After Google + read FAQ + reconfig mess and add new Cygwin fonts and x tools packages all is fixed again :)
Upgrade wasn't clean, after it X didn't start with errors:
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Error: Aborting: no font found
and/or:
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/OTF
and/or if it does start:
keyboard doesn't work!
and:
fonts in emacs don't display - chars are all squares
xterm not found, won't start with font error ("ISO8859 font")
funny menu in xterm
Solving it was a matter of adding needed packages such as fonts and x tools which now do not come by default. Also need to fix any customisations you use in cygwin/X as paths etc have changed.
Good detail in the FAQ:
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-x-is-broke
"The upgrade from X.Org R6.8 to modular X.Org R7.4 makes a lot of changes. Please read the announce email and pay attention to the upgrade instructions."
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
From: "Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)"
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:42:45 -0600
"Cygwin/X has been updated to X.Org X11R7.4."
From of old I have started Cygwin/X session like this:
C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/bash.exe --login -e startx
With customisations in ~/.{xinitrc,xserverrc,XModmap} to get keyboard right and start fvwm2.
$ cat .xserverrc
exec XWin :0 -clipboard
$ cat .xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
# $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $
userresources="$HOME"/.Xresources
usermodmap="$HOME"/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f "$sysresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$sysresources"
fi
if [ -f "$sysmodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$sysmodmap"
fi
if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$userresources"
fi
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi
# start some nice programs
fvwm2 &
xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l
# exec xterm
# if you exec?start something then when you exit it all of X shuts down
.Xmodmap # varies depending on machine+keyboard
! for laptop
! for usb/wireless microsoft kbd
!!! \\||~~##``??//@@''""22££$$ !"£$%^&*() -_=+ {[}] :;@' <,>.?/
! R QWERTY row
!keycode 51 = backslash bar
! but this is tilde and hash on usb (R-1 ASD row)
keycode 51 = numbersign asciitilde
! Left - 1 zxc row (beside shift), already default
! keycode 91 = backslash bar
!! the notsign is useless to me & doesn't work
!! so change to something useful
! laptop and usb
! top L 123 row
!keycode 49 (keysym 0xac, notsign) (ac) "¬"
!keycode 49 (keysym 0x60, grave) (60) "`"
! german: keycode 49 = asciicircum degree
keycode 49 = grave bar
!keycode 49 = grave backslash
!keycode 49 = grave asciitilde
!! also CAPS-LOCK is useless >;)
!keycode 66 = Caps_Lock
!keycode 66 = numbersign asciitilde
keycode 66 =
!! keycode 12 = 3£ OR 3# . is confused? (changes with caps-lock?)
!! running xev produces £ okay ... but ... produces #+CR in term?
! keycode 12 = 3£ OR 3# . is confused?
!! for laptop:
keycode 66 = EuroSign EuroSign
!$ xmodmap -pke | grep EuroSign
!keycode 13 = 4 dollar EuroSign cent EuroSign cent
!keycode 66 = EuroSign EuroSign
!$ xmodmap -pke | grep " e "
!keycode 26 = e E eacute Eacute eacute Eacute
!bind AltGr+E to the EuroSign symbol
keycode 26 = e E EuroSign EuroSign eacute Eacute
