[GRASS5] GRASS5.0.0pre1 on cygwin/Windows 2000

[Eric G. Miller]

On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 07:51:52PM +0200, Andreas Lange wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i just updated my cygwin installation. There is a new cygwin dll that
> solves some of the problems that i found using the grass modules
> recently. 
> 
> But recompiling the latest pre release code did not fix the X related
> problem.
> 
> The X Driver/Monitor starts, a black, empty window displays, but the
> display modules (d.mon, d.rast etc.) can not connect to the grass
> monitor. The monitor can not be closed with the mouse nor with d.mon
> stop..., it even is not killed if the StarNet X Window system is shut
> down. Only a direct kill with the Task Manager removes the process of
> the XDRIVER. Then a stackdump is left behind. 
> 
> If someone has ideas what to check, please tell me. It once worked with
> this setup.

I don't have any ideas, but I get different behavior (using XFree86)
under CygWin.  I just set it up a couple days ago and built GRASS, but
the monitor exits immediately after showing itself (some Cygwin bug with
select() ???).  If the monitor is locked like you say, maybe it somehow
is stuck in an uninterruptable system call?  Does "ps" give any useful
output (like a "D" state) while this is going on?  Given the kludgey
nature of CygWin, I'm as likely to suspect it as anything.

BTW: If you get GRASSLIST you might want to chime in on the discussion
of no datum transformations in v.proj...

-- 
Eric G. Miller <egm2 at jps.net>