Cygwin-X on Windows 7 Beta Success!

[Paul Loewenstein]

Fredrik,

On 64-bit Windows 7, I cannot get Cygwin/X windows to accept keyboard input.

Are you using 32-bit or 64-bit?

Paul

Fredrik Staxeng wrote:
> I have been running Cygwin with X on Windows 7 Beta for a few weeks. It works.
> I think it works rather well considering what it does. 
>
> I had to do the rebase/reinstall libncurses thing, but then most things work
> with only a few problems.
>
> First, the startxwin icon succeeds in bringing up the the X server, but
> not the xterm. But when I run my start script from a Cygwin command prompt
> it works.
>
> Then, the first xterm appears instantly, but the second one takes a while
> (half a minute?). This seems very strange to me, so perhaps I am 
> imagining things.
>
> Also, sometimes, e.g when running M-x grep in emacs, what look like 
> command prompt windows flashes by quickly. They appear and then disappear.
> This does not really bother me much, but it kills the show-off potential.
> The audience would womder about those flashing windows and stop
> paying attention to the good things.
>
> Is there any way I could help with fixing these problems?
>
>
>
>   



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