Anybody have a work-around for this super-annoying problem? Jeff Cook IT Consultant 3 Facility Services University of Oregon
XWin -silent-dup-error not so silent * From: "Kenneth Nellis" <knellis at syntek-usa dot com> * To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com> * Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:50:19 -0400 * Subject: XWin -silent-dup-error not so silent * Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com ________________________________________ I find it convenient to have a single icon in my Windows task bar that, when clicked, opens an xterm window without me having to know or care about whether or not Xserver is already running. My icon is associated with Cygwin's X11's standard startxwin.bat script that essentially runs the following two commands (edited here for clarity): \cygwin\bin\run XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error \cygwin\bin\run xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l This script is designed to do what I want: The first command starts Xserver, which is smart enough to detect whether another instance is running and to die if it is. Its (undocumented) -silent-dup-error switch, no doubt, is supposed to cause Xserver to be silent about dying, which is what you want for this scenario. The second command, then, starts xterm in the presence of a single Xserver. This script has worked fine until I upgraded Xserver from 6.8.2.0-4 to 6.8.99.901-1. Now Xserver is rather unsilent in the presence of another instance, displaying a Windows alert box ("A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit..."; see attached) and creating a /tmp/XWin.log file. I was hoping to learn whether this behavior is considered a bug or not and, if it is, whether it's under consideration for a fix. BTW, this change was mentioned in two previous posts--by Chuck on 7/12 ("Xwin.log error") and by me on 7/17 ("fatal error with X Server 6.8.99.901-1")--but neither post illicited a satisfactory response. Please forgive me for making one additional attempt. --Ken Nellis Attached: cygcheck.out, XWinAlert.bmp Attachment: cygcheck.out Description: Binary data Attachment: XWinAlert.bmp Description: Windows bitmap -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/