<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU>. Reformatted.
Randy Brown wrote:
Sergei Pachkov wrote:
Can you shortly describe start xserver as service?
Running it as a service basically does not require starting, or
attempting to start, an Xserver each time you open a window. The
service runs continually in the background and listens for
connections. The procedure is relatively simple:
Create an environment variable:
CYGWIN = server
From a cygwin terminal window run:
/usr/bin/cygserver-config (Answer "yes" to the prompt and reboot)
Then you can add Startxwin.bat, for example, to your startup folder
so The Xserver starts at boot.
For anyone out there that might be unsure, the procedure described above
does *not* start Cygwin's X-server as a service. It starts Cygwin's
'cygserver' <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygserver.html> as
a service. This service is not required to run the X-server.
The Cygwin X-server is started just as one would manually but automates
it by putting it in the startup folder. Things started from this folder
are not services, though it is a perfectly good way to start the X-server
automatically.
For those that don't care about the distinction or the details, please
forget what I just said. ;-)