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Re: Can't start xterm from Cygwin/X icon in system tray
- From: dahaiou <dahaiou at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:33:37 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: Can't start xterm from Cygwin/X icon in system tray
- References: <806a89db0912300907g4dea8ed9ub32e8f942fb06710@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>
> I am unable to start an xterm from the Cygwin/X icon in the system tray
> (right-click, select xterm). Both setups have the same line in .XWinrc:
> "xterm" EXEC "xterm"
> As a work-around, I created a shortcut on my desktop to start an xterm:
> D:\Cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/xterm -display localhost:0
> That works perfectly,
What exact command is mapped to the "xterm" label in the right-click tray
menu? It's configured in an init file somewhere though I can't remember the
filename right now.
Can you check whether the DISPLAY variable is set in the xterm process
started from the tray menu? If it isn't, that would explain it.
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