Reid Thanks for providing me with the info. Sadly, no progress. 1. "run xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l" was being invoked, the only change I had made to startxwin.bat was the options for XWin.exe
2. I restored the '-clipboard -silent-dup-error parms' - see from the log: << XWin was started with the following command line: /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error >> 3. I created a /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/system.Xwinrc file by pasting in the lines from your reply and joining up the split comment lines - I used UltraEdit and saved it in UNIX file format. I still end up in the same position. The 'X' icon shows up in the system tray, but I can't interact with it. One of things I found today while searching, said that after the X icon appears, I should get a terminal window open (with horrible colours!), but I don't get that. My guess is that such a window could be expected from the 'run xterm...' statement?. Regards, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- John Ormerod erebor limited -----Original Message----- From: Reid Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 September 2005 19:41 To: John Ormerod Subject: RE: Is my X Servier not fully started (Rel: 6.8.2.0-4) Reid Thompson wrote: > John Ormerod wrote: >> Hello >> I've been struggling all day in what is a new world for me. I need to >> have GUI access to a Linux system that runs in a > > did you comment out this line from your .bat file? > If you did, uncomment it. > > run xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l > > > > .......snip > REM Startup the X Server with the integrated Windows-based window > manager. REM WARNING: Do not use 'xwinclip' in conjunction with the > ``-clipboard'' REM command-line parameter for XWin. Doing so would > start two clipboard REM managers, which is never supposed to happen. > > run XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error > > > REM Startup an xterm, using bash as the shell. > > run xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l > > > ......snip > > > I believe the context menu you are referring to is controlled by a > .XWinrc file in your home directory.... > > $ cat .XWinrc > # XWin Server Resource File - EXAMPLE > # Earle F. Philhower, III > > # Place in ~/.XWinrc or in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/system.XWinrc > > # Keywords are case insensitive, comments legal pretty much anywhere # > you can have an end-of-line > > # Comments begin with "#" or "//" and go to the end-of-line > > # Paths to commands are **cygwin** based (i.e. /usr/local/bin/xcalc) > > # Paths to icons are **WINDOWS** based (i.e. c:\windows\icons) > > # Menus are defined as... > # MENU <name> { > # <Menu Text> EXEC <command> > # ^^ This command will have any > "%display%" # string replaced with > the > proper display > # variable (i.e. > 127.0.0.1:<display>.0) > # or <Menu Text> MENU <name-of-some-prior-defined-menu> > # or <Menu Text> ALWAYSONTOP > # ^^ Sets the window to display above > all others > # or <Menu Text> RELOAD > # ^^ Causes ~/.XWinrc or the > system.XWinrc file > # to be reloaded and icons and > menus regenerated > # or SEPARATOR > # ... > # } > > # Set the taskmar menu with > # ROOTMENU <name-of-some-prior-defined-menu> > > # If you want a menu to be applied to all popup window's system menu # > DEFAULTSYSMENU <name-of-some-prior-defined-menu> <atstart|atend> > > # To choose a specific menu for a specific WM_CLASS or WM_NAME use ... > # SYSMENU { > # <class-or-name-of-window> > <name-of-prior-defined-menu> <atstart|atend> > # ... > # } > > # To define where ICO files live (** Windows path**) # ICONDIRECTORY > <windows-path i.e. c:\cygwin\usr\icons> > > # To define a replacement for the standard X icon for apps w/o > specified icons > # DEFAULTICON <name-of-windows-ico-file-in-icondirectory> > > # To define substitute icons on a per-window basis use... # ICONS { > # <class-or-name-of-window> <icon-file-name.ico> # ... > # } > # In the case where multiple matches occur, the first listed in the > ICONS # section will be chosen. > > # DEBUG <string> prints out the string to the XWin.log file > > // Below are just some silly menus to demonstrate writing your // own > configuration file. > > // Make some menus... > menu apps { > rxvt-green_on_black exec "rxvt -sl 2000 -sb -sr -cr > red -geometry 80x40+200+100 -fg green -bg black -e /usr/bin/bash" > rxvt-yellow_on_black exec "rxvt -sl 2000 -sb -sr -cr red > -geometry 80x 40+200+100 -fg yellow -bg black -e > /usr/bin/bash" "Emacs" exec "emacs" > xterm exec "xterm" > notepad exec notepad > } > > menu root { > // Comments fit here, too... > "Reload .XWinrc" RELOAD > "Applications" menu apps > SEParATOR > } > > menu aot { > Separator > "Always on Top" alwaysontop > } > > menu xtermspecial { > "Emacs" exec "emacs" > "Always on Top" alwaysontop > SepArAtor > } > > RootMenu root > > DefaultSysMenu aot atend > > SysMenu { > "xterm" xtermspecial atstart > } > > # IconDirectory "c:\winnt\" > > # DefaultIcon "reinstall.ico" > > # Icons { > # "xterm" "uninstall.ico" > # } > > DEBUG "Done parsing the configuration file..." > > > > reid reid -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/