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Re: script problem


1.  Where should I place the Stop command?  I would like to keep
everything automated and seemless.

2.  Which cygwin package contain rxvt?

Thanks.


--- Andrew DeFaria <Andrew@DeFaria.com> wrote:

> Asher Vilensky wrote:
> > I'm running my Xcygwin on Windows XP. I have an xterm open 
> > automatically when I start the machine. The problem is when I'm 
> > shutting the machine down. It's giving me the window of "end
> program 
> > now". I think it's waiting for XWin to die. I can see a message
> about 
> > it in the title bar of the "End Now" dialog box. When I look at the
> 
> > task manager I can see XWin.exe running.  The question is how to
> cause 
> > this program to die when I order the
> > machine to shutdown.
> Stop XWin.exe? =-O
> 
> Just out of curiosity, why are you running a heavy process like X
> just 
> to run an xterm? Why not instead use something like Cygwin's rxvt
> (not 
> normally installed by default) which is a lot like xterm but does not
> 
> require a heavy X server to run?
> -- 
> Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
> I don't have a solution but I admire the problem.
> 
> 
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