problems running Cygwin/x

problems running Cygwin/x

[t s]

I successfully installed Cygwin/x on an NTFS drive


unfortunately the menu items are limited to;


one item for Cygwin (cygwin64 terminal)


five items for cygwinx (GNOME openbox, KDE openbox, openbox, xlaunch, xwin server)


please see graphic at;      http://cpm86.com/menu.jpg


if I try GNOME Openbox, or KDE Openbox, or Openbox; it appears to start, but I cannot run xclock and there is no X server icon in the lower right icon panel


if I try xlaunch, it shows a dialog "select display settings", then "select how to start clients", then "extra settings"; then it shows an 'X' icon in the lower RH panel; and when I right-mouse-click the X icon, choose applications/xterm, it brings up a terminal window where I can run xclock etc


if I try "xwin server" it doesn't bring up the xlaunch dialogs, instead it immediately opens a terminal window where I can start xclock etc

essentially I want to be sure Cygwin/x has installed correctly; particularly the three Openbox options do not seem to do anything; should they be bringing up some sort of GNOME or KDE desktop? 		 	   		  
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Re: problems running Cygwin/x

[Jon TURNEY]

On 21/09/2014 17:56, t s wrote:
> I successfully installed Cygwin/x on an NTFS drive
>
> unfortunately the menu items are limited to;
>
> one item for Cygwin (cygwin64 terminal)
> five items for cygwinx (GNOME openbox, KDE openbox, openbox, xlaunch, xwin server)

> if I try GNOME Openbox, or KDE Openbox, or Openbox; it appears to
> start, but I cannot run xclock and there is no X server icon in the
> lower right icon panel
[...]
> essentially I want to be sure Cygwin/x has installed
> correctly; particularly the three Openbox options do not seem to do
> anything; should they be bringing up some sort of GNOME or KDE
> desktop?

It seems that the open start menu links don't work correctly anymore.

It seems that shortcut targets like 'C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe 
/usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "/usr/bin/startx /usr/bin/openbox-session"' need 
the new --quote option in run-1.3.3 to work correctly.

Thanks for drawing this problem to my attention.

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Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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RE: problems running Cygwin/x

[t s]

When you make the changes to "run-1.3.3", can you email me and say when I should re-install the appropriate packages please?


my email is   furriner67@hotmail.com    


thank you

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> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:00:20 +0100
> From: jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> CC: furriner67@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: problems running Cygwin/x
>
> On 21/09/2014 17:56, t s wrote:
>> I successfully installed Cygwin/x on an NTFS drive
>>
>> unfortunately the menu items are limited to;
>>
>> one item for Cygwin (cygwin64 terminal)
>> five items for cygwinx (GNOME openbox, KDE openbox, openbox, xlaunch, xwin server)
>
>> if I try GNOME Openbox, or KDE Openbox, or Openbox; it appears to
>> start, but I cannot run xclock and there is no X server icon in the
>> lower right icon panel
> [...]
>> essentially I want to be sure Cygwin/x has installed
>> correctly; particularly the three Openbox options do not seem to do
>> anything; should they be bringing up some sort of GNOME or KDE
>> desktop?
>
> It seems that the open start menu links don't work correctly anymore.
>
> It seems that shortcut targets like 'C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe
> /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "/usr/bin/startx /usr/bin/openbox-session"' need
> the new --quote option in run-1.3.3 to work correctly.
>
> Thanks for drawing this problem to my attention.
>
> --
> Jon TURNEY
> Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer 		 	   		  
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