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Re: Startup Sequence...

VSong wrote:

What is the cygwin startup sequence?  I know of three ways that you can
start the X-Server: startx, startxwin.bat, and startxwin.sh.  My
understanding is that when you start X .xsession or .xinitrc are run when
you start X.  Is this true?  I've tried changing my .xsession file, but this
didn't seem to do anything, so in the end I changed hte startxwin.bat.

The .xinitrc is only read when you use startx. On most *nix systems it is the normal way to start the X-Server. Startx starts the server and looks for .xinitrc and executes it. When .xinitrc exits, the X-Server will be terminated too. That is very convenient because you do not have to care about the server.

I recommend using startx because almost every bit of documentation relies on this startup method. It makes live a great deal easier.

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