Re: Cannot Start X
On 8/7/07, Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Marco Schuler wrote: On 8/7/07, Holger Krull wrote: Marco Schuler schrieb: On 8/7/07, Holger Krull x wrote: Why is everything mounted in textmode? Hm, I don't know. That's just what cygwin did on installation. Is there any problem about this? Well, usually it is not what cygwin does. I don't know if it does any paticular harm, but there is no reason to have / mounted textmode. It seems as this is default from mount. man mount sais: By default, mounts are in text mode The mode of the mounts created by setup.exe depend on what you specify for the Default text file type during installation. Unix (i.e. binary) is the default. Like all defaults, your best bet is to stick with them unless you have a need for something else and understand the implications. If you'd prefer to change back to binary mounts now, you can either re-run setup.exe and respecify your mount points as Unix or you can force a remount of all mount points as binary with the following: mount -m /tmp/mounts edit '/tmp/mounts' and change all '-t's to '-b's save your edits chmod +x /tmp/mounts /tmp/mounts You will, of course, have to run through the file-system and change any scripts you have from text to binary (with 'd2u') for those to work for you again. If you're not too far into your installation configuration, you may find it easier to start to remove what you have and reinstall. I installed cygwin again using UNIX mounts. X works now :-) Thank you both for your help! -- Regards, Marco -- 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/
Re: Cannot Start X
Marco Schuler wrote: snip I installed cygwin again using UNIX mounts. X works now :-) Thank you both for your help! You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 429-6305 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
Cannot Start X
Hello I installed Cygwin on my new machine yesterday and now I cannot start x as I am used to. A fatal error occurs. I tried to start using startxserver.bat which uses: XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error Here is the content of the XWin.log: (WW) /tmp mounted int textmode _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be created. (II) XF86Config is not supported (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 3000 height: 1200 depth: 32 winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff ff00 00ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 null screen fn ReparentWindow null screen fn RestackWindow InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: 0409 (0409) (--) Using preset keyboard for English (USA) (409), type 4 (--) 3 mouse buttons found Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' I tried to fix the problem according to http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof but this did not help. Also reinstalling all the fonts did not help. A mount shows the following: $ mount C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type user (textmode) C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type user (textmode) C:\cygwin on / type user (textmode) c: on /cygdrive/c type user (textmode,noumount) d: on /cygdrive/d type user (textmode,noumount) h: on /cygdrive/h type user (textmode,noumount) k: on /cygdrive/k type user (textmode,noumount) o: on /cygdrive/o type user (textmode,noumount) s: on /cygdrive/s type user (textmode,noumount) t: on /cygdrive/t type user (textmode,noumount) u: on /cygdrive/u type user (textmode,noumount) x: on /cygdrive/x type user (textmode,noumount) There is no mount point for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts Any ideas on how to fix this problem? Thanks a lot in advance! -- Best regards, Marco -- 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/
Re: Cannot Start X
Marco Schuler schrieb: XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error Here is the content of the XWin.log: (WW) /tmp mounted int textmode _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be created. Check if you can write in the dir /tmp/.X11-unix and delete everything (use ls -la to check because the files start with a dot) Why is everything mounted in textmode? $ mount C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type user (textmode) C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type user (textmode) C:\cygwin on / type user (textmode) c: on /cygdrive/c type user (textmode,noumount) d: on /cygdrive/d type user (textmode,noumount) h: on /cygdrive/h type user (textmode,noumount) k: on /cygdrive/k type user (textmode,noumount) o: on /cygdrive/o type user (textmode,noumount) s: on /cygdrive/s type user (textmode,noumount) t: on /cygdrive/t type user (textmode,noumount) u: on /cygdrive/u type user (textmode,noumount) x: on /cygdrive/x type user (textmode,noumount) -- 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/
Re: Cannot Start X
On 8/7/07, Holger Krull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marco Schuler schrieb: XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error Here is the content of the XWin.log: (WW) /tmp mounted int textmode _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be created. Check if you can write in the dir /tmp/.X11-unix and delete everything (use ls -la to check because the files start with a dot) I deleted all the files in the directory you mentioned, but it did not help. Still the same error and msg in the XWin.log. Any other ideas? Why is everything mounted in textmode? Hm, I don't know. That's just what cygwin did on installation. Is there any problem about this? -- Regards, Marco -- 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/
Re: Cannot Start X
