I have cygwin 1.5.7/xfree-xserv 4.3.0-44. I run clients on a remote Linux box, and tunnel X over ssh to display them on one of two Windows boxes: one Win2K, with PuTTY; and one WinXP, with cygwin/OpenSSH. I start my X servers in multiwindow mode:
XWin.exe -multiwindow -clipboard -dpi 100 Now on both Windows boxes, I have the same three kinds of intermittent information loss: - The window "Close" button (top right) or Close command (from the taskbar) only works on about half of my managed X windows. On the rest, it has no effect at all. I have use the application menus instead to close the window, i.e. File | Quit. - "Maximize" works correctly on only about a quarter of my managed windows. On the rest, Windows maximizes the window, but the newly added area never gets redrawn, and the mouse cursor can't go there. X doesn't seem to know about the new area in the maximized window. I can, however, expand the size of the window by dragging the window borders, even up to about the size of the whole screen, and then the new area is redrawn and usable. - About half of all managed windows show the correct window title, e.g. "KMail". On the rest, I get the generic title "Cygwin/X X". The 2nd and 3rd problems are visible in the screenshot of a maximized X window at http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/images/cygwin-xfree-ssh-problem.png . Output of cygcheck -svr (from the Win2K/PuTTY box) is attached. Any help would be appreciated, and I'd be glad to help troubleshoot. Andrew.