Possible issue with X-start-menu-items : XWin fails to start when launched from start menu icon

[Simon McQueen]

Hi all,

I have performed a complete cygwin install from scratch today. cygcheck 
output is attached.

Please note that my specific user home is not the Windows default. It's 
e:\sm, hence my ~ is /cygdrive/e/sm. Cygwin is installed in the default 
location of c:\cygwin.

Attempting to launch "XWin Server" from the start menu icon does not 
launch a shell or produce the running XWin widget in the system tray.

I've acknowledged the below:

sm@beatrice ~
$ startxwin.bat
startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.

sm@beatrice ~
$ pushd /cygdrive/c
/cygdrive/c ~

sm@beatrice /cygdrive/c
$ startxwin.bat
startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003

sm@beatrice /cygdrive/c
$

... in the second instance XWin starts OK. The comments in the batch 
file explain why this is the case.

Examining the properties of the "C:\Documents and Settings\All 
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Cygwin-X\XWin Server" shortcut that I used 
when trying to launch X from the start menu I note that the "Start in" 
field is unpopulated. This contrasts with "C:\Documents and Settings\All 
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Cygwin-X\xterm" where this field has the value 
"c:\cygwin\bin".

If I populate this field in the "XWin Server" shortcut with 
c:\cygwin\bin the shortcut works as expected and X launches OK. I 
presume (but am unable to verify) that this would still be the case for 
users in the more typical case of having their homes on c:.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,
-- 
Simon McQueen                                      sm@prismtech.com
OpenFusion CORBA & OpenSplice DDS            skype:simonmcqueen?add
http://www.prismtech.com/middleware          callto://+441914979966
-------------- next part --------------
An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed...
Name: cygcheck.out
URL: <http://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-xfree/attachments/20090206/ab2c6532/attachment.ksh>
-------------- next part --------------
--
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/