@acefnq

The development of Cygnix is still in progress. The next release is not a simple update, it will be a complete new Cygnix, which will be called "AmiCygnix" in the future (There is a "Cygnix" for Windows).
It has a new desktop, is faster, more comfortable and some new apps are on the way.

If I had enough time, I could release it in a few weeks, but I haven't. The problem is, that the old apps cannot run on AmiCygnix. I must recreate all apps published so far. The most important programs should be available together with AmiCygnix. So there is much to do.

Here is a snapshot for the curious people :







Stay tuned!


@orgin

Unfortunately not. Only a display driver for the workbench is under development. With this driver you can open the AmiCygnix screen in a window on the WB screen. Let's see, if it will be in my first AmiCygnix package.

@Hans

I guess with "Apache" you mean my port of apache for OS4?
As this port has working CGI support, it is also able to execute python scripts.
Please be sure, that there is the path of the python interpreter in the first line of the script:

#! /C/python

Edgar

@Mikey_C

You can find my paypal donation button on my homepage mentioned in the first post. The address is also mentioned in my user profile
Here is the direct link to the donation page.

I want to take the oportunity to say thank you to all, who nominated me in this thread!

Additional I want to second the nomination of Henning Nielsen Lund (HNL). His abc-shell is included in my Cygnix package. Cygnix would not be possible without it.

Edgar

@TSK

Quote:

Normally the startup script does overwrite the assigns. Please have a look at the file "s:User-Startup". This must be placed
at the END of the file:

;BEGIN Cygnix
assign Cygnix: "<mydrive>:X11R6.3-Pre3"
Path Cygnix:CygnixPPC/local/bin ADD
Path Cygnix:CygnixPPC/bin ADD
Path Cygnix:CygnixPPC/X11R6.3/bin ADD
;execute Cygnix:s/Cygnix-Startup
;END Cygnix

To avoid problems with Cygnix, you should uncomment the line "execute Cygnix:s/Cygnix-Startup", but this can cause problems
with the OS4-SDK or other UNIX ports. This will be solved in the next Cygnix version, because the binaries will not use USR: and
ETC: anymore. Also the environment vars will have a separate directory.


Quote:

There are no vars installed while the installation process. They are defined in the Cygnix startup script. If there are vars
defined in ENVARC: with different values, it can cause problems.
BTW: Reading the docs is always a good idea


[quoteDo you have plans to fix that 32 bit colours problem ? And that 1680x1050 resolution isn't correct still. I'm starting to suspect this Radeon9200 card doesn't think it as standard resolution. Or is it cybergraphics.library that doesn't recognize the resolution ?[/quote]

Yes. The new server will contain several bugfixes and some new features. This bug is also on my list.

The resolution problem is a bit strange. Maybe the BestCModeIDTags() function does not deliver the best screenmode. I guess,
that you have a screenmode with exact these dimensions?

cygnusEd

@Richi

Quote:


Don't know, if they are too shy or maybe not interrested

But seriously: The next version of Cygnix is still work in progress.
One problem is, that I have to recompile every package I've released so
far. The old packages will not work anymore and Cygnix must be completely
reinstalled . I have to accuse me in advance for this. This is also the reason
why I did not release any new software in the last time.

The new binaries are compiled from scratch for newlib and I have some
problems with them. I cannot say, when I will release everything, but I'm afraid
it will need some more weeks.

cygnusEd

@TSK

It is normal, that Cygnix programs are searching for a huge amount of environment vars.
The fact that - for example - "ENVARC:LANG" is sometimes found and sometimes not
is very strange. There are some variables, which MUST be available for sure. Maybe there
are some variables defined with a wrong value. Here are the most important vars with it's
default values:

DISPLAY - "localhost:0"
HOME - "/Cygnix/Home/root"
HOSTNAME - "localhost"
JPEGMEM - "10m"
LANG - "de" (should be "fi" for you)
LANGUAGE - "de" (should be "fi" for you)
MANPATH - "/usr/X11R6.3/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/share/man"
PATH - "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6.3/bin:/C"
PATH_SEPARATOR - ":"
SHELL - "/bin/sh"
TMPDIR - "/T"
TZ - "Europe/Berlin" (should be set to your location "Europe/Helsinki")
USER - "root"

The second possible bug could be, that some standard UNIX paths are set wrong. Most important is
"USR:" and "ETC:". These assigns must be set to "Cygnix:CygnixPPC" / "Cygnix:CygnixPPC/etc" at the
FIRST place. Please check this with the "assign" command.
This can happen, if you've installed the OS4-SDK or an other port of an UNIX software.

Quote:

If you've installed the latest update of Cygnix, you can set the screenmode this way:

SetENV SAVE Cygnix/CYGNIX_SCREEN_MODE cybergraphx@1680x1050x16

Just type this into a shell and press return. Of cource an according screenmode must exist. Internally the X server
uses the BestCModeIDTags() function of the cybergraphics.library to find the amiga screenmode.

