On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Eliot Moss <m...@cs.umass.edu> wrote: > I start X under cygwin using a Windows shortcut to > C;\cygwin\bin\bash.exe where I have edited the target to add > -login -c "/usr/bin/startx -- -unixkill -clipboard -multimonitors" > > When I run it, I get a icon for X windows (desired) but also a > taskbar icon for the bash console (the one that is running > startx).
You could use startxwin.bat That would start the X server (in the notification area) and an xterm, and then terminates. I think the Cygwin 1.7 installer creates a shortcut for you in the Start menu/Programs Csaba -- Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts -- 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