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How can I run Gnome or KDE locally in Cygwin?

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Apparently it is possible to do this using cygwin ports, as can be seen in screenshots. I followed this how-to to get apt-cygports set up, and I used it to install gnome-session. This how-to supposedly gives the commands needed to run Gnome or KDE, but whenever I try to run Gnome, a blank X-window …

Error Output

$ startx /usr/bin/dbus-launch gnome-session
xauth:  file /home/jpthomps/.serverauth.4168 does not exist

Welcome to the XWin X Server
Vendor: The Cyg…

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Fix for: How can I run Gnome or KDE locally in Cygwin?

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Did you make sure that the last command in your .xinitrc is not sent to the background. For example to start the clock and a terminal window, you would put Nota bene: xclock has the ampersand to allow the xinit script to fall through to the next com…

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