Hide fbpanel icon

Thu Aug 13 17:06:00 GMT 2015

On 13/08/2015 16:48, AC wrote:
> I just updated my cygwin install with X at 1.17.2-2 and now the small
> panel icon shows up in the upper left of my screen with no task bar icon
> and now way to remove it. Prior to the upgrade I was able to close that
> button (by right clicking the "panel" entry in the Windows task bar
> which left the x server running.
>> Is there a way to get rid of that icon? I only ever use the system tray
> icon and the fbpanel icon is always in the way of desktop icons. I
> can't seem to move it anywhere either.
>> If I comment out fbpanel in startxwinrc then nothing loads (I don't
> normally have an xterm come up, I just want the server running and waiting).

If your /etc/X11/xinit/startxwinrc mentions fbpanel, you don't have the 
latest version (see [1]), so maybe try updating or reinstalling the 
xinit package?
If you have a custom ~/.startxwinrc, then base it on the current 
/etc/X11/xinit/startxwinrc and end it with 'exec 
/usr/bin/xwin-xdg-menu', or even 'exec sleep infinity' if you don't like 
that.
[1] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2015-07/msg00013.html
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