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Re: /usr/bin/startx fails on new x.org install?
- From: "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" <yselkowitz at users dot sourceforge dot net>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:33:41 -0600
- Subject: Re: /usr/bin/startx fails on new x.org install?
- References: <200902181720.n1IHJxf05728@cisco.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
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Lloyd Wood wrote:
> startx -- -multiwindow
> works as xinit does, but is non-obvious to the user. I'd expect startx
> to default to multiwindow mode.
startx is not Cygwin-specific, and as on other platforms, starts the X
server in the rooted mode and launches the X desktop indicated in
~/xinitrc. The Start Menu item is the recommended way to start a
multiwindow session.
> (I'm not getting cut/paste between Windows and xterms in
> multiwindow mode, either. Entirely separate clipboards.)
Use the -clipboard server flag.
Yaakov
Cygwin/X
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