Problem with basic startx and xterm - no cursor or focus

[marco atzeri]

On 5/29/2012 7:18 PM, Patrick Hogan wrote:
> 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
>

try using "startxwin" instead of "startx"

in addition

"xterm -ls /bin/bash" should be better for the shell enviroment
in the xterm

Regards
Marco



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