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Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:31:42 -0400
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On 10/4/2009 12:39 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 jjr 1.7.0(0.214/5/3) 2009-10-03 14:33 i686 Cygwin
> 
> I can start X-windows but can't start an xterm by right-clicking on the 
> X icon in my system tray.  I get the window but it hangs (empty).   I 
> have moved my .cshrc file out of the way.  My default shell is tcsh. 
> I've also rebooted.
> 
> This problem only started after upgrading from -61 to -62 of cygwin.

Did you upgrade xorg-server at the same time?  Maybe your problem is 
caused by the change in system.XWinrc that I reported yesterday:

   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2009-10/msg00023.html

Ken

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