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:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=Chlw18PlAB0VBoD1 NZSMfbiQzQynVAgtSX+3hQ0HLjEAvMydcZX4ZsV50tuVe16TNT+hf1zbp6coVAYs PAWu5QF1oQF4UMeUAcI2i8B2Ynf46v92o5o5/WgH+GQo2PruIk3IlLYN8lIQBaGp EMZ9scPP2AcUJ+qGz+bMNK/tXDY= 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:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=/Dr8p/ddXYlEGqABrtmjY0 P727o=; b=XEZU0sMhBBSGnKNztRVNpb5RHRlEHamIBZrSupTWr0mbYRpJlPG+U5 1paGOy4Z0RYwQu6AWF7EFFvGk95c7/2XpbiYxqsG3aOUMYSrzpRGn+7mm7IfGbN0 9YlYQnm2EMEo4HrP/KTeeZohmY4quZ5s5GqAOxttsh/M2US+Ss2jM= 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=-4.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=H*f:sk:2fbc0eb, H*i:sk:2fbc0eb, H*MI:sk:2fbc0eb, Hx-languages-length:2135 X-HELO: limerock02.mail.cornell.edu X-CornellRouted: This message has been Routed already. Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xorg-server-1.19.0-1 (TEST) To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <56bd3cdc-34af-cc57-33cf-92ad5badaca2 AT cornell DOT edu> <95889942-402f-e820-2eb7-beb70453a647 AT aol DOT com> <2fbc0eb3-ea27-9a34-e42d-aae811e7d2f3 AT aol DOT com> From: Ken Brown Message-ID: <8840e74b-1dc0-c9f4-f72a-6d4026f126cc@cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 13:49:08 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2fbc0eb3-ea27-9a34-e42d-aae811e7d2f3@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Cornell-Gauge: Gauge=XXXXX X-PMX-CORNELL-AUTH-RESULTS: dkim-out=none; X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 -- 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