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--- other:win7apps [2014/11/05 17:35] – More cygwin stuff jypeter
+++ other:win7apps [2016/03/08 15:37] – Changed the suggested cygwin mirror jypeter
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 ===== Cygwin-X =====
-<note important>Cygwin/X should already be installed on your machine\\ This section covers the reinstallation/update, or installation from scratch</note>
+<note important>Cygwin/X should already be installed on your LSCE machine\\ This section covers the reinstallation/update, or installation from scratch</note>
 Web & Download: http://x.cygwin.com/
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 ==== Installing Cygwin-X ====
-  * Make sure that Cygwin-X is not running
+  * Make sure that Cygwin-X is not running (if you have a previous installation of Cygwin)
-  * Get the 64-bit installer (''setup-x86_64.exe'') and start it
+  * Get the 64-bit installer (''setup-x86_64.exe'') and start it (use the regular installer if you have a Win7 32-bit)
   * Accept the default //Install from Internet// mode
   * Accept the default Root/install directory (C:\cygwin64) and install for All Users
   * Select a scratch directory for downloading the installation packages\\ e.g. <disk>:\Scratch\<your_login>\CygwinX
   * Accept the //Direct Connection//
-  * Select a nearby mirror\\ e.g. http://mirror.switch.ch
+  * Select a nearby mirror\\ e.g. http://mirror.easyname.at
   * The Select Packages window should start with the Category view. If this is not the case, click several times on the View button to select the Category view
     * When you select a package, the dependencies will automatically be selected as well
     * View => Pending will display the selected packages and the dependencies that will be downloaded
   * Select the following packages, from:
-    * X11: xorg-server, xinit, xterm, all the font-* packages, font-config, showfont, xlsfonts
+    * X11: xorg-server, xinit, xterm, all the font-* packages, font-config, showfont, xlsfonts, xdpyinfo
     * X11 optional: mesa-demos, x11perf
     * Net: openssh
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   * Accept the default icons creations and exit
-Note: you may want to remove the installation packages directory once you have checked that the installation was correct, unless you want to use the CygwinX directory to perform a network-less installation on another computer. The content of this directory is possibly used when upgrading Cygwin-X
+Note: You can remove the installation packages directory once you have checked that the installation was correct, unless you want to use the CygwinX directory to perform a network-less installation on another computer. The content of this directory is possibly used when upgrading Cygwin-X, so you may want to keep it (it's less than 130 Mb...)
 ==== Updating Cygwin-X ====
-  * Get the latest version of the installer from the Cygwin-X web site.\\ The version number of the installer is not included in the installer file name (''setup-x86_64.exe''), so it's impossible to know if you already have the latest version. But the installer will display warnings after the mirror download site selection if the installer is out-of-date
+  * Get the latest version of the installer from the Cygwin-X web site.\\ The version number of the installer is not included in the installer file name (''setup-x86_64.exe''), so it's impossible to know if you already have the latest version. But the installer will display warnings after the //mirror download site selection// (see //Select a nearby mirror// in [[other:win7apps#installing_cygwin-x|Installing Cygwin-X ]] above) if the installer is out-of-date
-  * Follow all the //Installation// steps detailed above till the //Select Packages// step.\\ Cygwin-X seems to remember the settings of the previous installation, but maybe this is just the case because the download directory of the previous installation (''<disk>:\Scratch\<your_login>\CygwinX'') still exists...
+  * Follow all the //Installation// steps detailed above till the //Select Packages// step.\\ Cygwin-X seems to remember the settings of the previous installation, but maybe this is just the case when the download directory of the previous installation (''<disk>:\Scratch\<your_login>\CygwinX'') still exists...
