On 12/07/2011 09:10, Jan Chludzinski wrote: > I just did a complete installation of X11 from Cygwin 1.7 setup.exe. > But when I try to start the "XWin Server" using the "Start" menu > nothing happens. If I try either "startxwin" or "startx" or "xinit" > from the BASH shell I get: > > giving up. > startxwin: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X > server > startxwin: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > Any suggestions?
Looking at the XWin.0.log you attached, it looks like the X server is starting up successfully. If clients are unable to connect, this might be due to firewall configuration or other software which interferes with cygwin sockets (see [1] in the Cygwin/X FAQ for some suggestions) [1] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-cannot-open-display -- 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/