Sadly this one wants to play a little hard to get...
I have tried this on two somewhat similar machines - 5 years difference in hardware, but both XP Pro up-to-date on Microsoft Update, and both running the cygwin versions present on mirror.mcs.anl.gov as of this weekend - both were upgraded, then after both were, I checked that there were no further upgrades posted in between. The two differ regarding which packages are present, but for those present, they'd seem to be at the same versions. One shows this problem quite consistently, the other doesn't show it at all. It's the newer one, which has a good amount of memory to spare and is usually the more reliable these days, that is showing the problem. I can recreate the problem at will on the one that shows it by starting XWin at the command line directly, under xinit, or under startxwin. But if I try to start XWin under gdb, I don't see the problem; see below. (The page you pointed me to suggests attaching gdb after startup, but that doesn't seem reasonable in this case.) I notice in the output from starting XWin at the command line there's the line 3 [main] XWin 4520 fork: child 5408 - died waiting for dll loading, errno 11 I didn't see this output or captured in /var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log when I ran via xinit or startxwin. I don't know if that line got generated but lost in output redirections, or if this way of starting X is maybe seeing yet a different problem. This line seems similar to that reported by Denis Beauchemin, Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:17:54 +0000. Any suggestions re how else to get the backtrace you desire, or any other info that might be helpful? --- The below were run within a shell within Emacs running on an X server other than :0. The behavior looks the same as when running in a Windows CMD shell, except here the XWin output seems to be printing locally rather than going to XWin.0.log. The "@@@@@@@"s are hand-edited whiteouts. The note below about Zonealarm is "interesting". No Zonealarm, tho do have McAfee's firewall enabled. The run under gdb seemed to startup ok; I closed up X after a little while via "Exit..." on the taskbar icon. _> XWin -multiwindow -nolisten tcp Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 1.11.1.0 OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3 [Windows NT 5.1 build 2600] (Win32) Package: version 1.11.1-1 built 2011-10-05 XWin was started with the following command line: XWin -multiwindow -nolisten tcp (--) Windows reports only 2 mouse buttons, defaulting to -emulate3buttons (II) xorg.conf is not supported (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information LoadPreferences: /home/@@@@@@@/.XWinrc not found LoadPreferences: Loading /etc/X11/system.XWinrc LoadPreferences: Done parsing the configuration file... winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed, allowing ShadowDD winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT, allowing PrimaryDD winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed, allowing ShadowDDNL winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0000001f winTaskbarInit - Could not get SHGetPropertyStoreForWindow address winSetEngine - Multi Window or Rootless => ShadowGDI winScreenInit - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1280 height: 800 depth: 32 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () Screen 0 added at virtual desktop coordinate (0,0). (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized swrast (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0 [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/TTF/, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/OTF/, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/Type1/, removing from list! 3 [main] XWin 4520 fork: child 5408 - died waiting for dll loading, errno 11 _> gdb XWin GNU gdb (GDB) 7.3.50.20110821-cvs (cygwin-special) Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i686-cygwin". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /bin/XWin...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) run -multiwindow -nolisten tcp Starting program: /bin/XWin -multiwindow -nolisten tcp [New Thread 3616.0x1318] [New Thread 3616.0x1310] [New Thread 3616.0xbf4] [New Thread 3616.0x9a0] [New Thread 3616.0x14e0] [New Thread 3616.0x460] [New Thread 3616.0x1334] [New Thread 3616.0x1070] [New Thread 3616.0xf00] [New Thread 3616.0x14cc] [New Thread 3616.0x3f8] [Inferior 1 (process 3616) exited normally] (gdb) quit _> cygcheck -s Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Mon Oct 31 11:40:39 2011 Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Path: C:\cygwin\home\@@@@@@@\bin_@@@@@@@ C:\@@@@@@@\@@@@@@@\bin_cygwin_i386 C:\@@@@@@@\@@@@@@@\bin_common C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\PROGFI~1\ORADB1~1.2\product\112~1.0\dbhome_1\bin C:\PROGRA~1\WI8DE7~1\Tools C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\WINDOW~1 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\WINDOW~1 C:\Perl\site\bin C:\Perl\bin C:\WINDOWS\system32 C:\WINDOWS C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem C:\PROGRA~1\Intel\WiFi\bin C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Lenovo C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\ROXIOS~1\10.0\DLLSHA~1 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\ROXIOS~1\DLLSHA~1 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\ROXIOS~1\DLLSHA~1 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\ROXIOS~1\10.0\DLLSHA~1 C:\PROGRA~1\MI6841~1\90\Tools\binn C:\PROGRA~1\GNU\GnuPG\pub C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINDOW~1\v1.0 C:\PROGRA~1\SUPPOR~1 C:\PROGRA~1\QUICKT~1\QTSystem Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe UID: 1008(@@@@@@@) GID: 1014(@@@@@@@) 1014(@@@@@@@) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) 1020(ora_dba) 1021(ORA_OPER) 513(None) SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\system32 WinDir: C:\WINDOWS PWD = '/home/@@@@@@@' MAKE_MODE = 'unix' USER = '@@@@@@@' HOME = '/home/@@@@@@@' CYGWIN = 'winsymlinks' Use '-r' to scan registry obcaseinsensitive set to 1 Cygwin installations found in the registry: System: Key: c5e39b7a9d22bafb Path: C:\cygwin c: hd NTFS 233855Mb 91% CP CS UN PA FC C [@@@@@@@] d: cd N/A N/A C:\cygwin / system binary,auto C:\cygwin\bin /usr/bin system binary,auto C:\cygwin\lib /usr/lib system binary,auto cygdrive prefix /cygdrive user 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Service : cygserver Display name : CYGWIN cygserver Current State : Running Controls Accepted : Stop Command : /usr/sbin/cygserver Service : sshd Display name : CYGWIN sshd Current State : Stopped Command : /usr/sbin/sshd -D Service : syslog-ng Display name : CYGWIN syslog-ng Current State : Running Controls Accepted : Stop Command : /usr/sbin/syslog-ng -F --fd-limit 256 Service : xinetd Display name : CYGWIN xinetd Current State : Stopped Command : /usr/sbin/xinetd.exe Cygwin Package Information Package Version Status _update-info-dir 00992-1 OK alternatives 1.3.30c-10 OK apache2 2.2.6-1 OK base-cygwin 3.0-1 OK base-files 4.0-6 OK base-passwd 3.1-2 OK bash 4.1.10-4 OK binutils 2.22.51-1 OK bzip2 1.0.6-2 OK coreutils 8.14-1 OK corkscrew 2.0-1 OK cpio 2.11-1 OK crypt 1.1-1 OK csih 0.9.4-1 OK curl 7.20.1-1 OK cygrunsrv 1.34-1 OK cygutils 1.4.6-1 OK cygwin 1.7.9-1 OK cygwin-doc 1.7-1 OK cygwin-x-doc 1.1.1-1 OK dash 0.5.6.1-2 OK ddrescue 1.12-1 OK diffutils 2.9-1 OK dos2unix 5.3.1-1 OK e2fsprogs 1.41.14-1 OK editrights 1.01-2 OK emacs 23.3-3 OK emacs-X11 23.3-3 OK expat 2.0.1-1 OK file 5.05-1 OK findutils 4.5.9-2 OK font-adobe-dpi75 1.0.2-1 OK font-alias 1.0.3-1 OK font-encodings 1.0.4-1 OK font-misc-misc 1.1.1-1 OK fontconfig 2.8.0-1 OK gamin 0.1.10-11 OK gawk 4.0.0-1 OK gcc-ada 3.4.4-999 OK gcc-core 3.4.4-999 OK gcc-g++ 3.4.4-999 OK gcc-mingw-ada 20050522-3 OK gcc-mingw-core 20050522-3 OK gcc-mingw-g++ 20050522-3 OK gdb 7.3.50-2 OK gettext 0.18.1.1-2 OK glib2 2.20.4-1 OK gnome-icon-theme 2.30.3-1 OK gnupg 1.4.9-2 OK grep 2.6.3-1 OK groff 1.20.1-2 OK gzip 1.4-1 OK hicolor-icon-theme 0.12-1 OK inetutils 1.7-2 OK ipc-utils 1.0-1 OK less 444-1 OK libapr1 1.4.5-1 OK libaprutil1 1.3.12-1 OK libatk1.0_0 1.30.0-1 OK libattr1 2.4.43-1 OK libblkid1 2.17.2-1 OK libbz2_1 1.0.6-2 OK libcairo2 1.10.2-1 OK libcharset1 1.14-2 OK libcom_err2 1.41.14-1 OK libcroco0.6_3 0.6.2-10 OK libcurl4 7.20.1-1 OK libdb4.2 4.2.52.5-2 OK libdb4.5 4.5.20.2-2 OK libdbus1_3 1.4.16-1 OK libe2p2 1.41.14-1 OK libedit0 20090923-1 OK libevtlog0 0.2.12-1 OK libexpat1 2.0.1-1 OK libexpat1-devel 2.0.1-1 OK libext2fs2 1.41.14-1 OK libfam0 0.1.10-11 OK libffi4 4.5.3-3 OK libfontconfig1 2.8.0-1 OK libfontenc1 1.1.0-1 OK libfreetype6 2.4.7-1 OK libgcc1 4.5.3-3 OK libgcrypt11 1.4.6-1 OK libgdbm4 1.8.3-20 OK libgdk_pixbuf2.0_0 2.20.1-1 OK libgif4 4.1.6-10 OK libGL1 7.10.3-1 OK libglib2.0_0 2.24.1-1 OK libglitz1 0.5.6-10 OK libgmp3 4.3.2-1 OK libgpg-error0 1.10-1 OK libgsf1_114 1.14.18-1 OK libgtk2.0_0 2.20.1-1 OK libICE6 1.0.7-1 OK libiconv 1.14-2 OK libiconv2 1.14-2 OK libidn11 1.18-1 OK libintl2 0.12.1-3 OK libintl3 0.14.5-1 OK libintl8 0.18.1.1-2 OK libjasper1 1.900.1-11 OK libjbig2 2.0-11 OK libjpeg62 6b-21 OK libjpeg7 7-10 OK libjpeg8 8b-1 OK liblzma1 4.999.9beta-11 OK liblzma5 5.0.2_20110517-1 OK libncurses10 5.7-18 OK libncurses8 5.5-10 OK libncurses9 5.7-16 OK libncursesw10 5.7-18 OK libopenldap2_3_0 2.3.43-1 OK libopenssl098 0.9.8r-2 OK libpango1.0_0 1.28.1-1 OK