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Re: Vista, new install, x server does not start, startxwin.bat missing
- From: Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:42:23 +0000
- Subject: Re: Vista, new install, x server does not start, startxwin.bat missing
- References: <002601caa46e$d3a78750$7af695f0$@com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On 03/02/2010 01:18, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
We installed cygwin/x on a new acer laptop (vista).
The X server does not start from the icon, and the x server does not start
from the command line startx
The batch script startxwin.bat is not present.
Don't panic about the absence of startxwin.bat. startxwin.(bat|sh) have been
retired in favour of a shiny new startxwin.exe [1] in an effort to make... X
server startup more reliable :-)
I've finally got around to updating the Cygwin/X User Guide [2] to take note
of this fact
[1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
[2] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html
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Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer
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