Trouble getting a windowed X
Henry Camacho
hfc@ciorent.com
Wed Nov 24 17:18:00 GMT 2004
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
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Henry F. Camacho Jr.
hfc@ciorent.com
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