Re: Problem with starting X server (alternate solution)

2006-07-26 Thread Mariusz Janczak
I followed your steps I found that this solution doesn't work for me. I also tried to reinstall whole cygwin packege and also without effect. The only one solution that works for me is install previous version of X package. -- Mariusz Janczak Steve Freeland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message

Re: Problem with starting X server (alternate solution)

2006-07-25 Thread Steve Freeland
Apologies for not attaching this to the correct thread; I'm not subscribed to the list and don't really know how I should go about that. But anyways. Regarding the Could not open default font 'fixed' message: Stephen A. Goulet mentioned that he was able to fix the problem by following the

Re: Problem with starting X server (alternate solution)

2006-07-25 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Steve Freeland wrote: Apologies for not attaching this to the correct thread; I'm not subscribed to the list and don't really know how I should go about that. But anyways. Regarding the Could not open default font 'fixed' message: Stephen A. Goulet mentioned that he was able to fix the

Re: Problem with starting X server

2006-07-19 Thread Alan Hourihane
On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 23:55 +0200, Alexander Gottwald wrote: Igor Peshansky wrote: This mount used to be routinely added by the X postinstall script. IIRC, this has been fixed in X so that such a mount is no longer required. Searching the list archives may unearth the relevant thread.

Re: Problem with starting X server

2006-07-18 Thread Mariusz Janczak
For me the problem is still opened. I do not have the /usr point in my mount point list. I have tried to follow all steps suggested at x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof but it still doesn't work. I have also reinstalled all X components. All those doesn't work. I'm

Re: Problem with starting X server

2006-07-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Andy Rushton wrote: Stephen A.Goulet wrote: This is what finally worked for me. Start cygwin and do a df, if this show the mount points, /usr, /usr/bin/, and /usr/lib. Then umount /usr and close the cygwin window. Now do the reinstall of the fonts as

Re: Problem with starting X server

2006-07-18 Thread Alexander Gottwald
Igor Peshansky wrote: This mount used to be routinely added by the X postinstall script. IIRC, this has been fixed in X so that such a mount is no longer required. Searching the list archives may unearth the relevant thread. However, the bug may have crept back, or may not have been propagated

Re: Problem with starting X server

2006-07-18 Thread Andy Rushton
Alexander Gottwald wrote: I suspect that some bugfixes which were present in the CYGWIN branch on freedesktop are missing in the branch which was the source for the latest release. Just to confirm that the bug indeed *seems* to have crept back. I updated to the latest release and then the

Re: Problem with starting X server

2006-07-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Andy Rushton wrote: Alexander Gottwald wrote: I suspect that some bugfixes which were present in the CYGWIN branch on freedesktop are missing in the branch which was the source for the latest release. Just to confirm that the bug indeed *seems* to have crept back. I

Re: Problem with starting X server

2006-07-17 Thread Stephen A.Goulet
Jim, It this is the root of your problem: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress This is what finally worked for me. Start cygwin and do a df, if this show the mount points, /usr, /usr/bin/, and /usr/lib.

Re: Problem with starting X server

2006-07-17 Thread Andy Rushton
Stephen A.Goulet wrote: This is what finally worked for me. Start cygwin and do a df, if this show the mount points, /usr, /usr/bin/, and /usr/lib. Then umount /usr and close the cygwin window. Now do the reinstall of the fonts as documented in the FAQ. I agree, but wanted to add to

Problem with starting X server

2006-07-16 Thread Craig Smith
I am getting the following text in XWin.log: (WW) /tmp mounted int textmode _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root (II) XF86Config is not supported (II) See x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display