Tried it. Does not work. X11 is fired up and terminates immediately. I am using: ~/.startxwinrc: #!/bin/bash xterm & exec sleep infinity
changing "exec sleep infinity" to wait does not change anything. "~/.startxwinrc" is mode 0755: -rwxr-xr-x 1 sct-muc user 42 30. Sep 09:12 .startxwinrc And XLaunch is started with: C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /bin/xlaunch -p /usr/bin -run /home/sct-muc/.config/XLaunch/config.xlaunch config.xlaunch holds: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <XLaunch WindowMode="MultiWindow" ClientMode="NoClient" LocalClient="True" Display="0" RemoteProtocol="" LocalProgram="xterm" RemoteProgram="xterm" RemoteHost="" RemoteUser="" XDMCPHost="" XDMCPBroadcast="False" XDMCPIndirect="False" Clipboard="True" ExtraParams="" Wgl="True" DisableAC="False" XDMCPTerminate="False" SSHKeyChain="False" SSHTerminal="True" ExtraSSH=""/> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 2:30 PM Eliot Moss <m...@cs.umass.edu> wrote: > On 9/29/2020 6:26 AM, Thomas Schweikle via Cygwin wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I've managed to install cygwin/X on Windows 10. Now I'm looking for > command > > "startxwin" -- does not seen to exist. If following instructions from > > https://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup.html it should be installed? Or is > an > > extra package selected needed beyond what is given in upper mentioned > > handbook online? > > > > If I start "XWin.exe -multiwindow" directly it starts and finishes > > immediately. The recommended idea of creating an > > executable "~/.startxwinrc" holding only "exec sleep infinity" does not > > help. Same behaviour as before. Any other suggestions? > > startxwin is in the xinit package. Personally I use xlaunch, in the > xlaunch package. xlaunch with no arguments fires up a GUI where you > can configure it and save an xlaunch file, e.g., ~/config.xlaunch. > I put a link to xlaunch in my Windows task bar, with the follow > command line it: > > C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe /bin/xlaunch -p /usr/bin -run > /home/moss/config.xlaunch > > You'll need to change paths for your file locations, of course. > > It uses startxwin. Below is my personal .startxwinrc file for a sample. > It > starts a couple of xterm windows and an emacs, all iconized. The emacs > geometry suits my high resolution screen. The "wait" is important - > otherwise > things exit immediately and the X server terminates. > > #!/bin/bash > > xrdb -merge ${HOME}/.Xdefaults > xmodmap ${HOME}/.Xmodmap > > UC="${USER} console" > xterm +tb -geometry 110x62+4+0 -T "${USER}" -n "${USER}" -name "${USER}" > -bg rgbi:.0/.2/.2 -ls > -iconic & > xterm +tb -geometry 110x62-10+0 -T "${UC}" -n "${UC}" -name "${UC}" > -bg rgbi:.5/.0/.1 -ls > -iconic & > emacs --chdir=${HOME} --no-splash --iconic --geometry=130x60+100+100 -T > emacs & > wait > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Thomas -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