Marco Schuler schrieb: On 8/7/07, Holger Krull x wrote: Please make your email Program not quote the full email adress. Why is everything mounted in textmode? Hm, I don't know. That's just what cygwin did on installation. Is there any problem about this? Well, usually it is not what cygwin does. I don't know if it does any paticular harm, but there is no reason to have / mounted textmode. -- 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/
Re: Cannot Start X
On 8/7/07, Holger Krull wrote: Marco Schuler schrieb: On 8/7/07, Holger Krull x wrote: Please make your email Program not quote the full email adress. Sorry about that. Gmail does not allow to configure this... Manual deleting will do ;-) Why is everything mounted in textmode? Hm, I don't know. That's just what cygwin did on installation. Is there any problem about this? Well, usually it is not what cygwin does. I don't know if it does any paticular harm, but there is no reason to have / mounted textmode. It seems as this is default from mount. man mount sais: By default, mounts are in text mode But I'd say the textmode is not the problem why I cannot start X? -- Regards, Marco -- 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/
Re: Cannot Start X
Marco Schuler schrieb: Why is everything mounted in textmode? Hm, I don't know. That's just what cygwin did on installation. Is there any problem about this? Well, usually it is not what cygwin does. I don't know if it does any paticular harm, but there is no reason to have / mounted textmode. It seems as this is default from mount. man mount sais: By default, mounts are in text mode Where did you get your cygwin from? My mount is telling me that binmode is the default. But I'd say the textmode is not the problem why I cannot start X? No, but it is a hint that there is something wrong with your cygwin installation. Attach the output of cygcheck -c -- 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/
Re: Cannot Start X
On 8/7/07, Holger Krull wrote: Marco Schuler schrieb: [...] Where did you get your cygwin from? From the cygwin mirror in Switzerland: ftp://mirror.switch.ch But I'd say the textmode is not the problem why I cannot start X? No, but it is a hint that there is something wrong with your cygwin installation. Attach the output of cygcheck -c $ cygcheck -c | grep -v OK Cygwin Package Information Package VersionStatus apache 1.3.33-2 Incomplete xorg-x11-bin 6.8.99.901-1 Incomplete After seeing that xorg-x11-bin was incomplete, I reinstalled it again using the setup program. Then: $ cygcheck -c | grep -v OK Cygwin Package Information Package VersionStatus apache 1.3.33-2 Incomplete But the problem remains the same. The tail of XWin.log is: Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress The directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/ does not exist in my installation: $ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ total 0 dr-xr-x---+ 2 chp01257 4294967295 0 Aug 7 14:34 100dpi/ dr-xr-x---+ 2 chp01257 4294967295 0 Aug 7 14:34 75dpi/ dr-xr-x---+ 2 chp01257 4294967295 0 Aug 7 14:34 TTF/ dr-xr-x---+ 2 chp01257 4294967295 0 Aug 7 14:34 Type1/ dr-xr-x---+ 2 chp01257 4294967295 0 Aug 7 14:34 cyrillic/ dr-xr-x---+ 3 chp01257 4294967295 0 Aug 7 14:33 encodings/ dr-xr-x---+ 2 chp01257 4294967295 0 Aug 7 14:34 misc/ dr-xr-x---+ 2 chp01257 4294967295 0 Aug 7 14:34 util/ Any other suggestions? -- Best regards, Marco -- 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/
Re: Cannot Start X
Marco Schuler schrieb: But I'd say the textmode is not the problem why I cannot start X? No, but it is a hint that there is something wrong with your cygwin installation. Attach the output of cygcheck -c Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress The directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/ does not exist in my installation: That is no problem. Any other suggestions? Delete the whole cygwin installation and redo it without the text mount. -- 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/
Re: Cannot start X, please advice
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Per Otto Opstad wrote: Please see log: Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.2.0-4 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin_GL -query 10.0.0.62 first: The accelerated opengl server is quite useless without running in multiwindow mode. Using -query requires a windowed (not multiwindow mode) so this setup will lead to trouble anyway. XDM: too many retransmissions, declaring session dead What is wrong? I have tried to reinstall the fonts, and I have checked if there is a old .dll file somewhere. Check the FAQ about XDMCP and -query problems. You can't reach the xdm server maybe -from localip does help bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
Cannot start X on laptop
Hello, I've tried running Cygwin-Xfree on my Dell 5100 laptop, and cannot get it to work. After the startx command, there is some output (attached), and then the shell freezes. Any thoughts about what might be going on? I have a wireless mouse keyboard attached over by USB port. Could that be the problem? Regards, Andrew Zachary Log of output from Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.7.0.0-11 Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1 (II) XF86Config is not supported (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0007 winSetEngine - Multi Window or Rootless = ShadowGDI winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1024 height: 734 depth: 32 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff ff00 00ff winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff ff00 00ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 null screen fn ReparentWindow null screen fn RestackWindow InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shar ed memory support in the kernel (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: 0409 (0409) (--) Using preset keyboard for English (USA) (409), type 4 Rules = xorg Model = pc105 Layout = us Variant = (null) Options = (null )
