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Re: XWin with "rootless" option crashes on Vista
- From: Hernicola <hernan_s_a at hotmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:13:37 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: XWin with "rootless" option crashes on Vista
- References: <21617618.post@talk.nabble.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hello,
I was having the same problem, but using openbox. Basically, all options
except multiwindow would crash XWin.
I was ready to quit on the problem, when it started working after an upgrade
of the graphics adapter driver.
Maybe you can try it. In my case I use an ATI FireGL 5200, on an HP laptop.
I hope this helps.
Hernicola
rincewind wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I had been using Cygwin with ICEWM on my XP box for sometime. I moved to
> ("asked" to move to) Vista recently and I installed Cygwin and compiled
> ICEWM on my box. My problem is that, I am able to run startxwin.bat with
> the "multiwindow" option, but not with the "rootless" or "fullscreen"
> option since XWin just crashes. I understand that files have been modified
> in the new Cygwin, so I stuck to making changes in the .bat file only. I
> tried running startx too, but not with much avail.
>
> In short, running startxwin.bat with XWin-multiwindow starts the X Server
> and I am able to launch newer xterms. If I remove the multiwindow option
> altogether or change it with rootless (ideal for me since I want to run a
> different window manager) or fullscreen, XWin crashes.
>
> I understand that there are a few applications that cause strange issues
> with cygwin and I seem to have one such on my box (Logitech's webcam
> package). I would be glad with any advice on this issue. I looked through
> the forums, but I haven't been able to find a thread that matches my
> problem.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Regards,
> Rincewind
>
>
>
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