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From: Ken Brown <kbrown AT cornell DOT edu>
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On 11/19/2016 10:50 AM, Tim Prince wrote:
>
>
> 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?
>>
>>
> I have occasionally got the xdg icon from which xterm can be started,
> but I haven't found a reproducible way to bring it up.

Sorry, but I'm confused now.  When you say "xdg icon", are you talking 
about the one I described?  Your previous message said you've never seen 
that icon.  Are you now saying that it does appear, but only 
occasionally?  Do you shut down the X server and retry when it doesn't 
appear?

Ken

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