This XWin works perfectly for me now with Dexpot. I renamed my 'mywechsel.ini' file, restarted Dexpot, and then launched the XWin (64bit) that you linked to here and my X11 windows are *not* disappearing on desktop changes. :)
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Jon TURNEY <jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk> wrote: > On 18/08/2015 07:11, Greywolf wrote: >> >> I have a workaround and I apologise for blaming it on cygwin. I think >> it's how the unmapping is handled by the desktop manager. > > > Thanks for reporting this issue. > > It seems that a change in 1.17.2-1 had the unintended side-effect of > breaking working with VirtuaWin and Dexpot (windows which were hidden when > switching to another virtual desktop become lost) > > While this can probably be worked-around in the virtual desktop software > configuration, I'd like to try to fix it. > > I've built a snapshot with a potential fix. Perhaps you could try that and > see if it improves things for you? > > ftp://cygwin.com/pub/cygwinx/x86/XWin.20150820-git-fb4e99d8ae5a25c8.exe.bz2 > ftp://cygwin.com/pub/cygwinx/x86_64/XWin.20150820-git-fb4e99d8ae5a25c8.exe.bz2 > > >> On 15.08.17 02:07, Greywolf wrote: >>> >>> ENVIRONMENT: >>> OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit >>> Cygwin: >>> setup 2.871 >>> X11 1.17.2 (x86_64-unknown-cygwin); >>> package version 1.17.2-1 built 2015-07-09 >>> xterm 318-1 >>> OTHER: >>> 3rd party virtual desktop managers - have tried with >>> - dexpot 1.6 >>> - virtuawin 4.3 >>> >>> WHAT HAPPENS: >>> >>> 1. I start mintty, which starts bash. >>> 2. I start an X server; DISPLAY=:0 >>> 3. I start an xterm on the local host, to $DISPLAY. >>> 4. I switch to another desktop on the desktop manager. >>> 5. I return to that window, and the xterm window vanishes. >>> - the processes bound to the window are still running, >>> as is the xterm itself. >>> 6. I see no way to access or return the window to the desktop. >>> * even winlister no longer can access the window handle. >>> >>> The window just hops off the deep end, never to be seen again, >>> but everything connected with that window remains present. > > > -- > Jon TURNEY > Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Nem W Schlecht -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple