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Re: Questions regarding windows 7 installation
- From: "DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:21:17 -0600
- Subject: Re: Questions regarding windows 7 installation
- References: <4B4BC323.9060401@edt.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Jerry Lowry <> wrote:
> I have installed Cygwin 1.7 twice on my windows 7 laptop. ?Each time it
> installs fine but when I try to run the X server it leaves three different X
> windows open as well as an Xterm itself. ?Is this the default behavior on
> 1.7? ?I really would like to get just the X icon in the task bar and nothing
> else until I start an Xterm. ?But even the Xterm opens two windows.
>
> Anyone have any ideas as to the problem I am seeing?
> --
Try modifying your /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file
I commented out the last line which had an 'exec xterm' in it and the
xterm no longer runs automatically.
-Jason
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