Brian, On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Brian Deckard wrote:
> Takuma, thanks for your quick response. My apologies in advance to all > (because I don't think this will end up in the proper thread), but I have > still not received a copy of either Takuma's e-mail or mine in my inbox. FYI, you can use the "Raw text" link in the archives to get the mbox-formatted message to reply to -- Google for "cygwin getting references". > I did read the response on the website though and am now very close to a > solution. Using 'startx -- :0', I can open the xserver window with an xterm > started. However, the xterm does not have any toolbars allowing it to be > resized or repositioned. Compounding the problem is the fact that whenever > I launch a remote app like say xclock, it opens on top of the xterm (and > since there are no toolbars, I cannot move or close it either). You need to run a window manager (e.g., twm). The multiwindow mode comes with a built-in window manager (i.e., the Windows one), but for all other modes you need to explicitly run one. > I have tried looking through the xwin arguments mentioned here: > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/configure-cygwin-xfree-options.html > > but do not seem to see anything related (I have tried -scrollbars and > -nodecoration). Just as a workaround, I also tried to see if installing the > other slightly older package of xfree86 using the setup utility would bring > me back to the old green toolbar with white background arrangement that was > working for me before, but no success. Just try running "twm &" from the xterm before you start other clients... You can also add it to your xinitrc. Igor > ----------------------- > Brian, > > The default mode from startx is now -multiwindow that you got. > Although its performance has been improved, you can edit > /usr/X11R6/bin/startx to modify defaultserverargs. Or you can > override default args on invocation, for example 'startx -- :0' > ("--" indicates that following arguments should be given to the > X server). > > Takuma Murakami -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton