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Re: Possible issue with X-start-menu-items : XWin fails to start when launched from start menu icon
- From: Rajesh Advani <rajeshjadvani at yahoo dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 04:49:43 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: Possible issue with X-start-menu-items : XWin fails to start when launched from start menu icon
- References: <498C33AA.2060200@prismtech.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
I reported the exact same problem in my mail titled -
Bug: xinit: XWin Server shortcut won't work if Cygwin not in C:
I had a default HOME but installed Cygwin at d:\cygwin. Updating the "starts in" field to "d:\" fixes the problem.
----- Original Message ----
From: Simon McQueen <sm@prismtech.com>
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 6:27:14 PM
Subject: Possible issue with X-start-menu-items : XWin fails to start when launched from start menu icon
Hi all,
I have performed a complete cygwin install from scratch today. cygcheck output is attached.
Please note that my specific user home is not the Windows default. It's e:\sm, hence my ~ is /cygdrive/e/sm. Cygwin is installed in the default location of c:\cygwin.
Attempting to launch "XWin Server" from the start menu icon does not launch a shell or produce the running XWin widget in the system tray.
I've acknowledged the below:
sm@beatrice ~
$ startxwin.bat
startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
sm@beatrice ~
$ pushd /cygdrive/c
/cygdrive/c ~
sm@beatrice /cygdrive/c
$ startxwin.bat
startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
sm@beatrice /cygdrive/c
$
... in the second instance XWin starts OK. The comments in the batch file explain why this is the case.
Examining the properties of the "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Cygwin-X\XWin Server" shortcut that I used when trying to launch X from the start menu I note that the "Start in" field is unpopulated. This contrasts with "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Cygwin-X\xterm" where this field has the value "c:\cygwin\bin".
If I populate this field in the "XWin Server" shortcut with c:\cygwin\bin the shortcut works as expected and X launches OK. I presume (but am unable to verify) that this would still be the case for users in the more typical case of having their homes on c:.
Thanks for reading.
Cheers,
-- Simon McQueen sm@prismtech.com
OpenFusion CORBA & OpenSplice DDS skype:simonmcqueen?add
http://www.prismtech.com/middleware callto://+441914979966
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