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RE: How to open a standalone xterm
On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 11:49 -0700, Mike Ayers wrote:
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-
> > owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Joel Gwynn
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:27 AM
>
>
> > And now, sporadically, when I run startxwin.sh, sometimes it works, ie
> > opens up the xterm, but sometimes some windows open, with text that I
> > can't read quickly enough, then go away. If I close Xwin and try
> > again, sometimes it will work, mostly not.
>
> You're not running startxwin twice, right? That won't work - you must run the xterm command from an existing xterm, a cygwin window, or the xterm icon in the start menu (which can be copied to the quicklaunch bar).
>
> Also, try running bash in an existing xterm to see if the problem is in your .bashrc, i.e. not with xterm or X.
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Mike
>
test this..
in startxwin.sh or startxwin.bat ( whichever one you're calling to start
X ), between the call to start Xwin and the call to start the xterm, add
sleep 5
if that gets you an xterm every time, then decrement 5 until failure,
leave the call in with failure + 1
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