I changed the command in *my own script* (startxwinJSA.bat), which had worked up to this point, to read:
start XWin -once -nodecoration -query jsa.jaysmith.com
start xwinclip.exe
(My own script (startxwinJSA.bat) did a bunch of extra logging to see where errors were occuring, etc.)
That did *not* work; I got no login whereas I had previously. So, I had to use the startxdmcp.bat script (given at bottom of this message) and added the above command changes to it. I am not sure if startxdmcp.bat came with the XFree stuff or where it came from (it is possible that my systems guy came up with it, but I doubt it).
Apparently running 'start Xwin' in some other script causes 'startxdmcp.bat' to run so stuff was running twice???
Anyway, the problem now is that:
a) I am still (same as before this upgrade) left with a DOS window for the startxdmcp that has to be manually closed. Annoying, but not terrible.
b) I am additionally now left with *another* DOS window for xwinclip. When I try to close it, it says that the program will terminate. It is not desirable to have it there because I normally already run with 6-10 Windows windows running and the task bar is pretty full. There are tons of "error" messages in the xwinclip DOS window (but the copy/paste is working fine).
c) Harold mentioned "restarting" xwinclip. I have not been able to find any instructions on how to do this. The xwinclip readme does not cover that. Please advise.
Thanks for your help. Sorry to be a pain, but to the non-tech user some of this is tough to parse out.
Jay
===== startxdmcp.bat ======
@echo off SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 SET REMOTE_HOST=192.168.1.10 SET CYGWIN_ROOT=\cygwin
REM Cleanup after last run. if not exist %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0 goto CLEANUP-FINISH attrib -s %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0 del %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0
:CLEANUP-FINISH if exist %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix rmdir %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix
REM Startup the X Server and attempt to connect to a remote XDM server.
if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto OS_NT
REM Windows 95/98/Me echo startxdmcp.bat - Starting on Windows 95/98/Me
goto STARTUP
:OS_NT
REM Windows NT/2000/XP echo startxdmcp.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000/XP
:STARTUP
start XWin -once -nodecoration -query jsa.jaysmith.com start xwinclip.exe
