Re: XWin doesn't always start "right"'

["Thomas Chadwick" <j_tetazoo at hotmail dot com>]

I, too, have forsaken the startxwin.bat startup script in favor of a 
home-grown script much like the one you've shown below.  However, initially 
I ran into problems similar to what you describe.  I attributed it to the 
fact that you can't count on the "sleep 2" command to be long enough for 
XWin to start.  I then found that the xinit command has a way of determining 
that XWin is up and running before trying to launch any xclients.  To use 
it, move most of the commands into the file ~/.xinitrc.  For instance:

xwinclip &
python /home/geek/bin/workspace_indicator --size 200 &
xv -root -maxpect -quit $HOME/images/gazebo.jpg
xrdb -merge $HOME/.config/Xresources
pwm

Note that I left out the stuff that sets the DISPLAY to :0, xinit takes care 
of that for you.  Also note how I moved "pwm" to the end and left it in the 
foreground, as per the recommendations in the xinit documentation.

To run it, use this command-line:

xinit -- -fullscreen -once -terminate -nowinkill -unixkill \
-auth $HOME/.Xauthority

Hope this helps.

>From: "Brian Gallew" <geek@burri.to>
>To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
>Subject: XWin doesn't always start "right"'
>Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 07:24:07 -0400 (EDT)
>
>I'm running cygiwn/xfree on a ThinkPad under XP.  Generally speaking,
>the first time that I start X after booting, the window doesn't get
>drawn.  So, I kill it and restart X and then it works.  I'm very
>confused about why it behaves this way.  If it matters, here's the
>script I'm using to start X:
>#! /bin/bash
>cd /home/geek
>export DISPLAY=:0
>/bin/rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix
>
>run XWin -fullscreen -once -terminate -nowinkill -unixkill -auth
>$HOME/.Xauthority  :0sleep 2
>run xwinclip
>run pwm
>export DISPLAY=:0.0
>run python /home/geek/bin/workspace_indicator --size 200
>sleep 2
>xv -root -maxpect -quit $HOME/images/gazebo.jpg
>xrdb -merge $HOME/.config/Xresources


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