Cannot start X because of error with cygwin1.dll
Hi All I'm new to this, so I may be doing something stupid, anyhow I've made sure that the dll is in the same folder as the startX batch files etc which on my system is C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin Now when I try to start X I get the error message The procedure entry point _fcntl64 could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll Can anyone tell me, what I need to do to get X working please Cheers Stephen Whipp
Re: Cannot start X because of error with cygwin1.dll
On Wed, 19 May 2004, Stephen Whipp wrote: Hi All I'm new to this, so I may be doing something stupid, anyhow I've made sure that the dll is in the same folder as the startX batch files etc which on my system is C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin Now when I try to start X I get the error message The procedure entry point _fcntl64 could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll Can anyone tell me, what I need to do to get X working please Update the cygwin package. bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
RE: Cannot start X
Harold, THANKS! That was the cause of my problems. There was a copy under WINNT :-( X is working now. Martin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner;cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Harold L Hunt II Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 07:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot start X Martin, You need to search your computer for ``cygwin1.dll'' and remove any copies that are not in your Cygwin directory. You must search *all directories* on your computer for cygwin1.dll. The following FAQ entry gives a little additional information on the problem: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-sta tus-access-violation Harold Martin Rausche wrote: The question is where do I get a current one and where do I have to replace it. Cygwin setup doesn't seem to update this file, because I have all current versions installed via setup. Can I replace that file manually? Can I download it as a single file from somewhere? TIA, Martin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner;cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Sylvain Petreolle Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 02:13 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot start X you must have an old copy of cygwin1.dll in your system. --- Martin Rausche [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hello everyone, I guess this is a common question, but the FAQ didn't help. When I say startx in the shell, I get a Windows error message, which is titled xinit.exe - Entry Point Not Found and the according message says The procedure entry point getpwnam_r could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll. ___ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
Re: Cannot start X
Martin, Glad I could help. It was actually Sylvain Petreolle that answered your question... I just helped you understand what that answer meant. :) Harold Martin Rausche wrote: Harold, THANKS! That was the cause of my problems. There was a copy under WINNT :-( X is working now. Martin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner;cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Harold L Hunt II Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 07:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot start X Martin, You need to search your computer for ``cygwin1.dll'' and remove any copies that are not in your Cygwin directory. You must search *all directories* on your computer for cygwin1.dll. The following FAQ entry gives a little additional information on the problem: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-sta tus-access-violation Harold Martin Rausche wrote: The question is where do I get a current one and where do I have to replace it. Cygwin setup doesn't seem to update this file, because I have all current versions installed via setup. Can I replace that file manually? Can I download it as a single file from somewhere? TIA, Martin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner;cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Sylvain Petreolle Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 02:13 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot start X you must have an old copy of cygwin1.dll in your system. --- Martin Rausche [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hello everyone, I guess this is a common question, but the FAQ didn't help. When I say startx in the shell, I get a Windows error message, which is titled xinit.exe - Entry Point Not Found and the according message says The procedure entry point getpwnam_r could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll. ___ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
Re: Cannot start X
you must have an old copy of cygwin1.dll in your system. --- Martin Rausche [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hello everyone, I guess this is a common question, but the FAQ didn't help. When I say startx in the shell, I get a Windows error message, which is titled xinit.exe - Entry Point Not Found and the according message says The procedure entry point getpwnam_r could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll. ___ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
RE: Cannot start X
