X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A85D99B.80101@cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:39:39 -0400 From: Ken Brown User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: run-1.1.11-1 References: <20090814063458.GV13438@calimero.vinschen.de> <4A857186.9040201@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20090814144442.GF32408@calimero.vinschen.de> <20090814151921.GA28983@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20090814152904.GG32408@calimero.vinschen.de> <20090814154349.GA10002@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20090814162049.GH32408@calimero.vinschen.de> <4A859A59.1040308@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <4A85A9F3.9090108@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20090814184157.GI32408@calimero.vinschen.de> <20090814184849.GJ32408@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: <20090814184849.GJ32408@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 On 8/14/2009 2:48 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Aug 14 20:41, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Aug 14 14:16, Charles Wilson wrote: >>> Charles Wilson wrote: >>> Corinna, can you give this a try? (I'm happy to send you a compiled >>> version of the modified run.exe if that helps). >> I just built it myself, and this looks pretty good. I can start xterm >> and urxvt-X wjust fine without a flickering cmd window. >> >> However, what does NOT work anymore is to start the X server. I had >> to start it manually for testing xterm/urxvt. >> >> Given that the X server shortcut is just a `run /usr/bin/startxwin.bat', >> is it possible that the new incarnation doesn't start cmd correctly? > > I built with -DDEBUG and it appears that startxwin.bat runs fine, > but the "run within run" inside of startxwin.bat > > %RUN% XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error > > fails silently. I can confirm that the shortcut to start the X server doesn't work on my XP system with the patched run. But my shortcut for starting emacs (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-08/msg00379.html), which has a very similar run within run, works fine. Ken -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple