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? > > Ken > I've never seen that icon. xwin-xdg-menu shows up in ps (mulitiple copies if I keep trying) but not xdg-icon.
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