Shared memory is provided by the cygserver service. On Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP cygserver can be installed as a windows service.
To install cygserver run the cygserver-config script. It will install the service.
XWin.exe will not use Shared Memory if the
CYGWIN
does not contain the server
keyword. Starting XWin.exe with
CYGWIN=server XWin.exe |