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RE: Is my X Server not fully started? (Rel: 6.8.2.0-4)
- From: "John Ormerod" <john dot ormerod at erebor dot co dot uk>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:25:27 +0100
- Subject: RE: Is my X Server not fully started? (Rel: 6.8.2.0-4)
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Reid
Thanks for providing me with the info. Sadly, no progress.
1. "run xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l" was being invoked, the only change I had
made to startxwin.bat was the options for XWin.exe
2. I restored the '-clipboard -silent-dup-error parms' - see from the log:
<<
XWin was started with the following command line:
/usr/X11R6/bin/XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
>>
3. I created a /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/system.Xwinrc file by pasting in the lines
from your reply and joining up the split comment lines - I used UltraEdit
and saved it in UNIX file format.
I still end up in the same position. The 'X' icon shows up in the system
tray, but I can't interact with it.
One of things I found today while searching, said that after the X icon
appears, I should get a terminal window open (with horrible colours!), but I
don't get that. My guess is that such a window could be expected from the
'run xterm...' statement?.
Regards, John
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John Ormerod
erebor limited
-----Original Message-----
From: Reid Thompson [mailto:Reid.Thompson@ateb.com]
Sent: 14 September 2005 19:41
To: John Ormerod
Subject: RE: Is my X Servier not fully started (Rel: 6.8.2.0-4)
Reid Thompson wrote:
> John Ormerod wrote:
>> Hello
>> I've been struggling all day in what is a new world for me. I need to
>> have GUI access to a Linux system that runs in a
>
> did you comment out this line from your .bat file?
> If you did, uncomment it.
>
> run xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l
>
>
>
> .......snip
> REM Startup the X Server with the integrated Windows-based window
> manager. REM WARNING: Do not use 'xwinclip' in conjunction with the
> ``-clipboard'' REM command-line parameter for XWin. Doing so would
> start two clipboard REM managers, which is never supposed to happen.
>
> run XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
>
>
> REM Startup an xterm, using bash as the shell.
>
> run xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l
>
>
> ......snip
>
>
> I believe the context menu you are referring to is controlled by a
> .XWinrc file in your home directory....
>
> $ cat .XWinrc
> # XWin Server Resource File - EXAMPLE
> # Earle F. Philhower, III
>
> # Place in ~/.XWinrc or in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/system.XWinrc
>
> # Keywords are case insensitive, comments legal pretty much anywhere #
> you can have an end-of-line
>
> # Comments begin with "#" or "//" and go to the end-of-line
>
> # Paths to commands are **cygwin** based (i.e. /usr/local/bin/xcalc)
>
> # Paths to icons are **WINDOWS** based (i.e. c:\windows\icons)
>
> # Menus are defined as...
> # MENU <name> {
> # <Menu Text> EXEC <command>
> # ^^ This command will have any
> "%display%" # string replaced with
> the
> proper display
> # variable (i.e.
> 127.0.0.1:<display>.0)
> # or <Menu Text> MENU <name-of-some-prior-defined-menu>
> # or <Menu Text> ALWAYSONTOP
> # ^^ Sets the window to display above
> all others
> # or <Menu Text> RELOAD
> # ^^ Causes ~/.XWinrc or the
> system.XWinrc file
> # to be reloaded and icons and
> menus regenerated
> # or SEPARATOR
> # ...
> # }
>
> # Set the taskmar menu with
> # ROOTMENU <name-of-some-prior-defined-menu>
>
> # If you want a menu to be applied to all popup window's system menu #
> DEFAULTSYSMENU <name-of-some-prior-defined-menu> <atstart|atend>
>
> # To choose a specific menu for a specific WM_CLASS or WM_NAME use ...
> # SYSMENU {
> # <class-or-name-of-window>
> <name-of-prior-defined-menu> <atstart|atend>
> # ...
> # }
>
> # To define where ICO files live (** Windows path**) # ICONDIRECTORY
> <windows-path i.e. c:\cygwin\usr\icons>
>
> # To define a replacement for the standard X icon for apps w/o
> specified icons
> # DEFAULTICON <name-of-windows-ico-file-in-icondirectory>
>
> # To define substitute icons on a per-window basis use... # ICONS {
> # <class-or-name-of-window> <icon-file-name.ico> # ...
> # }
> # In the case where multiple matches occur, the first listed in the
> ICONS # section will be chosen.
>
> # DEBUG <string> prints out the string to the XWin.log file
>
> // Below are just some silly menus to demonstrate writing your // own
> configuration file.
>
> // Make some menus...
> menu apps {
> rxvt-green_on_black exec "rxvt -sl 2000 -sb -sr -cr
> red -geometry 80x40+200+100 -fg green -bg black -e /usr/bin/bash"
> rxvt-yellow_on_black exec "rxvt -sl 2000 -sb -sr -cr red
> -geometry 80x 40+200+100 -fg yellow -bg black -e
> /usr/bin/bash" "Emacs" exec "emacs"
> xterm exec "xterm"
> notepad exec notepad
> }
>
> menu root {
> // Comments fit here, too...
> "Reload .XWinrc" RELOAD
> "Applications" menu apps
> SEParATOR
> }
>
> menu aot {
> Separator
> "Always on Top" alwaysontop
> }
>
> menu xtermspecial {
> "Emacs" exec "emacs"
> "Always on Top" alwaysontop
> SepArAtor
> }
>
> RootMenu root
>
> DefaultSysMenu aot atend
>
> SysMenu {
> "xterm" xtermspecial atstart
> }
>
> # IconDirectory "c:\winnt\"
>
> # DefaultIcon "reinstall.ico"
>
> # Icons {
> # "xterm" "uninstall.ico"
> # }
>
> DEBUG "Done parsing the configuration file..."
>
>
>
> reid
reid
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