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Re: XWin.exe crashing at startup
- From: Andrew Allen <a2intl at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:07:11 -0800
- Subject: Re: XWin.exe crashing at startup
- References: <2b95563f0812061757s1b1ef672w2978fcfb6a811c01@mail.gmail.com> <2b95563f0902261657u17e4b509j2417adfef777e5ba@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Thought I'd reply to the list about the resolution to this, since
somebody just asked me about this off-list:
'startxwin.sh' from a bash window works whereas 'startx' doesn't (also
works: 'startxwin.bat' from a windows cmd line). It seems startx is
broken on cygwin.
Andrew
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Andrew Allen <a2intl@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to start XWin.exe on a fresh cygwin install via startx and
> am getting the following:
>
> bash-3.2$ startx
> xauth: ?creating new authority file /cygdrive/c/Users/anallen/.serverauth.4156
>
> giving up.
> xinit: ?Connection refused (errno 111): ?unable to connect to X server
> xinit: ?No such process (errno 3): ?Server error.
>
> After the "xauth" message, I get a frame of a window titled
> "Cygwin/X:0.0" (but nothing in the window), the computer screen "greys
> out", and a window pops up saying: "XWin.exe has stopped working.
> Windows is checking for a solution to the problem... A problem caused
> the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program
> and notify you if a solution is available."
>
> I'm running Windows Vista Enterprise Service Pack 1
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