From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 52742 invoked by alias); 19 Nov 2016 18:49:17 -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 52720 invoked by uid 89); 19 Nov 2016 18:49:14 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-4.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=H*f:sk:2fbc0eb, H*i:sk:2fbc0eb, H*MI:sk:2fbc0eb, Hx-languages-length:2135 X-HELO: limerock02.mail.cornell.edu Received: from limerock02.mail.cornell.edu (HELO limerock02.mail.cornell.edu) (128.84.13.242) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sat, 19 Nov 2016 18:49:12 +0000 X-CornellRouted: This message has been Routed already. Received: from authusersmtp.mail.cornell.edu (granite4.serverfarm.cornell.edu [10.16.197.9]) by limerock02.mail.cornell.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4_cu) with ESMTP id uAJIn9pD000913 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2016 13:49:09 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.5] (mta-68-175-148-36.twcny.rr.com [68.175.148.36] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by authusersmtp.mail.cornell.edu (8.14.4/8.12.10) with ESMTP id uAJIn80b023892 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2016 13:49:09 -0500 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xorg-server-1.19.0-1 (TEST) To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <56bd3cdc-34af-cc57-33cf-92ad5badaca2@cornell.edu> <95889942-402f-e820-2eb7-beb70453a647@aol.com> <2fbc0eb3-ea27-9a34-e42d-aae811e7d2f3@aol.com> From: Ken Brown Message-ID: <8840e74b-1dc0-c9f4-f72a-6d4026f126cc@cornell.edu> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 02:10:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2fbc0eb3-ea27-9a34-e42d-aae811e7d2f3@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Cornell-Gauge: Gauge=XXXXX X-PMX-CORNELL-AUTH-RESULTS: dkim-out=none; X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-11/txt/msg00253.txt.bz2 On 11/19/2016 10:50 AM, Tim Prince wrote: > > > On 11/19/2016 9:41 AM, Ken Brown wrote: >> [Please keep the discussion on the mailing list.] >> >> On 11/19/2016 9:19 AM, Tim Prince wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 11/19/2016 8:42 AM, Ken Brown wrote: >>>> On 11/18/2016 6:52 PM, Tim Prince wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 11/18/2016 2:21 PM, Ken Brown wrote: >>>>>> On 11/18/2016 1:35 PM, Tim Prince wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 11/18/2016 10:31 AM, Jon Turney wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin >>>>>>>> distribution: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *** xorg-server-*1.19.0-1 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> I still haven't learned how to make it start on Win8.1 or 10: >>>>>> [...] >>>>>>> But I don't see it opening an X display, and the taskbar icon >>>>>>> disappears >>>>>>> after a few seconds. May be missing the important user advice. >>>>>> >>>>>> Have you looked for the xwin-xdg-icon in your hidden icons? It's a >>>>>> black C superimposed over a green X. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ken >>>>>> >>>>> The icon stays up in the hidden icons. but seems to have little use. >>>> >>>> Don't you get a menu when you click on it? >>>> >>> That menu has the option to shut down xserver or view documentation but >>> not to open an xterm. >> >> I don't think we're talking about the same icon. The one I referred >> to is a black C superimposed over a green X, and it has many options >> to start programs, including XTerm (under System Tools). It's started >> by the xwin-xdg-icon program, which in turn is started by >> /etc/X11/xinit/startxwinrc (unless you have a ~/.startxwinrc that >> overrides it). Does 'ps' show that xwin-xdg-icon is running? >> >> > I have occasionally got the xdg icon from which xterm can be started, > but I haven't found a reproducible way to bring it up. Sorry, but I'm confused now. When you say "xdg icon", are you talking about the one I described? Your previous message said you've never seen that icon. Are you now saying that it does appear, but only occasionally? Do you shut down the X server and retry when it doesn't appear? Ken -- 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