Problem with basic startx and xterm - no cursor or focus

[Patrick Hogan]

Hi list,

A slightly more pared-down version of a question I've posed previously.

>From a new Cygwin install on Windows 7 running 1024x768 resolution,
compare the result of the following two commands run from a Cygwin
terminal:

startx /usr/bin/xterm -- -logfile broken.log

startx /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 -- -logfile works.log

The first command produces a single unmanaged xterm. No X11 cursor is
visible and the xterm is unable to receive input focus. It is not
possible to anticipate where the cursor ought to be and give the xterm
focus. Unusable.

The second command produces a single unmanaged xterm. The X11 cursor
is visible and the xterm is able to receive input focus. Works as
expected.

This seems to be a fairly fundamental problem, and the placement of
the xterm determines whether the entire X.org session is usable or
not. Does anyone know anything about this problem?

Regards,

Patrick
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