From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 86806 invoked by alias); 23 Jul 2017 15:59:13 -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 85539 invoked by uid 89); 23 Jul 2017 15:59:10 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=DISPLAY, Hx-languages-length:1303, click, icons X-HELO: filter01.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net Received: from filter01.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net (HELO filter01.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net) (199.224.80.228) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 15:59:09 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by filter01.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7AAC1754F6 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 15:59:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay04.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net ([199.224.80.247]) by localhost (filter01.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net [199.224.80.228]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 4GUd6nSIUPW3 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 15:58:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Previous-IP: 32.217.38.37 Received: from ffortso4 (unknown [32.217.38.37]) by relay04.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 20C9943825 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 15:58:52 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 17:39:00 -0000 From: Jack Subject: Re: how to access and display apps that I've launched To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <6885072f-51bf-4077-70d7-432fe9fdf912@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <6885072f-51bf-4077-70d7-432fe9fdf912@onetel.com> (from mikereape@onetel.com on Sun Jul 23 08:32:43 2017) Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-SW-Source: 2017-07/txt/msg00311.txt.bz2 On 2017.07.23 08:32, mike wrote: > Hi >=20 > I updated my Cywin installation on the 21st or 22nd of July 2017. I=20=20 > run 32-bit Cygwin/X on 64-bit Win 7 Pro. If I launch the Cygwin Xwin=20= =20 > Server I get the icon at the very top middle of the screen and can=20=20 > then go into the icons menu and right click on the Cygwin icon and=20=20 > get a list of categories of applications to run and apparently launch=20= =20 > because if I try to launch some and wait long enough and right click=20=20 > on the aforementioned icon and select quit it says there are N apps=20=20 > running and do I want to close them. The problem is that anything I=20=20 > launch through the icons menu doesn't display anywhere and in=20=20 > particular doesn't appear in the task bar. I have read the FAQ and=20=20 > UG but can't find what I'm looking for. It definitely seems to me=20=20 > that the behaviour has changed since before I updated. >=20 > Can somebody please tell me what I am doing wrong? I would be very=20=20 > grateful for any help. Thanks in advance. >=20 > Mike Are you sure those apps you are trying to launch are actually=20=20 installed? You could always bring up a Cygwin terminal (not through=20=20 the X icon) and explicitly "export DISPLAY=3D0:0" and then try to launch=20= =20 one of the apps from the command line to see any errors. Jack -- 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