Thanks for all your help Jon. My final solution is this shortcut: C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "/usr/bin/startx /usr/bin/fvwm2 -- -rootless"
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Jon TURNEY <jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk> wrote: > On 02/03/2010 01:22, Jon TURNEY wrote: >> >> Start the x server using 'startx -- -rootless' and start fvwm2 from your >> .xinitrc file (typically by making 'exec fvwm2' the last line. NB this >> does not end with an '&') >> >> If you aren't interested in starting other programs from your .xinintrc, >> you can just do 'startx fvwm2 -- -rootless' for the all in one solution >> :-) > > Oops. I mean 'startx /usr/bin/fvwm2 -- -rootless' > > (as man xinit says, the client supplied to startx or xinit must begin with / > or ., otherwise it's treated as client arguments to the default xterm) > > -- > 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/