X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <496E1130.1090106@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:22:08 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How do I shut down Cygwin cleanly? References: <200901141224.n0ECOdPw015046@corinna.its.utas.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <200901141224.n0ECOdPw015046@corinna.its.utas.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com johunter@postoffice.utas.edu.au wrote: > I can find no recent discussion of how to cleanly shut down Cygwin - by > this I mean shutting down all Cygwin processes, but not the Windows > operating system (in my case XP). Not cleanly shutting down Cygwin > processes tends to invoke Windows error messages on starting up Cygwin (I > use the X startup script startxwin.bat) and sometimes a failure to > generate an X-window from startxwin.bat (which then has to be called > again - generally successfully). "Shutting down" Cygwin by just closing > all Cygwin windows does not seem to be a satisfactory option - other > things are clearly going on in the background. If your question really is directed just at Cygwin-X, you're probably better off sending it to the cygwin-xfree list. If you're experiencing issues beyond that of X, then it would be helpful to anyone here who can help to list those issues. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/