Starting XWin in XDM mode with no console app?

[Harold L Hunt II]

Ruth,

You need to use startxwin.bat, which is in /usr/X11R6/bin.

You will need to modify the file, ever so slightly, to connect to a 
remote machine instead of launching local apps.

In fact, such a modified file is attached.

I think I am going to make a new release of the startup packages now 
that contains this file and changes the default startxwin.bat to use 
-multiwindow.

Harold


Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> I was wondering if there is any easy way around this issue. I normally 
> use XWin.exe in it's X-Terminal mode, connecting to an external Linux 
> box. This works fine, but the way I do it leaves a redundant Win32 
> console window open.
> 
> What I do is run:
>    C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -c "/usr/X11R6/bin/XWin.exe -broadcast 
> -unixkill -fullscreen -dpi 100"
> 
> from a taskbar shortcut.
> 
> bash.exe is only needed because if omitted XWin.exe (or things it runs) 
> can't find various libraries (if I set the "Start In" dir to 
> "\cygwin\bin", I get complaints about libs in "\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin", 
> for example).
> 
> However, running 'bash' creates itself a blank console window. The 
> reason running bash helps is, I assume, to do with setting up env vars 
> in the profile script.
> 
> Is there any "cure" for this, or should I just ignore it?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ruth
> 
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