Problems Starting Xterm using the System Tray Icon for XWin Server

[Mike Ayers]

> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-
> owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Craig Moore
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:14 AM

> When I open a new xterm window using the XWin Server icon in the system
> tray:
> 
> > (right click on icon)->Applications->xterm
> 
> it opens xterm, but the command prompt is not formatted correctly and
> the window title is 'xterm' instaed of the current directory.
> 
> The command prompt looks like:
> 
> > bash-3.2$
> 
> and should be
> 
> > craig@laptop ~
> > $
> 
> How do I configure the XWin Server so that it opens xterm correctly?

	My wild guess is that you have a typo in .bashrc which prevents all the startup happening.  in your system tray launched window, make sure you are in your home directory, then run '. .bashrc' (note that first period!) and see if there are any error messages.  You can also edit .bashrc and put 'set -x' as the first line for verbose output.


	HTH,

Mike