Ruth Ivimey-Cook schrieb:
started writing its log output to the DOS console I can't get the DOS window to go away. How can I get back to the old behaviour?
Try
\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe bash -c -l "Xwin.exe -query SOMENAME &"
This is further described in the thread
6.7.0.0 XWin w/out -nodecoration running in background doesn't display anything
The second is a bug has resurfaced that was fixed in XFree86/Xwin ages ago: quite frequently I find that a key is autorepeating in the X session when it shouldn't, and wouldn't in a normal Win app.
Some people report problems with activated numlock, but i have no idea if this is related, or how to solve it.
