Thought I'd reply to the list about the resolution to this, since somebody just asked me about this off-list:
'startxwin.sh' from a bash window works whereas 'startx' doesn't (also works: 'startxwin.bat' from a windows cmd line). It seems startx is broken on cygwin. Andrew > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Andrew Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to start XWin.exe on a fresh cygwin install via startx and > am getting the following: > > bash-3.2$ startx > xauth: creating new authority file /cygdrive/c/Users/anallen/.serverauth.4156 > > giving up. > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > After the "xauth" message, I get a frame of a window titled > "Cygwin/X:0.0" (but nothing in the window), the computer screen "greys > out", and a window pops up saying: "XWin.exe has stopped working. > Windows is checking for a solution to the problem... A problem caused > the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program > and notify you if a solution is available." > > I'm running Windows Vista Enterprise Service Pack 1 <snip> -- 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/
