On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 6:33 AM, dahaiou wrote:
>
>
> Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>>
>> I am unable to start an xterm from the Cygwin/X icon in the system tray
>> (right-click, select xterm). Both setups have the same line in .XWinrc:
>> "xterm" EXEC "xterm"
>> As a work-around, I created a shortcut on my desktop to start an xterm:
>> D:\Cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/xterm -display localhost:0
>> That works perfectly,
>
> What exact command is mapped to the "xterm" label in the right-click tray
> menu? It's configured in an init file somewhere though I can't remember the
> filename right now.
"which" points to /usr/bin/xterm
> Can you check whether the DISPLAY variable is set in the xterm process
> started from the tray menu? If it isn't, that would explain it.
I tried this explicitly:
"xterm" EXEC "xterm -display localhost:0"
That didn't make a difference.
One other piece of data: I modifed ~/.XWinrc and then clicked "Reload
.xwinrc" from the menu in the system tray. This KILLED the X server!
- Jim
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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