From: Tim Prince <n8tm@aol.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xorg-server-1.19.0-1 (TEST)
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:57:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f00eb60a-b0c9-fdad-0dc0-bcf59c017f51@aol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f157c1aa-31d4-25fa-22ab-483096ada971@cornell.edu>
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.
After several more attempts, from the Start Menu Xterm shortcut, I get
an icon on the task bar which lasts long enough to click on and open an
Xterm. So it looks like it's basically working.
Thanks.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-18 23:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-18 15:57 Jon Turney
2016-11-18 19:21 ` Tim Prince
2016-11-18 23:56 ` Ken Brown
2016-11-19 0:57 ` Tim Prince [this message]
2016-11-19 15:48 ` Ken Brown
[not found] ` <95889942-402f-e820-2eb7-beb70453a647@aol.com>
2016-11-19 15:54 ` Ken Brown
2016-11-19 16:36 ` Tim Prince
2016-11-19 18:49 ` Tim Prince
2016-11-20 2:10 ` Ken Brown
2016-11-20 15:39 ` Tim Prince
2016-12-11 13:57 ` Jon Turney
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