Hi; On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:44, Reid Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Try this: > Copy the shortcut as mentioned earlier in the email trail. > set the Target to be: > C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "/usr/bin/startx -- > /usr/bin/Xwin.exe" > Note the double quotes around the last argument. Without them, Xwin.exe > doesn't start on my box. startx also would not invoke Xwin.exe on my box > unless I explicitly called it ala above > Commmand line invocation-> $ startx -- /usr/bin/Xwin.exe > perhaps it's not reading the symlink properly (the default server is set as > /usr/bin/X, which is symlinked to /usr/bin/Xwin.exe) -- nope, explicitly > setting default server to /usr/bin/Xwin.exe doesn't start it either via a > plain startx on the command line. setting startx to echo the eval of the > invocation yields > > xinit "/home/rthompso/.xinitrc" -- "/home/rthompso/.xserverrc" :0 -auth > '/home/rthompso/.serverauth.5912' > aha -- my .xserverrc has: > #exec X -screen 0 1024x768x16 -engine 4 -ac -nowinkill -noreset > -emulate3buttons 100 > uncomment it and try again from command line a plain startx... xserver > starts up in it's own window with my .xinitrc programs running. > shut it down, and try my copy of the shortcut again, starts again. > > Now that we've established that mine wasn't starting due to the invalid > .xserverrc, reset the shortcut target to > C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startx > and try it -> starts again
I changed my shortcut to what you have here (except I have c:\cygwin_1.7) and I copied and pasted what you have below into my new ~/.xinitrc and it works **GREAT** :-) Thanks! > Pasted below is my .xinitrc (you said you don't have one in $HOME), you can > try this one in your $HOME if you want. It will open a couple of rxvt terms > and and xterm. It is configured to startup the openbox window manager. You > MAY prefer to copy the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to your $HOME/.xinitrc to use > as your base. > > cat .xinitrc > #!/bin/sh > # $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $ > > userresources=$HOME/.Xresources > usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap > sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources > sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap > > # merge in defaults and keymaps > > if [ -f $sysresources ]; then > xrdb -merge $sysresources > fi > > if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then > xmodmap $sysmodmap > fi > > if [ -f $userresources ]; then > xrdb -merge $userresources > fi > > if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then > xmodmap $usermodmap > fi > > > /usr/bin/openbox & > #twm & > #wmaker & > #/opt/gnome2/bin/gnome-session & > > # start some nice programs > rxvt -d :0.0 -geometry 80x35+494+51 -sl 1500 -sr -fg lightblue -bg > darkolivegreen & > rxvt -d :0.0 -geometry 80x20+294-0 -sl 1500 -sr -fg lightblue -bg > darkolivegreen & > exec xterm -geometry 80x6+0+0 -name login > > > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/
