new start method questions

[mathog]

On 09-Jun-2016 16:32, mathog wrote:
> With an older version of Cygwin I had constructed a cut down
> distribution which included only the minimum pieces needed to run X11.
>  It was about 40Mb, installed.

This approach is not working well at all for the current release.  Last 
time around I just tossed things into a folder to temporarily hide them, 
and by process of elimination winnowed it down to that small size.  This 
time there are many, many, MANY more dll's that are required for the 
server to start, at least  via this method:

C:\cygwinX\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "cd; exec 
/usr/bin/startxwin"

For instance, cyggtk-x11-2.0.0.dll.  Take it out and the X11 server does 
not start.
That dll, according to "ldd" has everything but the kitchen sink linked 
into it.  It isn't linked directly into the server though, it is needed 
for "xwin-xdg-menu.exe",
an accessory program, which if removed from /usr/bin, also results in 
the server not starting.

Last time around the start bat script was just:

@echo off
set CYGXTOP=%~dp0
C:
chdir "%CYGXTOP%\var\log\xwin"
move XWin.0.log.1 XWin.0.log.2
move XWin.0.log XWin.0.log.1
chdir "%CYGXTOP%\bin"
start Xwin :0 -multiwindow

Is there some reason that a similar cut down bat file would not work 
with the current cygwin X11 server? (With "-listen tcp" plus a windows 
firewall rule to only let it
talk to localhost.)

Thanks,

David Mathog
mathog@caltech.edu
Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://x.cygwin.com/docs/
FAQ:                   http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/