Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
>> I used to add the following option to XWin command because my screen >> resolution is now always recognized automatically: -screen 0 1920x1200 >> >> How can I do the same using .startxwinrc? > > From the announcment: > > "startxwin also accepts command line arguments to use a different DISPLAY > number and add additional options to pass to the server. Please read the > startxwin(1) manpage, which describes both the command-line arguments > accepted by startxwin and the format of the $HOME/.startxwinrc file." I have read that but it was not clear to me. I suspect that I should write "--" before the "-screen" option? Is that true? Frédéric -- 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/
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
On 01/01/2010 04:30, Frédéric Bron wrote: I used to add the following option to XWin command because my screen resolution is now always recognized automatically: -screen 0 1920x1200 How can I do the same using .startxwinrc? From the announcment: "startxwin also accepts command line arguments to use a different DISPLAY number and add additional options to pass to the server. Please read the startxwin(1) manpage, which describes both the command-line arguments accepted by startxwin and the format of the $HOME/.startxwinrc file." Yaakov Cygwin/X -- 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/
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
> IMPORTANT: THE startxwin.bat AND startxwin.sh SCRIPTS ARE NO LONGER > SUPPORTED. I used to add the following option to XWin command because my screen resolution is now always recognized automatically: -screen 0 1920x1200 How can I do the same using .startxwinrc? Frédéric -- 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/
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
On 01/01/2010 01:55, Duane Krings wrote: For of those of us who prefer the X window managers, I would like to request an option to this new command that starts the server _not_ in multiwindow mode as there is no -singlewindow or -nomultiwindow options we can send to the server as overrides. startx Yaakov Cygwin/X -- 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/
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
For of those of us who prefer the X window managers, I would like to request an option to this new command that starts the server _not_ in multiwindow mode as there is no -singlewindow or -nomultiwindow options we can send to the server as overrides. -- 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/
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > On 29/12/2009 16:27, Charles Wilson wrote: >> Sounds like a good idea, but I wish I'd known this was coming before >> wasting time on: >> >> * Improve checkX behavior when used as 'barrier' in startxwin. > > Sorry about that, Chuck, but this was just the latest of a long string > of issues involving these scripts. We've been talking about replacing > them for a while, and the recent traffic on the list was enough of an > impetus to make me finally stop bandaging the scripts and find a better > solution. Plus, we gain argument handling and .startxwinrc, something > the scripts would likely never do. Like I said, it sounds to me like a good idea; there's just so many issues that can go (and have gone) wrong in these scripts -- PLUS, whose idea was it to have TWO, one .sh and one .bat?!!? Yeeesh. We're well rid of them. > Honestly, this wasn't even checkX's fault, so we weren't expecting you > to "fix" it. The real problem here is a corner-case bug in the server; > the race condition that checkX was causing was just the trigger. We > still need to get to the bottom of that, but in the meantime we have a > solution that completely avoids the problem and gives us new features to > boot. Yes, it definitely seemed like some sort of race going on -- I even noticed sometimes that checkX would return success (e.g. was able to call XOpenDisplay()), but that the very next command in my startxwin.sh script would fail with a "can't open display" error. Err...what? So, yeah, I think startxwin.exe/.startxwinrc is a really excellent step forward. -- Chuck -- 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/
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
On 29/12/2009 16:27, Charles Wilson wrote: Sounds like a good idea, but I wish I'd known this was coming before wasting time on: * Improve checkX behavior when used as 'barrier' in startxwin. Sorry about that, Chuck, but this was just the latest of a long string of issues involving these scripts. We've been talking about replacing them for a while, and the recent traffic on the list was enough of an impetus to make me finally stop bandaging the scripts and find a better solution. Plus, we gain argument handling and .startxwinrc, something the scripts would likely never do. Honestly, this wasn't even checkX's fault, so we weren't expecting you to "fix" it. The real problem here is a corner-case bug in the server; the race condition that checkX was causing was just the trigger. We still need to get to the bottom of that, but in the meantime we have a solution that completely avoids the problem and gives us new features to boot. Yaakov Cygwin/X -- 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/
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > IMPORTANT: THE startxwin.bat AND startxwin.sh SCRIPTS ARE NO LONGER > SUPPORTED. > > This release replaces those scripts with a startxwin executable. ! Sounds like a good idea, but I wish I'd known this was coming before wasting time on: 2009-12-29 run2-0.4.0 (release) ... * Improve checkX behavior when used as 'barrier' in startxwin. ... Oh, well. -- Chuck -- 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/
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.2.0-2
The following package has been updated in the Cygwin distribution: * xinit-1.2.0-2 This package includes the startx, startxdmcp.bat, and startxwin commands for launching the XWin server. IMPORTANT: THE startxwin.bat AND startxwin.sh SCRIPTS ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED. This release replaces those scripts with a startxwin executable. By default, startxwin will launch an XWin server in multiwindow mode together with an xterm. A $HOME/.startxwinrc file can be created with a list of commands for startxwin to launch instead of an xterm. startxwin also accepts command line arguments to use a different DISPLAY number and add additional options to pass to the server. Please read the startxwin(1) manpage, which describes both the command-line arguments accepted by startxwin and the format of the $HOME/.startxwinrc file. Yaakov Cygwin/X CYGWIN-XFREE-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO == If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-xfree-announce mailing list, please use the automated form at: http://cygwin.com/lists.html#subscribe-unsubscribe If this does not work, then look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-xfree-announce-unsubscribe-you=yourdomain@cygwin.com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. -- 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/
