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Re: xwinclip & startxdmcp.bat questions/problems
- From: Holger Krull <holger dot krull at gmx dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:24:13 +0100
- Subject: Re: xwinclip & startxdmcp.bat questions/problems
- References: <3FBBA9EE.4040705@JaySmith.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Jay Smith schrieb:
a) I am still (same as before this upgrade) left with a DOS window for
the startxdmcp that has to be manually closed. Annoying, but not terrible.
You could start xwinclip with a link like this to prevent the DOS Window
D:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -l -c "xwin +kb -xkbmap de -query murpel -from
192.168.1.2 -fp tcp/192.168.1.1:7100 -dpi 100 -once -ac &"
b) I am additionally now left with *another* DOS window for xwinclip.
When I try to close it, it says that the program will terminate. It is
As to my knowledge you have to live with that window, i know no way to
get it in the background. That would be a bad idea anyway because
c) Harold mentioned "restarting" xwinclip. I have not been able to find
any instructions on how to do this. The xwinclip readme does not cover
you need to restart it manually if it stops working. I have a bash shell
running and start
xwinclip --display 127.0.0.1:0.0
CTRL-C if it stops working and restart.
Holger