Tried to fix Doing vfork: resource temporarily unavailable error with Emacs, now can't start X server

2011-04-17 Thread David M. Karr
Cygwin 1.7.8 (and 1.7.9), Win7SP1. I was having issues with my Emacs startup occasionally failing with Doing vfork: resource temporarily unavailable. I found a link that alleged to have the solution to this (http://blog.cottee.org/2008/05/cygwin-emacs-problems.html). I followed these

Re: Tried to fix Doing vfork: resource temporarily unavailable error with Emacs, now can't start X server

2011-04-20 Thread David M. Karr
On 4/18/2011 5:12 AM, Ken Brown wrote: On 4/17/2011 6:30 PM, David M. Karr wrote: Cygwin 1.7.8 (and 1.7.9), Win7SP1. I was having issues with my Emacs startup occasionally failing with Doing vfork: resource temporarily unavailable. I found a link that alleged to have the solution

Still can't run XServer or any apps that require it

2011-04-23 Thread David M. Karr
Cygwin 1.7.9 on Win7SP1. Almost a week ago now, I've been unable to run my XServer, and thus any of the apps that normally run with it, like Emacs. When I run startxwin, it just says failed to activate core devices. Here's the XWin.0.log: Welcome to the XWin

Re: Still can't run XServer or any apps that require it

2011-04-25 Thread David M. Karr
On 4/25/2011 8:23 AM, Jon TURNEY wrote: On 23/04/2011 17:47, David M. Karr wrote: Almost a week ago now, I've been unable to run my XServer, and thus any of the apps that normally run with it, like Emacs. I realise this situation is an inconvenience, but please don't post to multiple lists

Re: Still can't run XServer or any apps that require it

2011-04-25 Thread David M. Karr
On 4/25/2011 10:07 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 04:23:56PM +0100, Jon TURNEY wrote: On 23/04/2011 17:47, David M. Karr wrote: Almost a week ago now, I've been unable to run my XServer, and thus any of the apps that normally run with it, like Emacs. I realise