Usually the Repaint problem is solved adding '+bs' (BS = backing store') to XWin command line, e.g. : XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error +bs Angelo. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/