First off, look in the log file: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-log-file-location
Then, send in that log file to the mailing list if you can't figure out what to do. I suspect that you may need to update DirectX, since it sounds like the server is having a problem allocating memory for drawing the graphics. Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Naveen Kansara > Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 8:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Problems starting XFree86 > > > Hi > > I have recently installed XFree86 4.2 on my PC which has WIN 98 and cygwin > version 2.194.2.21. I have read the mail archives and have tried all the > available options but nothing seems to work. I am giving the results when > startx is envoked under bash or startxwin under dos. Both startx and > startxwin.bat are as supplied by the installation(which was troublefree). > > The output when running startxwin.bat from dos command prompt > >>startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows 95/98/Me > X connection to 127.0.0.1:0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown) > > The output when running startx from bash prompt > >>startx > waiting for X server to begin accepting connections . > .. > giving up. > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > $ XWin -query 127.0.0.1:0.0 > opens up the Cygwin/XFree86 window but closes it after a few secs without > any error messages. Trying to run Xwin -query to a remote host (which is a > Solaris machine) has the same effect. > > Trying xterm on it's own gives the can't open display error. > $ xterm > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1 > > > In both instances the Cygwin/XFree86 window opens but is completely > blank(white background), remains for few seconds and then closes. However > running XWin has the same response but no error message is printed. > > I have a PPP and a Realtek RTL8029(AS) Ethernet adapter. > Below is the output of ipconfig /all > > Windows 98 IP Configuration > > Host Name . . . . . . . . . : NKANSARA > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 203.134.24.70 > 203.134.26.70 > Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast > NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . : > IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No > WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No > NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No > > 0 Ethernet adapter : > > Description . . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter. > Physical Address. . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-00-00 > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes > IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 210.50.202.191 > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 > Default Gateway . . . . . . : 210.50.202.191 > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 > Primary WINS Server . . . . : > Secondary WINS Server . . . : > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 01 01 80 12:00:00 > Lease Expires . . . . . . . : 01 01 80 12:00:00 > > 1 Ethernet adapter : > Description . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8029(AS) Ethernet Adapt > Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-4F-49-00-73-37 > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes > IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 169.254.14.92 > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 > Default Gateway . . . . . . : > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 > Primary WINS Server . . . . : > Secondary WINS Server . . . : > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 03 30 02 10:50:46 > Lease Expires . . . . . . . : > > Below is the output of netstat -a > $ netstat -a > > Active Connections > > Proto Local Address Foreign Address State > TCP nkansara:1088 NKANSARA:0 LISTENING > TCP nkansara:137 NKANSARA:0 LISTENING > TCP nkansara:138 NKANSARA:0 LISTENING > TCP nkansara:nbsession NKANSARA:0 LISTENING > TCP nkansara:137 NKANSARA:0 LISTENING > TCP nkansara:138 NKANSARA:0 LISTENING > TCP nkansara:nbsession NKANSARA:0 LISTENING > UDP nkansara:1088 *:* > UDP nkansara:nbname *:* > UDP nkansara:nbdatagram *:* > UDP nkansara:nbname *:* > UDP nkansara:nbdatagram *:* > > Though the ping works well on 127.0.0.1 > $ ping 127.0.0.1 > > Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data: > > Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 > Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 > Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 > Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 > > Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1: > Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), > Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: > Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms > > Some of the solutions tried by me are: > 1)setting the ecvironment valiable OS and DISPLAY > 2)trying various sets of ip address such as 0.0.0.0 > > It seems to me that either it cannot connect to 127.0.0.1 or the > connection > can't be maintained. Any suggestions/pointers/references would be highly > appreciated. > > Thanks > > Naveen > >