   * Click on the //View// button till it displays //Pending//, and the list of packages requiring an update are displayed (with the //Current// (installed) and the //New// version number)
   * Click Next and accept the suggested extra packages (dependencies)
-  * Click Next and wait for the download
+  * Click Next and wait for the download and installation
+    * Warning! If you get the //unable to extract /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll// error message during the installation, open the task manager, go to the Processes tab, kill the //cygserver// process, then click on //Retry//
   * Accept the default icons creations and exit
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   * An xterm should appear
+    * Note: this will **NOT** work if you already have a running X server connected to the LSCE asterix servers in XDMCP mode
   * Type 'xterm' and check you get a new xterm window
-  * In the notification zone, right-click on the X icon and choose About. You should get Version 1.15.0 or higher
+  * In the notification zone, right-click on the X icon and choose About. You should get Version 1.16.1 (2014-10-17) or higher
   * Type 'glxgears' and check that you get a window with rotating gears
   * Type 'glxinfo|grep -i opengl' and check the vendor string: it should be the same as your computer's graphics card
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 Start => All programs => Cygwin => Cygwin Bash shell
-  * **sygcheck -c** : list of installed packages
+  * **cygcheck -c** : list of installed packages
+  * **cygcheck -s** : system information and list of installed packages
 Notes:
   * Log files are in: C:\cygwin64\var\log\xwin\XWin.0.log
+    * You can find the installed version of Cygwin at the top of the file (e.g. //Release: 1.16.0.0//)
   * Discussion: http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin.xfree
+==== Cygwin-X tips and tricks ====
+=== Where are the directories? ===
+  * You can use ''df -h'' to get information about the partitions
+  * The Linux root (''/'') directory is located in ''C:\cygwin'' or ''C:\cygwin64'' (depending if you are using a 32bit or 64bit Windows).\\ e.g. ''/home'' is actually in ''C:\cygwin64\home''
+  * The ''C:'' Windows partition (accessible with ''cd c:'' from cygwin) is in ''/cygdrive/c'' (from cygwin)
+=== Solving Cygwin directories access rights ===
+You may encounter Windows access rights problem when using cygwin:
+  * you don't have the correct ownership or enough rights to remove c:\cygwin
+  * when starting cygwin/X, you get an error message saying that you can't write/access ''/var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log''
+  * ...
+These problems can be solved with cygwin!
+  * Start a cygwin shell with administrator rights\\ ''Start => All Programs => Cygwin Bash Shell => right-click and choose to run as administrator''
+  * Use standard Linux commands to check and fix the access rights
+    * ''ls -l'', ''chmod'', ''chown'', ''chgrp'', ...
+      * e.g., to solve the XWin.0.log above, you can use: ''chmod a+rwx /var/log/xwin''
+==== Uninstalling Cygwin-X ====
+You may have to uninstall Cygwin-X if you want to really restart from scratch, or because of some unforeseen technical problems
+  * Official uninstall instructions: https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all
+  * An interesting thread about uninstall: http://superuser.com/questions/167219/how-to-completely-uninstall-remove-cygwin-from-windows-7
+    * Look for hints in there if you get some weird access rights problems!
+      * Some Windows command lines have some potential: ''takeown'', ''icacls''
 ==== Using Cygwin-X at LSCE ====
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   * Select a name for the shorcut: //Asterix64//, //Asterix//, etc...
-==== Trying to have Cygwin-X work on Win7+Intel HDxxx cards ====
+Once you have started Cygwin and logged in with you account on one of the asterix servers, it is highly suggested to activate the windows wireframe moving mode by typing:\\ ''gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources --type bool true''
+==== Trying to have Cygwin-X work faster on Win7+Intel HDxxx cards ====
+  * Activate wireframe mode\\ ''gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources --type bool true''
+  * Check if other metacity parameters should be set?
+    * http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/GNOME.html#GCONF
+    * [[http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/10/gconftool-2-gconf-editor-from-the-shell/|Using gconftool-2]]
   * [[http://aaron-kelley.net/blog/2013/03/cygwinx-xwin-causes-nvidia-optimus-to-run-all-of-the-time/|Should we disable OpenGL ?]]
+    * Start with ''-nowgl'' option, or use the //GLWIN_NO_WGL_EXTENSIONS// environment variable
   * Check the performance and basic parameters with: glxgears -info
   * [[http://www.mesa3d.org/envvars.html|Should we play with the Mesa 3D Graphics Library environment variables]]
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   * Search the cygwin mailing lists: https://cygwin.com/lists.html
     * https://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?wm=wrd&form=extended&m=all&s=D&ul=%2Fml%2Fcygwin-xfree%2F%25&q=
+  * What can we do with cygserver-config ?
+  * Enable //MIT-SHM extension// ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT-SHM|MIT Shared Memory Extension ]])?
