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From: marco atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com>
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Problem with basic startx and xterm - no cursor or focus
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 14:13:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FC62A37.8050903@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK2dOBhgB6i=m3FdSCHSqKp1pMVzYBiFWYdHYcW0pzkCAYTzxg@mail.gmail.com>
On 5/29/2012 7:18 PM, Patrick Hogan wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> A slightly more pared-down version of a question I've posed previously.
>
> From a new Cygwin install on Windows 7 running 1024x768 resolution,
> compare the result of the following two commands run from a Cygwin
> terminal:
>
> startx /usr/bin/xterm -- -logfile broken.log
>
> startx /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 -- -logfile works.log
>
> The first command produces a single unmanaged xterm. No X11 cursor is
> visible and the xterm is unable to receive input focus. It is not
> possible to anticipate where the cursor ought to be and give the xterm
> focus. Unusable.
>
> The second command produces a single unmanaged xterm. The X11 cursor
> is visible and the xterm is able to receive input focus. Works as
> expected.
>
> This seems to be a fairly fundamental problem, and the placement of
> the xterm determines whether the entire X.org session is usable or
> not. Does anyone know anything about this problem?
>
> Regards,
>
> Patrick
>
try using "startxwin" instead of "startx"
in addition
"xterm -ls /bin/bash" should be better for the shell enviroment
in the xterm
Regards
Marco
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2012-05-29 17:19 ` Patrick Hogan
2012-05-29 20:51 ` Senseney, Justin (NIH/CIT) [E]
2012-05-30 14:13 ` marco atzeri [this message]
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