From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31059 invoked by alias); 18 Aug 2015 06:12:09 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 31029 invoked by uid 89); 18 Aug 2015 06:12:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: eddie.starwolf.com Received: from eddie.starwolf.com (HELO eddie.starwolf.com) (69.12.250.42) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 06:12:07 +0000 Received: from [172.21.12.13] (rivendell.middle-earth.starwolf.com [172.21.12.13]) by eddie.starwolf.com (8.14.9/8.14.5) with ESMTP id t7I6C4JR009042 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:12:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: X Windows disappearing/unmapping (Win10 + 3rd party virtual desktops) To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <55D1A466.8060408@starwolf.com> From: Greywolf Message-ID: <55D2CCAE.8040704@starwolf.com> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 06:12:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/40.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <55D1A466.8060408@starwolf.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2015-08/txt/msg00296.txt.bz2 [sorry for the top-quote, but...] I have a workaround and I apologise for blaming it on cygwin. I think it's how the unmapping is handled by the desktop manager. You can close this, I think. On 15.08.17 02:07, Greywolf wrote: > ENVIRONMENT: > OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit > Cygwin: > setup 2.871 > X11 1.17.2 (x86_64-unknown-cygwin); > package version 1.17.2-1 built 2015-07-09 > xterm 318-1 > OTHER: > 3rd party virtual desktop managers - have tried with > - dexpot 1.6 > - virtuawin 4.3 > > WHAT HAPPENS: > > 1. I start mintty, which starts bash. > 2. I start an X server; DISPLAY=:0 > 3. I start an xterm on the local host, to $DISPLAY. > 4. I switch to another desktop on the desktop manager. > 5. I return to that window, and the xterm window vanishes. > - the processes bound to the window are still running, > as is the xterm itself. > 6. I see no way to access or return the window to the desktop. > * even winlister no longer can access the window handle. > > The window just hops off the deep end, never to be seen again, > but everything connected with that window remains present. > > The only desktop manager it works with is the one that comes with Win10, > but that lacks some features; notably, the ability to directly access a > desktop with a keystroke. It is just not a viable alternative. > > WHY I AM SUBMITTING THIS AS A CYGWIN BUG: > > Because this happens as a result of using at least two different > non-microsoft desktop managers, and ONLY X11-based applications > are vanishing (xterm plus, as a test, xfd). > > --*greywolf; > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple