Vista, new install, x server does not start, startxwin.bat missing

[Yaakov (Cygwin/X)]

On 17/02/2010 08:42, Jim Olson wrote:
> I found that using the (1 year old) startxwin.bat is
> easier than trying to figure out how to get startwin.exe
> with a $HOME/.startxwinrc file after
> trying to do the latter, because I would get
>
> "wmaker warning: wrong option value for key "NewStyle".
> Should be one of new, old, next
> wmaker warning: wrong option value for key "NewStyle".
> Should be one of new, old, next
> wmaker fatal error: it seems that there is already a window manager
> running"

That's because startxwin with ~/.startxwinrc is for starting the X 
server in *multiwindow* mode.  If you want to start an X desktop, you 
need to be using startx with ~/.xinitrc.

> when trying to use a $HOME/.startxwinrc equivalent to
> the old startxwin.bat:

The old startxwin.bat served the same purpose and obviously did not 
start another window manager.  You may have customized your copy at some 
point, but it was never shipped that way.


Yaakov
Cygwin/X

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