From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ua1-x92d.google.com (mail-ua1-x92d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::92d]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8DE183851C2D for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:57:37 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 8DE183851C2D Received: by mail-ua1-x92d.google.com with SMTP id m9so8437654uaq.12 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 09:57:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=tL6dCM6Yx5uQ7lDZqcbXLEsyAqiGUohnDi827sQN3K8=; b=TYkJRR8u9rvbW5QdC/6qLn5Uip5e1eaJAR3x+WkrDpxk214UKSobpk6vRb24dS2/9I ivea25W1vpFdT/N3wvUfRba8fDrlUvTBirB4Cu/9IwYETMA+hgcY7Yytb8IYfNLGzqjb vtTIekvDydBFdVF/cRAuY9lmjUnHfmtPHGjjYhdJDAAW1bIH/nhgX5kdelcxu7oMncTF qlHoPJn092lppiYXa4458YrM2x27TNrrmEbLt6pLnj5tllwId1g5Uzn3ZlWDyY7ymqDj aaAgnrjHFLKJiYU/JHodeKYgNfWbLlgrs2k7qdC97BdLk0LiWtfJHPGuK94QKKeKzNZe PuEw== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuZxib/kUrUYTNdtDXck7Vfvnl0K1cn4MmKRhLFfjtG46tU/rScX ArOzhIyUZV15RvwKB2Rz4pZrJ/7F91jYXymmR60= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypKyPYZa9ubogDl7e0LKVEUeWsiF54d5TWxJxy6NckffyVtSK3lf4Bl8F7jfcsV09aUZgVt9oYAjuG6qzRw0YZ8= X-Received: by 2002:a67:43c7:: with SMTP id q190mr20906496vsa.183.1588093056929; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 09:57:36 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Maarten Hoes Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 18:57:10 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cygwin/X: KDE Desktop To: Tony Richardson Cc: cygwin X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:57:39 -0000 Hi, Thanks for the effort. Now that you mentioned that, I seem to be having similar behavior as you: Xfce start every time I try it. But now that I tried it some more, LXDE is not consistent for me either. Sometimes I get a black screen, sometimes a black screen and the right-click-on-background-menu, and sometimes a normal working LXDE environment. The first time I try to start LXDE after a reboot of my PC seems to work always, and after that I get mostly the black screen without pop-up menu. The only thing I seem to be able to reproduce reliably with LXDE is the first try after reboot. Also, after I have to exit from the 'black screen', I get some remaining 'bash.exe' processes left in MS-Windows task manager (regardless of what desktop environment/desktop manager I tried to start). Sometimes it seems to help if I kill these off before I retry to start LXDE, and sometimes not. Thanks again, - Maarten On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 6:18 PM Tony Richardson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 7:11 AM Maarten Hoes via Cygwin > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> I tried a few different Desktop Environments for comparison. At least >> GNOME-Openbox, KDE-Openbox, Plasma, and MATE give me a black screen and no >> taskbar/menu, pop-up menu with right-click on background, etc., but I can >> start applications on them if I open a Cygwin prompt through the 'Cygwin64 >> Terminal' icon by doing (for example) "export DISPLAY=:0.0 ; xterm". >> >> However, the LXDE and Openbox desktops do give me the familiar things >> (like >> a start-menu, right-click on desktop pop-up menu). >> >> I have no idea where to even begin with troubleshooting the issue (of >> getting KDE or GNOME working). Could it be as simple as some packages that >> have not been installed ? I installed these desktops by selecting the >> packages listed on the Cygwin/X website during the overall Cygwin >> installation (setup-x86_64.exe). >> >> Any and all help is appreciated. >> >> >> >> - Maarten >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 2:38 PM Maarten Hoes >> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > >> > When I run XLaunch and choose single window (or use the KDE 'Plasma' >> > shortcut), I get a black window (or grey, when also supplying '-retro'), >> > but I am not getting a desktop like when I do when I run KDE on Linux >> (KDE >> > taskbar/menu, pop-up menu with right-click on background, etc.). Is >> there a >> > way to do this ? Or am I missing something obvious here ? >> > >> > >> > Any and all help is appreciated, >> > >> > >> > Thanks in advance, >> > >> > >> > - Maarten >> > > Sorry I can't provide help, I just wanted to mention that I have related > (I think) problems. I only have the LXDE and Xfce desktop environments > installed. Xfce starts consistently everytime. LXDE only completely > starts every-other-time. I get the black window one time (with a pop-up > openbox menu). I can log-out and then the next time I get the full LXDE > desktop. There is consistent alternation between the two. LXDE is my > preferred desktop, but I tend to use Xfce because of this problem. > > I thought that there might be some weird interaction in the configuration > files used by the different desktop environments so I deleted all the > config files (dot files) in my home directory but I still see the same > behavior. > > Tony > >