-silent-dup-error command line parameter not working?

[David Weintraub]

Yes, please send it to my gmail address.

Thanks.

On 12/6/06, Randy Brown <Randy.Brown@noaa.gov> wrote:
> I can send you a pdf of our setup doc, if you'd like.  Should I use the
> gmail address listed here?
>
> Randy
>
> David Weintraub wrote:
> > Thanks. That actually makes a lot more sense than running XWin
> > multiple times each time I want an XTerm.
> >
> > Not too sure how to start xserver as a Windows service, though. It's
> > not already listed as a Windows service, so I assume that this is
> > something I have to setup. Is the process documented somewhere?
> >
> > On 12/6/06, Randy Brown <Randy.Brown@noaa.gov> wrote:
> >> Run the xserver as a Windows Service.  That fixed it for us.  Didn't fix
> >> it, but eliminated the error. ;)
> >>
> >> Randy
> >>
> >> David Weintraub wrote:
> >> > I've been using Cygwin/X for several years, and I never had this
> >> > problem before. However, I've recently installed Cygwin/X on my new
> >> > system, and now I notice that XWin's -silent-dup-error command line
> >> > parameter no longer seems to work.
> >> >
> >> > I startup Cygwin/X by creating a Windows shortcut that runs
> >> > startxwin.bat. This will startup a XTerm window for me. When I want to
> >> > start another XTerm window, I simply the same shortcut again even
> >> > though XWin is already running. I depend upon the -silent-dup-error
> >> > parameter to allow the second instance of XWin to fail without
> >> > alerting me of the problem.
> >> >
> >> > However, on this new installation of Cygwin/X and run XWin with
> >> > -silent-dup-error, I now get the error dialog box. The new Xterm still
> >> > starts, but now I have to manually close the dialog box which is a
> >> > minor pain. Has there been a change in XWin in the last 18 months that
> >> > would cause this problem? Is there a workaround?
> >> >
> >> > How can I, in a Windows batch program, determine whether XWin is
> >> > already running, so I can simply skip bypass rerunning the XWin
> >> > command?
> >> >
> >>
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