From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18297 invoked by alias); 31 Dec 2008 12:14:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 18289 invoked by uid 22791); 31 Dec 2008 12:14:02 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mk-filter-4-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com (HELO mk-filter-4-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com) (212.74.100.55) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:13:22 +0000 X-Trace: 121465534/mk-filter-4.mail.uk.tiscali.com/B2C/$b2c-THROTTLED-DYNAMIC/b2c-CUSTOMER-DYNAMIC-IP/79.66.17.75/None/johne53@tiscali.co.uk X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 79.66.17.75 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: johne53@tiscali.co.uk X-MUA: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArcEACjwWklPQhFL/2dsb2JhbACEA1PHY4ZE Received: from 79-66-17-75.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com (HELO mycomputer) ([79.66.17.75]) by smtp.tiscali.co.uk with SMTP; 31 Dec 2008 12:13:19 +0000 Message-ID: <001d01c96b41$2bbb20e0$4001a8c0@mycomputer> From: "John Emmas" To: Subject: Run a Cygwin (X) app from a DOS command line Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:14:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2008-12/txt/msg00697.txt.bz2 Is it possible to run a Cygwin GUI app (i.e. requiring 'X') from a DOS terminal, as opposed to a bash terminal? After starting the X server I tried "cygstart path/to/my/program" but nothing happened. The app runs fine if I start it from a bash terminal. John -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/