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
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
Specify one mirror only when downloading. Notice that some mirrors do
not have 4.3.0-1 yet, so mixing updated mirrors and out of date mirrors
causes problems.
See this message I wrote describing the problem:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-08/msg8.html
Harold
*sheepish look*
My recently-updated Cygwin WindowMaker is whining to me:
TIFFReadDirectory: Warning, /usr/X11R6/share/WINGs/Images.tiff:
unknown field with tag 317 (0x13d) encountered.
TIFFReadDirectory: Warning, /usr/X11R6/share/WindowMaker/Icons/Terminal.tiff:
unknown field with tag 317 (0x13d) encountered.
