If you just want a shell running, you can use this: C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sl 5000 -fn 20 -bg black -fg white -sr -e bash --login -i (I have that as a shortcut in my start menu)
(it is not xterm, but rxvt. It works without X.) Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: "Siegfried Heintze (Aditi)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com" <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:03:17 -0700 Subject: FW: How to create an icon to startx with no extra CMD.EXE window > > Thank you for the responses regarding "-sb -sl 6000". > > I had a quick launch icon that would execute "startx" in bash but that does > not seem to use the > startxwin.sh or startxwin.bat files. So I change my icon in my quick launch > bar to this: > > C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe /usr/bin/X11/startxwin.sh > > So this starts the xterm with scroll bars and (I assume) 6000 lines of > history. Hurray! Thanks! > > But I have this ugly console hanging around. When I kill it, it kills X as > well. Is there a way > to have an icon that does not create a superfluous console window? > > Thanks, > Siegfried > > -- > 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/ > -- 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/
