RE: New Xfree User Question

[Florimon van Putte <florimon dot van dot putte at cmg dot nl>]

FWIW: you can also, from the cygwin prompt, run the startxwin.sh script

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Hunt [mailto:huntharo@msu.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 3:22 AM
> To: Martin Bosticky; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: New Xfree User Question
> 
> 
> You're not supposed to launch startxwin.bat from a Cygwin 
> prompt, you are
> supposed to double-click the batch file from Windows Explorer 
> or you can
> launch startxwin.bat from a Windows command prompt (not a 
> Cygwin command
> prompt).
> 
> Harold
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Martin Bosticky
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 9:14 PM
> > To: 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> > Subject: RE: New Xfree User Question
> >
> >
> > Dear XFree crew,
> >
> > can I add that i also have the same problem and that I 
> tried to get the
> > latest cygwin snapshot as described in a recent email and 
> it didn't help.
> > Perhaps i have missed something during configuration i suppose
> > but the bash
> > shell seems to be working fine. I am running Windows 2000
> >
> > Martin.
> >
> > >I have run into a problem when I started to learn / use Xfree on my
> > >XP laptop.
> > >
> > >When I launch via /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat at the 
> Cygwin prompt,
> > >I get the background window, but the terminal window, which on my
> > >Win98 machine is my shell running bash, appears to be iconized in
> > >the upper left corner, and when I click on it, it disappears.
> > >
> > >I apologize for the awkward and no doubt technically 
> incorrect way I
> > >have explained this, but I was hoping someone would say, oh, I know
> > >what that idiot is babbling about.
> > >
> > >Wayne Keen
> > >
> >
> >
> > Martin Bosticky
> > Software Engineer
> > Opcom
> > Office +61 7 3371 1311
> > Fax +61 7 3371 1257
> > Email mbosticky@opcom.com.au
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> >
> >
>