The question is where do I get a current one and where do I have to replace it. Cygwin setup doesn't seem to update this file, because I have all current versions installed via setup. Can I replace that file manually? Can I download it as a single file from somewhere? TIA, Martin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner;cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Sylvain Petreolle Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 02:13 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot start X you must have an old copy of cygwin1.dll in your system. --- Martin Rausche [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hello everyone, I guess this is a common question, but the FAQ didn't help. When I say startx in the shell, I get a Windows error message, which is titled xinit.exe - Entry Point Not Found and the according message says The procedure entry point getpwnam_r could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll. ___ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
Re: Cannot start X
Martin, You need to search your computer for ``cygwin1.dll'' and remove any copies that are not in your Cygwin directory. You must search *all directories* on your computer for cygwin1.dll. The following FAQ entry gives a little additional information on the problem: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-status-access-violation Harold Martin Rausche wrote: The question is where do I get a current one and where do I have to replace it. Cygwin setup doesn't seem to update this file, because I have all current versions installed via setup. Can I replace that file manually? Can I download it as a single file from somewhere? TIA, Martin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner;cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Sylvain Petreolle Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 02:13 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot start X you must have an old copy of cygwin1.dll in your system. --- Martin Rausche [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hello everyone, I guess this is a common question, but the FAQ didn't help. When I say startx in the shell, I get a Windows error message, which is titled xinit.exe - Entry Point Not Found and the according message says The procedure entry point getpwnam_r could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll. ___ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
Re: Cannot start X server
Thanks Andrew works fine now !!!
Re: Cannot start X server
Sorry for the cross-post, but I feel it's relevant to both lists... We should move any resulting discussion to one of them (probably [EMAIL PROTECTED]). On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 11:11:19AM -0600, Andrew Grimm wrote: This is not really an XFree problem, rather it is a global Cygwin issue caused by a policy change that took most people by surprise. Sounds like most people need to read the cygwin release announcements a little more closely rather than just blindly upgrading. cgf In retrospective, would it help to mark any other new release with such a major policy change 'Experimental' for a while? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Water molecules expand as they grow warmer (C) Popular Science, Oct'02, p.51
Re: Cannot start X server
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:06:01AM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Sorry for the cross-post, but I feel it's relevant to both lists... We should move any resulting discussion to one of them (probably [EMAIL PROTECTED]). On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 11:11:19AM -0600, Andrew Grimm wrote: This is not really an XFree problem, rather it is a global Cygwin issue caused by a policy change that took most people by surprise. Sounds like most people need to read the cygwin release announcements a little more closely rather than just blindly upgrading. In retrospective, would it help to mark any other new release with such a major policy change 'Experimental' for a while? That's what snapshots are for. cgf
Cannot start X server
Hi there, i have seen the enclosed mail from Nicolas at the archive. I have the same problems. First the xserver works fine, after a reboot of the systems it dont work again. Is the a solution ... regards Walter * From: Nicolas F Rouquette * Subject: Cannot start X server * Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:48:29 -0700 I have been running cygwin X for quite a while. Recently, my setup got corrupted after a setup session gone bad (not sure why). Today, I reinstalled everything (cygwin xfree) from the internet but I can't start a basic X server. Here's what I get: $ startx waiting for X server to begin accepting connections . .. .. [repeated many times] .. giving up. xinit: Permission denied (errno 13): unable to connect to X server waiting for X server to shut down xinit: Server error The /tmp/XWin.log doesn't seem to have particularly alarming messages, except for the ownership message that I've read in the mailing list archive to ignore (perhaps it no longer should???) - ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1600 h 1200 winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed winDetectSupportedEngines - Allowing PrimaryDD winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 001f winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 1166 1600 winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 1166 1600 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1594 h 1135 r 1594 l 0 b 1135 t 0 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Returning winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - lPitch: 6376 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff ff00 00ff winInitVisualsShadowDDNL - Masks 00ff ff00 00ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 winCreateDefColormap - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap () winScreenInit - returning Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list! --- Suggestions? -- Nicolas.