Hope this helps

cygnusEd

@TSK

Quote:

Can you specify, for what the programs are searching for? You can use "Snoopy" for this.
Should not be a serious problem. I think there is something wrong in your Cygnix startup.

@Snuffy

I've compiled V 1.1.7 (17.Jan.2006), which is the latest stable version.
Because of X11 it works better than the native version.

There is also a 2.0 version, but it is under development.

@Snuffy

My reply from outer space:

FLTK is already compiled and works well. Is one of the few projects, which
compiles without any change. Do you need a special program?

@OldAmigan

Basically it should be possible to port OO to Cygnix, but it is more work than I can do. Maybe someone else like to try it,
when I've published my new final version of Cygnix and the new SDK.

Because we have AbiWord (and Gnumeric, which I want to publish soon), it makes more sense to port Java to Cygnix first.
As Samurai_Crow said, a lot of interresting apps will be available then. I cannot promise, that I can do that, but I want to try it after I've completed Cygnix and some other stuff.

@Chip

No, sorry. I have no news about a rootless server

@SZAMAN

The default theme for Enlightenment will be of course your OS4 theme
Also the GTK2 theme will be an OS4 theme.

Thanks for your work!

CygnusEd

@acefnq

Quote:

On which kind of partition did you install Cygnix? It is very important for the performance of Cygnix to install it on your fastest HD.

Example:

I've installed two test versions of Cygnix:
The first one on a HD connected to the onboard controller formatted with FFS without caching.
The second one on a HD connected to a SIL0680 controller with enabled DMA and formatted with SFS.

Then I started AbiWord on both systems. On the first system it needs 13 seconds, on the second system it only needed 5 seconds!

You see, that the perfomance of Cygnix depends much on the HD speed. Not only the startup is faster, also working with a program is faster too.


BTW: I figured out, that Cygnix does not work on a partition formatted without support for long filenames!!!
If someone has problems with Cygnix, please check this!

CygnusEd

@spotUP

Sorry for the long silence. I think you're right, it's time for some news

The reason for the silence is, that I have recompiled the Cygnix package completely. Cygnix will be renamed to "AmiCygnix", because on Windows exists a similar system with the same name.

This is new:

* Compiled with newlib instead of clib2. The performance is better and the binaries are smaller now.
*The Unix paths are removed now. No USR:, ETC: ... is needed anymore. This will avoid collisions with
other Unix ports and with the SDK.
* Environment variables must be located in "ENVARC:Cygnix" now. This is also done to remove collisions.

This also means, that old software will not run on the new Cygnix anymore. Maybe I include a "compatibility
mode".


Here are some new programs, which are nearly finished:

To make the Gnome-Office package more complete, I've compiled the spreadsheet Gnumeric 1.63. Here is
a screenshot:









I don't know, if this is interresting for someone, but these programs are also compiled. Would be nice, if you can
give me some feedback:

* Bluefish. A nice editor with syntax highlighting and online help for programmers. Easier to understand than VIM:









* Pidgin 2.2.0. The latest version of the chat software.

* Pioneers 0.11.3. A "sedlers of catan" clone with internet support:









* gmysqlcc 0.2.6. A mysql admin tool with MySQL 5.0.58 support. Also the commandline client are available.

* xpdf 3.02 - the original PDF viewer.

* Xaos 3.1.2 - a fractal renderer.

* and some more...


I'm think it will need some more months for a new release of Cygnix. A report in the Amiga-Future magazine said,
that there will be a Update 4 available soon, but this is not true.
As said above, the next version will be a release called "AmiCygnix" and will (hopefully) contain
an enhanced X server (If I can make it, it will be version X11R7.3, but I'm not sure,
if I can make it).

Greetings
CygnusEd

@walkero

There is a greek spellchecker, but unless you can't type greek it wouldn't help you. But I can upload it, if you like.
I have a problem with the X server and keyboard handling. And yes, it is on my todo-list.

@Snuffy

Hehe, no - klingonian is not available, but some other funny languages. Look here:

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html

@pvanni

Compiling...
Uploaded


@all

If you need a dictionary which is not available, feel free to post it here!

@haymigga

I think I will upload some dicts for AbiWord on OS4depot.


@all

At the moment I have compiled these dictionaries, which I want to
upload to OS4depot:

- czech
- danish
- english (british, american, canadian)
- finnish
- french
- hungarian
- italian
- polish
- portugese

If you need an other dict, please give me a note!


@mufa

Do you need the "Alt" or "Alt Gr" key for this characters? If yes, this is a problem
of the X server, which must be fixed.

@haymigga

Sent you a mail with a link to the dicts you sent me.
But english is not included. Maybe you gave me the wrong one?

Yes, very sad news indeed. He did a lot for the amiga community.

He was also responsible for the GeekGadgets project. Cygnix is based on it
and I think I never had the idea to create Cygnix without it.

Condolences.