X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:reply-to:subject:references:to:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=SlRACobeGBe9eKDV cx9KYsQGxf+bdjnfsQOFsjilQUk+lWMBYegWgIcLdbIM9Q8HlGRMojWVE4v1J4jI mlGvOOUf70Zs3nh+3eTcr4NGVJ0Uih+BaLpIU8drtBI3QdOEvzYUss5HP8ppPDfA AJ694vFCMbbSmQGUTtTDyY55P/Y= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:reply-to:subject:references:to:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=2CE6GGnFEdV4wP+0zwodgD mAtMQ=; b=sjtxcRK4TEQloCLQYmz/S5aLecC+pQF7DpZwaCsSPTzFQoR8lLyZUv 59wKq9fAaOiRBPpu8zc8YjFza+acVWVY2pBckSEQPi2M+rjUU1IzIgys7vlDfGzw aN97YMF0Fv6JCZr0snn5fPoKW5BsCdcy4IKGqsZ9rPDFDmQosH2I0= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_MXURI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-languages-length:1756, H*i:sk:c82b336, H*r:172.26.127, H*MI:sk:c82b336 X-HELO: omr-m014e.mx.aol.com Reply-To: tprince AT computer DOT org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xorg-server-1.19.0-1 (TEST) References: <56bd3cdc-34af-cc57-33cf-92ad5badaca2 AT cornell DOT edu> <95889942-402f-e820-2eb7-beb70453a647 AT aol DOT com> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Tim Prince Message-ID: Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 10:45:21 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1a7fe15830744e5102 X-AOL-IP: 72.49.129.109 On 11/19/2016 9:41 AM, Ken Brown wrote: > [Please keep the discussion on the mailing list.] > > On 11/19/2016 9:19 AM, Tim Prince wrote: >> >> >> On 11/19/2016 8:42 AM, Ken Brown wrote: >>> On 11/18/2016 6:52 PM, Tim Prince wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/18/2016 2:21 PM, Ken Brown wrote: >>>>> On 11/18/2016 1:35 PM, Tim Prince wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/18/2016 10:31 AM, Jon Turney wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin >>>>>>> distribution: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *** xorg-server-*1.19.0-1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> I still haven't learned how to make it start on Win8.1 or 10: >>>>> [...] >>>>>> But I don't see it opening an X display, and the taskbar icon >>>>>> disappears >>>>>> after a few seconds. May be missing the important user advice. >>>>> >>>>> Have you looked for the xwin-xdg-icon in your hidden icons? It's a >>>>> black C superimposed over a green X. >>>>> >>>>> Ken >>>>> >>>> The icon stays up in the hidden icons. but seems to have little use. >>> >>> Don't you get a menu when you click on it? >>> >> That menu has the option to shut down xserver or view documentation but >> not to open an xterm. > > I don't think we're talking about the same icon. The one I referred > to is a black C superimposed over a green X, and it has many options > to start programs, including XTerm (under System Tools). It's started > by the xwin-xdg-icon program, which in turn is started by > /etc/X11/xinit/startxwinrc (unless you have a ~/.startxwinrc that > overrides it). Does 'ps' show that xwin-xdg-icon is running? > > Ken > I've never seen that icon. xwin-xdg-menu shows up in ps (mulitiple copies if I keep trying) but not xdg-icon. -- Tim Prince -- 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