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RE: XWin.exe crashing at startup
- From: "Mike Ayers" <mike_ayers at tvworks dot com>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:19:24 -0800
- Subject: RE: XWin.exe crashing at startup
- References: <2b95563f0812061757s1b1ef672w2978fcfb6a811c01@mail.gmail.com> <2b95563f0902261657u17e4b509j2417adfef777e5ba@mail.gmail.com> <2b95563f0902261707n59404748y7a7de47e77281544@mail.gmail.com>
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> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Allen
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:07 PM
> Thought I'd reply to the list about the resolution to this, since
> somebody just asked me about this off-list:
>
> 'startxwin.sh' from a bash window works whereas 'startx' doesn't (also
> works: 'startxwin.bat' from a windows cmd line).
Try:
startx -- -multiwindow -clipboard
> It seems startx is
> broken on cygwin.
Not really, although the behavior changed a little a few months ago (I didn't need the flags before).
I'll see if I can try this on Vista tonight.
HTH,
Mike
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