Previously I had tried rebaseall and rebaseall with an alterante address but it still did not start.
This appears to be intermittent, after a few more attempts X is now up and running. On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Stephen More <stephen.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is the XWin.0.log file. > > -Thanks > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Jon TURNEY <jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk> > wrote: >> On 29/06/2011 12:00, Stephen More wrote: >>> After installing service pack 1 to System 7 I got the "Failed to >>> activate core devices." so I updated to xorg-server-1.10.2-1. >>> >>> I no longer am getting the Xwin modal error window, but Xwin is still >>> not starting. >> >> Thanks for the report. >> >> Can you attach the /var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log, please >> >>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Jon TURNEY <jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk> >>> wrote: >>>> The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution: >>>> >>>> *** xorg-server-1.10.2-1 >>>> *** xorg-server-dmx-1.10.2-1 >>>> >>>> These packages contain XWin and the other X.Org X11 servers. >>>> >>>> In addition to upstream fixes [1], the following cygwin-specific changes >>>> have been made since 1.10.1-1: >>>> >>>> * Use system() rather than pipe() & fork() to invoke xkbcomp. This should >>>> work around the X server being unable to startup with "Failed to activate >>>> core devices" error when cygwin's fork() emulation is unable to work >>>> successfully. (Launching applications from the tray menu still uses fork() >>>> and might still fail on problem systems, and other cygwin programs might >>>> still fail to fork(), but hopefully this will prevent these problems from >>>> being reported as an X server issue quite as much). (This should make >>>> Cygwin/X FAQ 9.15 obsolete) >>>> * Automatically activate the -nolock option if /tmp is on a FAT filesystem. >>>> (This should make Cygwin/X FAQ 2.3 obsolete) >>>> * Automatically activate the -emulate3buttons option if less than 3 mouse >>>> buttons are reported. Add -noemulate3buttons option so this can be >>>> reversed. >>>> * To facilitate testing of llvmpipe/softpipe, if the GALLIUM_DRIVER env var >>>> is set, load the swrastg rather than swrast rasterizer. >>>> * In -wgl mode, create a new dispatch table, rather than modifying the >>>> existing one to avoid a GLX crash. >>>> >>>> 9ea8c1f306aff9cd32542ee9f47af400 *xorg-server-1.10.2-1.tar.bz2 >>>> 974750046285c50f8c91244120af5d41 *xorg-server-dmx-1.10.2-1.tar.bz2 >>>> b525dda038b3b91b347699aa3de0966a *xorg-server-1.10.2-1-src.tar.bz2 >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-May/001675.html >>>> >> >>> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >>> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >> >> Please read :-) >> >>> Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ >>> FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ >> >> >> -- >> 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/