Starting Xwin - Shell Window Remains
Igor Pechtchanski
pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu
Mon Aug 15 20:05:00 GMT 2005
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, brett lee wrote:
> I'm able to start and use Xwin. However, after the X server is up, I
> need to manually close the cygwin bash window (the one that started the
> X server). I've checked the usual places, but have not come up with a
> solution.
>
> This is probably more of a shell "scripting" question, but since the
> solution I'm looking for is a "windows executable
> (C:\cygwin\startxwin.bat) that I can drop into my StartUp folder to
> automatically start Xwin" when I log in, here I am.
>
> [snip]
> # Succeeds, but must kill cygwin bash window manually
> nohup xwin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons >/dev/null 2>&1 &
setsid XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons >/dev/null 2>&1
(you'll need to install the "setsid" package), or
run XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons >/dev/null 2>&1
(you'll need the "X-startup-scripts" package).
HTH,
Igor
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