Re: AW: AW: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-08-06 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 28/07/2012 14:08, Paul Maier wrote: >> >> The cygwin program run.exe is designed to do just that. >> It's what I use for this purpose :-) ... >> > > thank you for your input. 8-) > > I was using run.exe too. run.exe used to hide the window and the task bar > entry. > But since my upgrade from

Re: AW: AW: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-28 Thread Eliot Moss
On 7/28/2012 9:08 AM, Paul Maier wrote: The cygwin program run.exe is designed to do just that. It's what I use for this purpose :-) ... I was using run.exe too. run.exe used to hide the window and the task bar entry. But since my upgrade from Cygwin 1.7.9 to 1.7.15, run.exe only hides the wi

Re: AW: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-28 Thread Eliot Moss
On 7/28/2012 8:57 AM, Eliot Moss wrote: On 7/28/2012 8:15 AM, Paul Maier wrote: Can you recommend me how to start the X Server without getting a task bar entry? The cygwin program run.exe is designed to do just that. It's what I use for this purpose :-) ... ... and I just tried it in the St

AW: AW: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-28 Thread Paul Maier
> > The cygwin program run.exe is designed to do just that. > It's what I use for this purpose :-) ... > Hi Eliot, thank you for your input. 8-) I was using run.exe too. run.exe used to hide the window and the task bar entry. But since my upgrade from Cygwin 1.7.9 to 1.7.15, run.exe only hi

Re: AW: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-28 Thread Eliot Moss
On 7/28/2012 8:15 AM, Paul Maier wrote: Can you recommend me how to start the X Server without getting a task bar entry? The cygwin program run.exe is designed to do just that. It's what I use for this purpose :-) ... Eliot Moss -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-sim

AW: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-28 Thread Paul Maier
> > I would like to start XWin automatically on Windows startup (Windows user > > login). > > I couldn't find any hint in the manual. > > > > Is it possible to run (and automatically start) XWin as windows service? > > Possible? Yes. > [...] > > Running it from the "Startup" program group is t

Re: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-27 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 26/07/2012 23:30, Paul Maier wrote: > I would like to start XWin automatically on Windows startup (Windows user > login). > I couldn't find any hint in the manual. > > Is it possible to run (and automatically start) XWin as windows service? Possible? Yes. You can't run an arbitrary executabl

RE: possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-26 Thread Matt Seitz (matseitz)
> From: Paul Maier > I would like to start XWin automatically on Windows startup (Windows user > login). > I couldn't find any hint in the manual. How about just adding the "XWin Server" shortcut to the "Startup" program group? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simpl

possible to run XWin as windows service?

2012-07-26 Thread Paul Maier
Hi, I would like to start XWin automatically on Windows startup (Windows user login). I couldn't find any hint in the manual. Is it possible to run (and automatically start) XWin as windows service? I tried these attempts, but they don't work: sc create testabc1 binpath= "D:\Programme\cygwin\bi