On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Fredrik Staxeng <> wrote: > "Larry Hall (Cygwin X)" <> writes: > >>On 12/03/2009 04:07 PM, Fredrik Staxeng wrote: >>> What is the recommended/preferred way to start X in 1.7? In 1.5 >>> I used a modified version of startxwin.bat. And where do I >>> put my .xinitrc/.xsession script? >> >>What about startxwin.bat doesn't work for you? There shouldn't be >>differences between 1.5 and 1.7 here. >
1.7 makes some pretty significant changes on how 'mount' works. Basically, Cygwin 1.7 uses a real fstab file instead of a bunch of registry entries and 'mount' only creates temporary mounts. If you want a permanent mount, use the fstab file. In a little bit more detail, see below. From: http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/ov-new1.7.html - Mount points are no longer stored in the registry. Use /etc/fstab and /etc/fstab.d/$USER instead. Mount points created with mount(1) are only local to the current session and disappear when the last Cygwin process in the session exits. - Cygwin creates the mount points for /, /usr/bin, and /usr/lib automatically from it's own position on the disk. They don't have to be specified in /etc/fstab. This discusses the mount table in more detail: http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table This is the help information for mount under 1.7: http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount Thanks. -Jason -- 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/