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Re: Trouble getting a windowed X
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 06:04:13PM +0100, Alexander Gottwald wrote:
>On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Henry Camacho wrote:
>
>> run X.
>>
>> The server starts but the windowed screen doesn't show up.
>>
>> *** Here is the bottomline question. How can I get an Xserver running when
>> I issue the command "X" and to have it detach from rxvt. ***
>>
>> I've tried to use XWin.exe with a number of options, but I have yet to
>> duplicate what simply X does with no arguments.
>> I am running Windows XP SP2 with 3 Monitors. I only want one monitor in
>> use for XWindows.
>
>This is a small problem with the run utility. It hides every normal looking window.
>You can try the nodecoration mode instead. You will not get the window borders but
>you get no console and the window is shown *g*
Wouldn't just running X via either:
X&
or
setsid X
do what is required? Then you can exit the rxvt window. You might even be able
to make a shortcut that does a bash -c "setsid X" to avoid running rxvt.
cgf