H i Firoz, You should check that you do not have a firewall running. I had the same problem and it was due to my firewall: it was refusing the connection to the X server.
Benoit Firoz Vohra wrote: >Hi.. > >I am kinda new to cygwin and am trying to configure X >server on cygwin and i am getting following error >msg.... > >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. > >I have looked on the default log file and it doesn't >list any problems... > >here it goes... > >ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens > >winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1024 h 768 > >winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning > >_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be >set to root > >winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows 95/98/Me > >winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed > >winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed > >winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported >engines 00000017 > >winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking > >winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL - Using Windows display >depth of 32 bits per pixel > >winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 740 1024 > >winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 740 1024 > >winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1018 >h 715 r 1018 l 0 b 715 t 0 > >winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Returning > >winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - lPitch: 4072 > >winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff0000 0000ff00 >000000ff > >winInitVisualsShadowDDNL - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 >000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 > >winCreateDefColormap - Deferring to >fbCreateDefColormap () > >winScreenInit - returning > >the other ways of trying to run X ( via dos) result in >same thing....although both the methods do give me a >new X window, but there isn't anything in it. > >I have looked the mailing archieve and it seems people >had problems with default font which isn't in my >case... > >any help would b greatly appriciated... > >thanking in advance... > >Firoz. > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs >http://www.hotjobs.com > > > >
