XWin.exe crashing at startup

[Mike Ayers]

> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Allen
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:07 PM

> Thought I'd reply to the list about the resolution to this, since
> somebody just asked me about this off-list:
> 
> 'startxwin.sh' from a bash window works whereas 'startx' doesn't (also
> works: 'startxwin.bat' from a windows cmd line).

	Try:

startx -- -multiwindow -clipboard

> It seems startx is
> broken on cygwin.

	Not really, although the behavior changed a little a few months ago (I didn't need the flags before).

	I'll see if I can try this on Vista tonight.


	HTH,

Mike

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