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Re: gtk2 using SysV memory? (Was: Re: [ITP] gvim-6.4)
On Dec 27 23:15, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Yaakov schrieb:
>
> >> So what we have here looks like something I don't like, which is, that
> >> running gvim requires to run Cygserver because something, gvim itself or
> >> some library, is using SYSV shared memory.
>
> > After doing some experimentation, it looks like this isn't a specific
> > problem with gvim, but is common to gtk2 apps, e.g.:
>
> > $ CYGWIN= gcolor2
> > Bad system call
>
> > $ gcolor2
> > [runs]
>
> >> I don't think that should be necessary, except in very trying cases like,
> >> say, a database like postgresql. So, whatever is using SYSV shared
> >> memory in this scenario, it shouldn't. The fact that I can start
> >> gvim on local Xmingw server but not on a remote X server shows,
> >> that SYSV shared memory can't be a necessity.
>
> > Gerrit?
>
>
> It is uploaded now, could you test, please?
gvim works fine now w/o SYSV shared memory, even on my remote X terminal.
Thank you!
Corinna
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