From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26685 invoked by alias); 3 Feb 2010 17:42:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 26675 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Feb 2010 17:42:14 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (HELO smtpout.karoo.kcom.com) (212.50.160.34) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:42:10 +0000 Received: from 213-152-38-55.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO [192.168.0.6]) ([213.152.38.55]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 03 Feb 2010 17:42:06 +0000 Message-ID: <4B69B57F.2020706@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:42:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Vista, new install, x server does not start, startxwin.bat missing References: <002601caa46e$d3a78750$7af695f0$@com> In-Reply-To: <002601caa46e$d3a78750$7af695f0$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-02/txt/msg00007.txt.bz2 On 03/02/2010 01:18, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote: > We installed cygwin/x on a new acer laptop (vista). > > The X server does not start from the icon, and the x server does not start > from the command line startx > > The batch script startxwin.bat is not present. Don't panic about the absence of startxwin.bat. startxwin.(bat|sh) have been retired in favour of a shiny new startxwin.exe [1] in an effort to make... X server startup more reliable :-) I've finally got around to updating the Cygwin/X User Guide [2] to take note of this fact [1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html [2] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- 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/