You're not supposed to launch startxwin.bat from a Cygwin prompt, you are supposed to double-click the batch file from Windows Explorer or you can launch startxwin.bat from a Windows command prompt (not a Cygwin command prompt).
Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Martin Bosticky > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 9:14 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: New Xfree User Question > > > Dear XFree crew, > > can I add that i also have the same problem and that I tried to get the > latest cygwin snapshot as described in a recent email and it didn't help. > Perhaps i have missed something during configuration i suppose > but the bash > shell seems to be working fine. I am running Windows 2000 > > Martin. > > >I have run into a problem when I started to learn / use Xfree on my > >XP laptop. > > > >When I launch via /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat at the Cygwin prompt, > >I get the background window, but the terminal window, which on my > >Win98 machine is my shell running bash, appears to be iconized in > >the upper left corner, and when I click on it, it disappears. > > > >I apologize for the awkward and no doubt technically incorrect way I > >have explained this, but I was hoping someone would say, oh, I know > >what that idiot is babbling about. > > > >Wayne Keen > > > > > Martin Bosticky > Software Engineer > Opcom > Office +61 7 3371 1311 > Fax +61 7 3371 1257 > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web www.opcom.com.au <http://www.opcom.com.au/> > >