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

[Randy Brown]

Thanks for the clarification.  :)

Randy

Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
> <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU>.  Reformatted.
> Randy Brown wrote:
>> Sergei Pachkov wrote:
>>> Can you shortly describe start xserver as service?
>>>
>> Running it as a service basically does not require starting, or 
>> attempting to start, an Xserver each time you open a window.  The 
>> service runs continually in the background and listens for 
>> connections.  The procedure is relatively simple:
>>
>> Create an environment variable:
>> CYGWIN = server
>>  From a cygwin terminal window run:
>> /usr/bin/cygserver-config  (Answer "yes" to the prompt and reboot)
>> Then you can add Startxwin.bat, for example, to your startup folder 
>> so The Xserver starts at boot.
>
>
> For anyone out there that might be unsure, the procedure described above
> does *not* start Cygwin's X-server as a service.  It starts Cygwin's
> 'cygserver' <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygserver.html> as
> a service.  This service is not required to run the X-server.
>
> The Cygwin X-server is started just as one would manually but automates
> it by putting it in the startup folder.  Things started from this folder
> are not services, though it is a perfectly good way to start the X-server
> automatically.
>
> For those that don't care about the distinction or the details, please
> forget what I just said. ;-)
>

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