--- Lun 16/2/09, Franz di Coccio ha scritto:
> Da: Franz di Coccio > Oggetto: starxwin.bat always "misfires" the xterm once > A: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com > Data: Lunedì 16 febbraio 2009, 11:08 > Hi all, > > I have installed cygwin-x on windows XP and I'm pretty > much happy about it. > There is only one little annoying thing that I am not able > to fix. > I use cygwin-x to ssh into linux systems and occasionally > launch > remote applications. > I do not use a x-desktop. > > I've added an icon to the quick-launch windows toolbar > pointing to > startxwin.bat. > Pressing that icon should launch cygwin-x and open a xterm. > It does so on my other window box, running win 2000. > > However, on windows xp there seems to be some glitch. The > first time I > launch the cygwin-x > icon after booting the OS, no xterm pops up. At least, not > immediatly. I have a similar issue. It is probably due to Xwin not yet ready when xterm tries to verify the existence of a X server try to add %CYGWIN_ROOT%\bin\sleep 4 so a 4 second delay (or what ever value is fine for you system) before %RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l this should allow xterm to find a ready Xwin. > I've been waiting > a few minutes, but no trace of xterm all the same. > The xserver is running, though. I can launch an xterm from > by right > clicking the small X icon > in the icon tray, but it opens in /usr/X11R6/bin, prompting > "bash-3.2$". > > If I close the xserver and launch it a second time, all > goes as I expect to. > The xserver is started again, and an xterm almost > immediatly pops out > as required > in startxwin.bat. The xterm correctly starts from my home > directory. > > Therefore I always have to launch cygwin-x, shut down the > server and > launch it again. > As I mention, this "double launching" is not > necessary in win 2000. > The xterm pops up the first time I launch startxwin.bat. > > Is this a known problem? I've tried to search the > mailing list but > came up with nothing. > Perhaps I've used the wrong search terms. > > Thanks a lot for any help > > F Regards Marco Passa a Yahoo! Mail. La webmail che ti offre GRATIS spazio illimitato, antispam e messenger integrato. http://it.mail.yahoo.com/ -- 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/