On 05/02/2011 12:57, katrin schmid wrote: > i am trying to start XWin.exe > in any of the ways described here: > http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html > and with just XWin.exe and ends in Sementation fault and failed to activate > core devices errors. > I found several post disscussing this on the web but no solution. > Does somebody know?
I recently added this to the FAQ at [1]. Basically, assuming you have installed everything correctly, this problem is caused by a failure in the cygwin DLL to fork another process for XWin to run xkbcomp. This isn't a bug in XWin, and there's very little I can do to fix it. [1] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-failed-to-compile-keymap -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- 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/
