift" and "8" produces "(" instead of "*".
@@ -100,14 +118,12 @@
 <para>There is currently a problem with the /tmp directory mounted in
 textmode.  You can change the setting to binmode with:
 
-<screen>
-mount -b "$(cygpath -m /tmp)" /tmp
+<screen>mount -b "$(cygpath -m /tmp)" /tmp
 </screen>
 
 If this fails with an errormessage stating unsufficient rights, try
 
-<screen>
-mount -b -u "$(cygpath -m /tmp)" /tmp
+<screen>mount -b -u "$(cygpath -m /tmp)" /tmp
 </screen>
 
 </para>
@@ -135,7 +151,7 @@
 
 <answer>
 <para>This problem is solved in recent Cygwin/X releases. Use cygwin setup to
-upgrade the XFree86-xserv package.
+upgrade the &package-xwin; package.
 </para>
 </answer>
 </qandaentry>

Index: trouble.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq/trouble.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -d -r1.8 -r1.9
--- trouble.xml	4 Jan 2004 15:31:43 -0000	1.8
+++ trouble.xml	23 Sep 2004 19:46:12 -0000	1.9
@@ -67,6 +67,38 @@
 </qandaentry>
 
 <qandaentry>
+<question id="freeze-at-startup">
+<para>Why does &project; freeze right after startup?</para>
+</question>
+
+<answer>
+<para>Zone Alarm 5 is known to break &project;. As a result you'll see
+this line (or a similar) as last output in <filename>&file-log;</filename>
+<screen>Rules = "xorg" Model = "pc101" Layout = "us" Variant = "(null)" Options = "(null)"</screen>
+Disabling Zone Alarm will not solve this problem. You can only uninstall Zone Alarm 5 and switch to an earlier version (4.5 is known to work) or use a different
+personal firewall.
+</para>
+</answer>
+<answer>
+<para>Another reason is <filename>/tmp</filename> mounted in textmode. This does
+only happen with the <parameter>-multiwindow</parameter> and 
+<parameter>-clipboard</parameter> switches because of the extra threads within
+&project;. 
+</para>
+<para>You can remount <filename>/tmp</filename> to binmode with these commands:
+<screen>mount -b "$(cygpath -m /tmp)" /tmp
+</screen>
+
+If this fails with an errormessage stating unsufficient rights, try
+
+<screen>mount -b -u "$(cygpath -m /tmp)" /tmp
+</screen>
+</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+
+<qandaentry>
 <question id="poor-performance">
 <para>&project; has very poor performance. What's the reason?</para>
 </question>
@@ -126,6 +158,66 @@
 </answer>
 </qandaentry>
 
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="q-trackpoint">
+<para>IBM ThinkPad's with a TrackPoint mouse doesn't allow simulated
+mouse wheel scrolling.</para>
+</question>
+
+<answer>
+<para>[Gerald S. Williams] The TrackPoint driver tries to send scroll
+up/down messages to the default scrollbar in a window.  &project; does
+not use Windows scrollbars for X Client windows, so we must configure
+the TrackPoint driver to send standard WM_MOUSEWHEEL messages to the
+&project; window.  This can be done by editing the TrackPoint
+configuration file that can be found either in
+<filename>%SYSTEM_ROOT%\System32\tp4table.dat</filename> or 
+<filename>%SYSTEM_ROOT%\System32\tp4scrol.dat</filename>.  Add the
+following to the <quote>Pass 0 rules</quote>section:
+<screen>
+; X Windows
+*,*,XWin.exe,*,*,&project;,WheelStd,0,9
+</screen>
+</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="no-rootwindow-with-run">
+<para>Why is the root window not shown in normal mode?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>This is a small problem with <filename>run.exe</filename>. If you start <filename>&file-server-exe;</filename> with <parameter>-nodecoration</parameter>, <parameter>-multiwindow</parameter> or <parameter>-fullscreen</parameter> the window will come up normally.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="cross-as-pointer">
+<para>Why is the cross the default cursor in multiwindow mode?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>To workaround this add the command <screen>run xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr -fg white -bg black</screen> to <filename>startxwin.bat</filename></para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="xterm-not-resizing">
+<para>How can I adjust the linewidth in bash after resizing XTerm?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>Try starting <filename>resize</filename>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="numlock-modifier">
+<para>Why do some menus not work if Num-Lock is on?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>The problem are programs which treat Num-Lock as modifier similar to Control. The programs expect a plain click but received some strange Num-Lock-Click combination and can't associate this with the action "open menu".</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
 <!-- Template question and answer. 
 <qandaentry>
 <question id="">