Re: Cannot start X server
I was having the exact same problem starting X under the newest Cygwin release. I also found this very frustrating as I have been running X for quite some time with no problems, then *boom* it suddenly broke. One option that worked for me was to downgrade to the previous version of the DLL (backout 1.3.13-2 to 1.3.12-4). This is simple to do using the setup program but is not a long-term solution. I am not an expert on this, but some research revealed that 1.3.13-2 has turned on the ntsec option by default. If your computer is in an NT domain, this affects you. To check, compare the UID/GID reported by your id -a command with the ownership of your existing files ls -ln $HOME. If they don't match, you need to update your /etc/passwd and/or /etc/group files. You can do this by replacing the yourusername entry in /etc/passwd with the output of mkpasswd -d -u yourusername and updating /etc/group with the output of mkgroup -d | grep :yourGID: (note that the angled brackets are meant to indicate variables and are not literally part of the commands). This is not really an XFree problem, rather it is a global Cygwin issue caused by a policy change that took most people by surprise. Hope that fixes your particular problem, Andy
Re: Cannot start X server
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 11:11:19AM -0600, Andrew Grimm wrote: This is not really an XFree problem, rather it is a global Cygwin issue caused by a policy change that took most people by surprise. Sounds like most people need to read the cygwin release announcements a little more closely rather than just blindly upgrading. cgf
Re: Cannot start X server
This is not really an XFree problem, rather it is a global Cygwin issue caused by a policy change that took most people by surprise. Sounds like most people need to read the cygwin release announcements a little more closely rather than just blindly upgrading. cgf It was not my intention to sound cynical. I was merely pointing out that the problem in question was not an XFree-specific problem. However To a Cygwin developer or expert CYGWIN=ntsec is now on by default probably serves fine as a description (albeit buried amongst 37 other change notes). However, most of the Cygwin-using community would not mentally equate that with I need to update my authentication files or Cygwin will break or know offhand how to do that. The User's Guide is great. However, your average user will not have waded through the ntsec section for the fun of it, because a standard Cygwin install works out of the box. Ironically, uneducated users may be the one price of quality (note that I must group myself as uneducated in the true ways of Cygwin, although I've been using it and XFree for some time). The setup program, which I run every morning like a kid at Christmas, encourages people to install updates by making it mind-numbingly simple. This is usually good and quite cool. However, given that model, perhaps a package mechanism which would inform users of required (non-automatable) configuration changes would be nice. This is not a flame. I have a deep appreciation for the hard work that goes into Cygwin and the quality of the evolving product--as well as for the time spent by those individuals whose efforts make Cygwin possible. I merely suggest that the upgrade process could do more to identify potential impacts and suggest corrective action, be that in the release notes or integrated into the process itself. -Andy
Cannot start X server
I have been running cygwin X for quite a while. Recently, my setup got corrupted after a setup session gone bad (not sure why). Today, I reinstalled everything (cygwin xfree) from the internet but I can't start a basic X server. Here's what I get: $ startx waiting for X server to begin accepting connections . .. .. [repeated many times] .. giving up. xinit: Permission denied (errno 13): unable to connect to X server waiting for X server to shut down xinit: Server error The /tmp/XWin.log doesn't seem to have particularly alarming messages, except for the ownership message that I've read in the mailing list archive to ignore (perhaps it no longer should???) - ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1600 h 1200 winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed winDetectSupportedEngines - Allowing PrimaryDD winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 001f winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 1166 1600 winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 1166 1600 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1594 h 1135 r 1594 l 0 b 1135 t 0 winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - Returning winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - lPitch: 6376 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff ff00 00ff winInitVisualsShadowDDNL - Masks 00ff ff00 00ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 winCreateDefColormap - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap () winScreenInit - returning Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list! --- Suggestions? -- Nicolas.
