And that is the problem (server, shell and xterm have to run as administrator). Even if the programs are set to run at elevated privilege, they will still throw up a UAC dialog, and the user will have to type in an administrator password.
-----Original Message----- From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Scott Fordin Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:00 PM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Vista, new install, x server does not start, startxwin.bat missing FWIW, I've found that, under Vista, I have to run the Cygwin X server, bash shell, and xterm as Administrator for everything to work. Scott Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > On 17/02/2010 08:42, Jim Olson wrote: >> I found that using the (1 year old) startxwin.bat is >> easier than trying to figure out how to get startwin.exe >> with a $HOME/.startxwinrc file after >> trying to do the latter, because I would get >> >> "wmaker warning: wrong option value for key "NewStyle". >> Should be one of new, old, next >> wmaker warning: wrong option value for key "NewStyle". >> Should be one of new, old, next >> wmaker fatal error: it seems that there is already a window manager >> running" > > That's because startxwin with ~/.startxwinrc is for starting the X > server in *multiwindow* mode. If you want to start an X desktop, you > need to be using startx with ~/.xinitrc. > >> when trying to use a $HOME/.startxwinrc equivalent to >> the old startxwin.bat: > > The old startxwin.bat served the same purpose and obviously did not > start another window manager. You may have customized your copy at some > point, but it was never shipped that way. > > > Yaakov > Cygwin/X > > -- > 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/ -- 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/