- https://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygserver.html
- https://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-shared-memory.html
- https://superuser.com/questions/738105/how-to-install-cygserver
Within a cygwin installation you can find this file:
- /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cygserver.README
Looks like some X Window applications like the terminal emulators need Unix shared memory. Looks like that requires Cygserver … — I am not sure though. Gathering experiences …
N.B.: “Sometimes” I am running a cygwin installation as non-admin. I am not sure how much sense Cygserver makes w/o admin-rights.
This certainly does not work under such circumstances:
$ cygrunsrv -S cygserver
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