libpcre0 8.13-1 OK libpixman1_0 0.22.2-1 OK libpng12 1.2.46-1 OK libpng14 1.4.8-1 OK libpopt0 1.6.4-4 OK libpq5 8.2.11-1 OK libreadline6 5.2.14-12 OK libreadline7 6.1.2-2 OK librsvg2_2 2.26.3-1 OK libsasl2 2.1.23-1 OK libsigsegv2 2.10-1 OK libSM6 1.2.0-1 OK libsqlite3_0 3.7.3-1 OK libss2 1.41.14-1 OK libssh2_1 1.2.7-1 OK libssp0 4.5.3-3 OK libstdc++6 4.5.3-3 OK libtiff5 3.9.4-1 OK libusb-win32 1.2.5.0-1 OK libustr1 1.0.4-11 OK libuuid1 2.17.2-1 OK libwrap0 7.6-21 OK libX11-xcb1 1.4.4-1 OK libX11_6 1.4.4-1 OK libXau6 1.0.6-1 OK libXaw3d7 1.5D-10 OK libXaw7 1.0.9-1 OK libxcb-glx0 1.7-2 OK libxcb-render-util0 0.3.8-1 OK libxcb-render0 1.7-2 OK libxcb-shm0 1.7-2 OK libxcb1 1.7-2 OK libXcomposite1 0.4.3-1 OK libXcursor1 1.1.12-1 OK libXdamage1 1.1.3-1 OK libXdmcp6 1.1.0-1 OK libXext6 1.3.0-1 OK libXfixes3 5.0-1 OK libXft2 2.2.0-1 OK libXi6 1.4.3-1 OK libXinerama1 1.1.1-1 OK libxkbfile1 1.0.7-1 OK libxml2 2.7.8-2 OK libXmu6 1.1.0-1 OK libXmuu1 1.1.0-1 OK libXpm4 3.5.9-1 OK libXrandr2 1.3.2-1 OK libXrender1 0.9.6-1 OK libXt6 1.1.1-1 OK login 1.10-10 OK luit 1.1.0-1 OK make 3.81-2 OK man 1.6f-1 OK mingw-runtime 3.20-1 OK mingw-w32api 3.17-2 OK minires 1.02-1 OK mkfontdir 1.0.6-1 OK mkfontscale 1.0.9-1 OK netcat 1.10-2 OK openssh 5.9p1-1 OK openssl 0.9.8r-2 OK patch 2.5.8-9 OK perl 5.10.1-5 OK python 2.6.5-2 OK readpst 0.5.3-1 OK rebase 4.0.1-1 OK rsync 3.0.9-1 OK ruby 1.8.7-p72-2 OK run 1.1.13-1 OK run2 0.4.0-1 OK sed 4.2.1-1 OK shared-mime-info 0.90-1 OK sharutils 4.10-2 OK smartmontools 5.42-1 OK syslog-ng 3.2.1-1 OK tar 1.25-1 OK tcltk 20080420-1 OK tcsh 6.17.00.1-1 OK termcap 5.7_20091114-14 OK terminfo 5.7_20091114-14 OK terminfo0 5.5_20061104-12 OK texinfo 4.13-4 OK tzcode 2010j-1 OK unison2.40 2.40.61-2 OK unzip 6.0-10 OK util-linux 2.17.2-1 OK w32api 3.17-2 OK which 2.20-2 OK whois 5.0.11-1 OK xauth 1.0.6-1 OK xcursor-themes 1.0.3-1 OK xemacs-emacs-common 21.4.22-1 OK xhost 1.0.4-1 OK xinetd 2.3.14-1 OK xinit 1.3.1-1 OK xkbcomp 1.2.3-1 OK xkeyboard-config 2.4.1-1 OK xmodmap 1.0.5-1 OK xorg-server 1.11.1-1 OK xrdb 1.0.9-1 OK xterm 276-1 OK xz 5.0.2_20110517-1 OK zip 3.0-11 OK zlib 1.2.5-1 OK zlib-devel 1.2.5-1 OK zlib0 1.2.5-1 OK Use -h to see help about each section _> ----- Original Message ----- From: Jon TURNEY Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 7:45 AM Subject: Re: -nolisten tcp -multiwindow combination crashes in XWin startup On 30/10/2011 06:06, Dave A wrote: > Upon upgrading to version 1.11.1-1 built 2011-10-05, I found my usual startup > of X no longer succeeds. > > It appears it's a combination of -nolisten tcp and -multiwindow that leads to > the problem. Either used alone > seems to work ok, the two together yield the crash. Thanks very much for reporting this problem. Unfortunately, I can't reproduce it, and the stacktrace is not as helpful as it might be as the crash is occurring in a dll, but the stacktrace doesn't record which dll loaded at what address... Following the instructions at [1] to use gdb to get a backtrace for the X server when it crashes would be of great help. [1] http://x.cygwin.com/devel/backtrace.html -- 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/
