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[teiresias]

OK, I'm trying to use Cygwin to log into the unix servers at school so I can do some design work in the Cadence tools from home or from my laptop anywhere in the building.

I've installed Cygwin with all the default packages and added the OpenSSH package. This is what I'm currently doing upon starting Cygwin (basically I'm showing what the prompt says):

Teiresias@teiresiaspc ~
$ startx

At which point I get another bash shell (I'm assuming this is an xterm window). From there I do this:

Teiresias@teiresiaspc ~
$ ssh -Y -l [myusername] [the address to the stations]

I enter my unix password for the machines at school at which point I get the following message:

Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.

This seems kind of odd so I thought i'd mention it, might be part of the problem. This is followed by some messages from the admins at school about reboots and whatnot. Anyway, I finally get to my prompt in my machine, at which point I can browse my directories fine without any problems.

At this point I have to run a script to setup some environment stuff so I do:

$ . cdscdk2003

Then, I go to my cadence directory and type:

$ icfb&

Which should start the cadence tools and open the command interpreter window. However, instead I get the initial Cadence splash screen and it disappears and I get the following warning:

$ *WARNING* Atr: Failed to find 8-plane PseudoColor visual

And then the icfb process ends and I'm back at the prompt.

I've tried opening another xterm and doing everything but that doesn't help either.

Does anyone know if this is something on my end (I'd imagine it is), and if so what am I missing or not doing, it certainly sounds like a X11 thing, but I'm not sure what it is. Thanks if anyone can help.

 

[fallout]

Never used Cygwin before.

For connecting to an xdm server, I have tried using Xnest (i.e. Xnest -query {hostname}) but I get font errors, which probably means I'll have to resolve some xfs problem. Something I'm not looking forward to.

 

[fart]

the cygwin X11 server is terrible! completely worthless imo.

try to find (erm, find) a copy of hummingbird exceed somewhere, or there's that other one i think that's cheaper (60$ for students?)

cygwin will mostly be a waste of time though

 

[teiresias]

I can get Exceed through the university for like $35 for a year-long license, so maybe I'll just do that.

 

[teiresias]

Sorry to bump this, but just wanted to add one thing.

I tried using the latest Knoppix LiveCD on my home PC and tried to login from home the same way I was doing through Cygwin. I still get the same error message when I try to start Cadence about the 8-plan color stuff, so unless the Knoppix X11 server is also crappy I'm not sure getting Exceed would help (since running Knoppix would probably actually be faster).

Anyone have any other ideas?

 

[dendryte]

Does Cadence require a PseudoColor visual? See if you can restart the X server in 8-bit mode. "startx -- -depth 8" might work.

This thread might help you:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-12/msg00068.html

 

[Deleted member 4784]

Why are you installing Cygwin on there? I thought that you can't actually run Linux applications or do much with it yet? If Cygwin has gotten some major updates then I'd like to look into it myself.