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Re: XFree86 for cygwin installation hanging
- From: Brian Ford <ford at vss dot fsi dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:35:01 -0600 (CST)
- Subject: Re: XFree86 for cygwin installation hanging
- References: <3F9D5E0F.6020408@wanadoo.fr>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Paul Thomas wrote:
> Invoking XWin, with any combination of arguments results in the
> background coming up but nothing else.
>
FYI, this is normal behavior.
You need to launch a window manager (like twm) unless you are using the
-multiwindow switch. Then, you might also want to launch a client or two
(like xterm).
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Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
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