I think it is not a stale lock. As there is no lock file to be found. Please see the logs below.
IN0335-01[48]+ cd /tmp IN0335-01[49]+ ls XWin.log IN0335-01[50]+ ls -al total 8 drwxrwxrwt+ 2 asura mkgroup-l-d 0 Nov 13 15:15 . drwxrwx---+ 12 asura mkgroup-l-d 0 Nov 13 13:01 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 asura mkgroup-l-d 7416 Nov 13 15:15 XWin.log IN0335-01[51]+ startx xauth: creating new authority file /home/pomo/.serverauth.2520 xauth: unable to link authority file /home/pomo/.serverauth.2520, use /home/pom o/.serverauth.2520-n xauth: creating new authority file /home/pomo/.Xauthority xauth: creating new authority file /home/pomo/.Xauthority xauth: unable to link authority file /home/pomo/.Xauthority, use /home/pomo/.Xa uthority-n xauth: creating new authority file /home/pomo/.Xauthority xauth: creating new authority file /home/pomo/.Xauthority xauth: unable to link authority file /home/pomo/.Xauthority, use /home/pomo/.Xa uthority-n giving up. xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. xauth: creating new authority file /home/pomo/.Xauthority IN0335-01[52]+ IN0335-01[52]+ cd /tmp; ls -al total 4 drwxrwxrwt+ 2 asura mkgroup-l-d 0 Nov 13 16:13 . drwxrwx---+ 12 asura mkgroup-l-d 0 Nov 13 13:01 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 asura mkgroup-l-d 466 Nov 13 16:13 XWin.log IN0335-01[53]+ cat XWin.log Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 1.5.3.0 (10503000) Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /home/pomo/.serverauth.2520 ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1680 h 1050 winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning Fatal server error: Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress total 4 IN0335-01[54]+ ls -al drwxrwxrwt+ 2 asura mkgroup-l-d 0 Nov 13 16:13 . drwxrwx---+ 12 asura mkgroup-l-d 0 Nov 13 13:01 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 asura mkgroup-l-d 466 Nov 13 16:13 XWin.log IN0335-01[54]+ regards, asura -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 bali asur wrote: > Fatal server error: > Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock Stale lock? Yaakov Cygwin/X -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkkb94kACgkQpiWmPGlmQSOSzACgzhGpiNDQqs3a674BwQM/b4d3 YPMAnA88rfoGxMCG9JlS6tkF/eCS8duf =Oztj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/