If this can help, I have solved running startx from bash (Cygwin.bat) in this way startx 2>/dev/null & Cheers, 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/