+    * http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-shared-memory.html
+===== GIMP ====
+Web: http://www.gimp.org/
+Download: http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
 ===== Gnu emacs + GnuWin DiffUtils =====
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 ==== Download ====
-  - http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/emacs/windows (Emacs installer for Windows)
+  - Emacs installer for Windows: http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/emacs/windows
-  - http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm (Recompiled diff programs for Windows)
+  - Recompiled diff programs for Windows (needed for the //ediff// mode): http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm
-  - {{:other:emacs_win_7_64_140408.zip|}} (JYP's .emacs file)
+  - JYP's .emacs file: {{:other:emacs_win_7_64_140408.zip|for Windows}} - {{:other:emacs_linux_150806.tar|for Linux}}
+  - Annotated reference card of the emacs text editor: {{:other:newppl:emacs_jyp.pdf}}
 ==== Configuration ====
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   - Start Emacs
-==== Notes ====
+==== Misc. emacs related notes ====
+=== Windows specific notes ===
   * Installing the DiffUtils packages makes it possible to use the emacs Tools => Compare (ediff) menu
   * If you get the following error when starting emacs\\ error: The directory `~/.emacs.d/server' is unsafe\\ Use the following solution: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2944197
+=== Other notes ===
+  * Commenting/commenting lines (in a python script, or anything) : ''M-;''
+  * Improving python support: https://samrelton.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/emacs-and-python/
+    * Not tested! FIXME
 ===== QtGrace =====
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   * Go to ''qtgrace_windows_binary_024\bin'' and double-click on ''qtgrace.exe''
-===== Kies (Samsung) =====
+===== Samsung utilities =====
-Web & Download: http://www.samsung.com/fr/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP
+  * Smart Switch: http://www.samsung.com/fr/support/smartswitch/
+  * Kies & Kies3, for older phones: http://www.samsung.com/fr/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP
+===== Malwarebytes Anti-Malware =====
+Web & Download: https://www.malwarebytes.org/
 ===== Putty =====
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 Download: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html (Get the //Windows installer for everything except PuTTYtel//)
+More information: http://ciclad-web.ipsl.jussieu.fr/data/documents/ssh_putty_v2_2011-1.pdf
 ==== Configuring and using pageant ====
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 ===== Microsoft synctoy =====
-<note tip>This is a free and easy to install backup program that will only copy new/modified files</note>
+<note tip>This is a free and easy to install backup program that will only copy new/modified files\\ \\ Using synctoy is very similar to using Linux //rsync//</note>
 Web & Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15155
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 The idea is to create pairs of folders (//left// folder and //right// folder) and to keep them synchronized
-  * Click on Create New Folder Pair
+  * Click on //Create New Folder Pair//
-  * Choose a Left Folder on the computer\\ e.g. F:\Users\jypeter
+  * Choose a //Left Folder// **on the computer**\\ e.g. ''F:\Users\jypeter''
-  * Choose a Right Folder on the backup disk\\ e.g. J:\Backup_JYP\<your_computer_model>\Windata_<your_login>
+  * Choose a //Right Folder// **on the backup disk**\\ e.g. ''J:\Backup_JYP\Dell_Precision_T1700\Windata_jypeter''
-  * Click Next and choose Echo, because we want the backup to be an exact copy of the original folder
+  * Click //Next// and choose //Echo//, because we want the backup to be an exact copy of the original folder
-  * Click Next and give a meaningful name to the folder pair\\ e.g. \<your_computer_model> Windata_<your_login>
+    * Warning! //Exact copy// means that if something is removed in the //left// folder and you run synctoy, synctoy will also erase the same thing in the //right// folder
+  * Click Next and give a meaningful name to the folder pair\\ e.g. ''<your_computer_model> Windata_<your_login>''
   * Finish...
-  * Select the folder pair and click on Change options
+  * Select the folder pair and click on //Change options//
-    * Enable Exclude system files
+    * Enable //Exclude system files//
-    * Disable Save overwritten files in the Recycle Bin
+    * Disable //Save overwritten files in the Recycle Bin//
-  * Click on Preview and check the list of actions that the backup program will use
+  * Click on //Preview// and check the list of actions that the backup program will use
   * Click on Run
+===== Google Drive =====
+Web & Download: https://www.google.com/drive/download/
 ===== VLC =====
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 Download: http://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads
+===== BlueScreenView =====
+This utility makes it possible to display information about previous crashes of a Win computer. Use this if your PC has experienced a BSOD (//Blue Screen of Death//) and you want to know what happened
+Web & Download: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
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