I received an e-mail this morning from a gentleman named Joachim König-Baltes concerning this issue. He found an old post in the Dexpot forums with a different issue, but the solution is working for him (and for me) and now the latest version of xorg-server in Cygwin is working with Dexpot again.
The forum post is here: http://dexpot.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3297 This post has a file to download and place into the Dexpot installation directory. Restart Dexpot and it will work correctly with xorg-server 1.17.2-1 again. In case that forum post goes away, the solution is to create a file name 'myweschsel.ini' in the Dexpot install directory and simply put the following 2 lines in it and restart Dexpot. [Exe] XWin.exe=move Thanks to Joachim for finding and sharing this solution! On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Nem W Schlecht <nem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Finally got a little time to test this a little bit. Unfortunately, > all I can really say is that Dexpot gets confused with X11 application > windows with xorg-server 1.17.2-1 but was completely fine/working with > xorg-server 1.17.1-5. > > Here's what I did just now to test: > 1) Opened up 3 xterms on Desktop 1 of dexpot > 2) Created directories 'one', 'two' and 'three' in my home directory > and cd'ed each xterm into these dirs respectively (this ensured that > each xterm has a unique title) > 3) Minimized xterm "three" to the status bar in Windows, leaving one > and two alone > 4) Switched to desktop 2, waited 3 seconds, switched back to desktop 1 > 5) xterms "one" and "two" have disappeared. xterm "three" is still in > the status bar and be restored and looks fine > 6) ran a 'ps -ef' looking for 'xterm' - I can see all three. > 7) dexpot has a 'Desktop Windows' dialog that will list all windows - > even hidden ones. Only xterm "three" shows up in this list. > 8) Right clicked on X in the task bar and de-selected "Hide Root > Window" - only xterm "three" shows up - neither of the other 2 do. > > Any recommendations on how to test this issue further? > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Nem W Schlecht <nem...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Just tried the new 1.17.2-1 xorg-server - server starts fine, can open >> windows, etc. >> >> I also use Dexpot (http://www.dexpot.de) as a virtual desktop manager. >> When I switch away from a desktop with X11 apps running in it and then >> switch back, all of my windows have disappeared and their icons are no >> longer in the taskbar. If I open up a new window and check my >> processes, the apps are still running. >> >> I'll do some more debugging and report back, but I wanted to get an >> FYI out. dexpot + Cygwin X11 has worked flawlessly in previous >> versions. >> >> -- >> Nem W Schlecht n...@emptec.com >> Empyreal Technologies http://www.emptec.com/ >> "Perl did the magic. I just waved the wand." > > > > -- > Nem W Schlecht n...@emptec.com > Empyreal Technologies http://www.emptec.com/ > "Perl did the magic. I just waved the wand." -- Nem W Schlecht n...@emptec.com Empyreal Technologies http://www.emptec.com/ "Perl did the magic. I just waved the wand." -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple