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List:       cygwin-xfree
Subject:    Re: Trouble getting a windowed X
From:       Henry Camacho <hfc () ciorent ! com>
Date:       2004-11-24 17:17:58
Message-ID: 6.0.0.22.0.20041124111626.01cdc220 () 192 ! 168 ! 1 ! 2
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Thanks....that was it. Stuck in the Windows world I didn't even think of 
&.  It worked perfectly.

HFC



At 11:08 AM 11/24/2004, you wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 06:04:13PM +0100, Alexander Gottwald wrote:
> >On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Henry Camacho wrote:
> >
> >> run X.
> >>
> >> The server starts but the windowed screen doesn't show up.
> >>
> >> *** Here is the bottomline question.  How can I get an Xserver running 
> when
> >> I issue the command "X" and to have it detach from rxvt.  ***
> >>
> >> I've tried to use XWin.exe with a number of options, but I have yet to
> >> duplicate what simply X does with no arguments.
> >> I am running Windows XP SP2 with 3 Monitors.  I only want one monitor in
> >> use for XWindows.
> >
> >This is a small problem with the run utility. It hides every normal 
> looking window.
> >You can try the nodecoration mode instead. You will not get the window 
> borders but
> >you get no console and the window is shown *g*
>
>Wouldn't just running X via either:
>
>         X&
>
>or
>         setsid X
>
>do what is required?  Then you can exit the rxvt window.  You might even 
>be able
>to make a shortcut that does a bash -c "setsid X" to avoid running rxvt.
>
>cgf

____________________________________________
Henry F. Camacho Jr.

hfc@ciorent.com  


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