/usr/bin/startx fails on new x.org install?

[Michael Hennebry]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:

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> http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTWLL !!
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> Lloyd Wood wrote:
>> XWin was started with the following command line:
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>> /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /cygdrive/c/Documents and
>>  Settings/lwood/.serverauth.3000
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>> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
>> winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1400 h 1050
>> winInitializeDefaultScreens - returning
>> Unrecognized option: and
>> [..]
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> This isn't X-specific; spaces and *NIX paths don't mix.  Please use a
> sane home directory, like /home/lwood.

Quoting will only cure some such problems.

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