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=TVsPzIyKqeSQR083 nDgfVbQHabqnKpt2Mp68dEHsLAR3Hl3oMqwnuK90SMFUuAcuH8j4E+Ee7WKDpXz/ hmQqDSOSUJxOkNbpeEVIzLq2MpzSEQTnm9lbQ6OzsapiM7N1k66EKL6wVWOKz9st dIV4uBOOFRutCFx18tiRGb1ohVc= 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=x2pxb3bqBywYdEPd8gsw/r 2910o=; b=nkfrM0DxmgJA5/y2Ji4zP8wUBW8QUcahwihDH3VxUtge0xwasLzpzt aJXlGymdC0oMzi1X2Twfidsxa8dFWZu8PxTIZm+scTg3WsnVR3juL0w9lLpcu0ns vpp4+3HnsXUUY0AFfYX4ejpofD2E76oNwEXOiLIIOU9SHUSOgROlQ= 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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=services, HContent-Transfer-Encoding:8bit X-HELO: mail-it0-f46.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=9Tjxpr0NUEFxN1lSuabft6wXeuseOnfUpqQapZJaapE=; b=XyZS2U1gvUenE6VX6xcIt3CVhhxZbeUdZfcJnGvhRklrJUWsoWhqxMZuvVGdcBFy1I p7z4Ksn0QTqNTsaoyRZEdUnJkVgAYTBvlMvaACn2OwxQMwpMTFLTWxdK/tByG82cVqCq wUsJGgMoHrqbn2ClzPprqOp1UlNTqIf74/Ke+UlJuIJjaKutbEUtneqET30/HBzWbQPT wnHW8PBcuOUYciOAZTXp8p8jtqu3agNX3+EtnvxApW/yft7nCDSYJzBqBaFI/uDhZbkm wXLCGxgXUB3IGf5hIt9Uy1/g3MZkO1qvRW9PiJTtfatd1uKgY5i6tEKeZOZ6B7XGkHXh qB7g== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcA1Jp6W8u6jJG06Y0vjFlf+LnraSQ+an1Ok1LimORFYOfs8vE3G i8xb4mFPoB1A8i9J X-Received: by 10.36.74.3 with SMTP id k3mr6866796itb.28.1496942018199; Thu, 08 Jun 2017 10:13:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Starting a xterm window To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: From: cyg Simple Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 13:13:39 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes On 6/7/2017 12:29 PM, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote: > Am 07.06.2017 um 17:18 schrieb Ugly Leper: >> If I want to enter xterm straight from a Windows command prompt I try >> >> G:\> bin\run bin\XWin -clipboard -nolock -multiwindow 2>nul & >> G:\> bin\xterm -display :0.0 > > I'm less than convinced that the '&' at the end of the first command is > a valid idea. > Probably not since this is from a Windows CMD. >> /usr/bin/xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0 >> /usr/bin/xterm: DISPLAY is not set >> >> Any ideas? (This used to work, it really did ...) > > WFM, without the '&', and each line copy-pasted individually, so there's > some time for X to start before its services are required. > And you're using a Cygwin shell instead of a Windows shell. That may be more of an issue for the OP. -- cyg Simple -- 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