From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7039 invoked by alias); 24 Jan 2004 20:34:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 7032 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2004 20:34:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO spanner.eng.cam.ac.uk) (129.169.8.9) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 24 Jan 2004 20:34:32 -0000 Received: from cramp.eng.cam.ac.uk (via root@cramp.eng.cam.ac.uk [129.169.9.4]) by spanner.eng.cam.ac.uk with ESMTP id i0OKYUv26339 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:34:31 GMT Received: from mk329pc.cam.ac.uk (via mk329pc.eng.cam.ac.uk [129.169.26.111]) by cramp.eng.cam.ac.uk with ESMTP id i0OKYUx16244 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:34:30 GMT Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.0.20040124202728.02425130@imap.hermes.cam.ac.uk> X-Sender: mk329@imap.hermes.cam.ac.uk (Unverified) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:34:00 -0000 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com From: Milos Komarcevic Subject: Re: Using startx script without opening cygwin bash command window Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-SW-Source: 2004-01/txt/msg00481.txt.bz2 List-Id: > My question is this... I currently open Cygwin's bash shell window and >type startx to start up my X server. (I use the windowless option to avoid >the ugly background.) But this leaves me with a bash shell that I don't >use. I use my X shell windows. Is there a way to start the X server with >all the options I am currently getting via my startx script without opening >a bash shell window? Why not use already provided startxwin.bat in (/usr/X11R6/bin)? You get it by installing the XFree86-startup-scripts package. Just add -multiwindow -clipboard and comment out the xterm instance Regards, Milos