Can't start xterm from Cygwin/X icon in system tray

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

After re-installing Cygwin from scratch, I have determined that this
environment variable is/was causing the problem:

    CYGWIN=tty

Once I removed it, I was able to create an X term from the icon in the
system tray.

- Jim

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:07 AM, I wrote:

> I have a very strange situation.
>
> At work, I am running Win XP SP3.  I installed all the latest Cygwin
> (1.7.1) + Xorg updates, including startxwin.exe.  Everything works
> perfectly.
>
> At home, I am running Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit.  I am unable to
> start an xterm from the Cygwin/X icon in the system tray (right-click,
> select xterm).  Both setups have the same line in .XWinrc:
>
>        "xterm"      EXEC  "xterm"
>
> I am starting the X server the same way:
>
>    D:\Cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe
>
> I do not have a ~/.startxwinrc file.  The xterm that is supposed to be
> created when the server starts doesn't start either.
>
> The symptom is that xterm.exe is shown running in the task manager,
> but there is no Xterm window on the desktop.
>
> As  a work-around, I created a shortcut on my desktop to start an xterm:
>
>    D:\Cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/xterm -display localhost:0
>
> That works perfectly, but is not an optimum solution (I try to have as
> few desktop icons as possible).
>
> There is nothing in the /var/log/Xwin log that indicates why an xterm
> would start but not open a window.
>
> Any ideas?


-- 
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us

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