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Starting XWin in XDM mode with no console app?
- From: Ruth Ivimey-Cook <Ruth dot Ivimey-Cook at ivimey dot org>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 23:59:03 +0100
- Subject: Starting XWin in XDM mode with no console app?
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Folks,
I was wondering if there is any easy way around this issue. I normally use
XWin.exe in it's X-Terminal mode, connecting to an external Linux box. This
works fine, but the way I do it leaves a redundant Win32 console window open.
What I do is run:
C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -c "/usr/X11R6/bin/XWin.exe -broadcast
-unixkill -fullscreen -dpi 100"
from a taskbar shortcut.
bash.exe is only needed because if omitted XWin.exe (or things it runs)
can't find various libraries (if I set the "Start In" dir to "\cygwin\bin",
I get complaints about libs in "\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin", for example).
However, running 'bash' creates itself a blank console window. The reason
running bash helps is, I assume, to do with setting up env vars in the
profile script.
Is there any "cure" for this, or should I just ignore it?
Thanks
Ruth