Cannot start XServer

[Nikolay Metchev]

That was a tough bug to track down. Perhaps this should be mentioned in the
installation instructions which are on the XFree86 web page.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Hourihane" <alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk>
To: "Nikolay Metchev" <NikolayMetchev@hotmail.com>
Cc: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: Cannot start XServer


> Sounds like you need to mount your drives in binary mode, and
> retry the installation as the font files don't quite work right
> in text mode.
>
> Alan.
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 11:39:21PM -0000, Nikolay Metchev wrote:
> > This is what XWin.log says:
> > ddxProcessArgument () - Initializing default screens
> > winInitializeDefaultScreens () - w 1024 h 768
> > ddxProcessArgument () - screen - argc: 5 i: 1
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
> > winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000001f
> > winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> > winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits
per
> > pixel
> > winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 716 1024
> > winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 716 1024
> > winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient w 1018 h 691 r 1018 l
0 b
> > 691 t 0
> > winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () -  Returning
> > winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - lPitch: 4072
> > winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d
32
> > winLayerCreate () - dwDepth 32
> > winRandRInit ()
> > winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> > winScreenInit () - returning
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > could not open default font 'fixed'
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alan Hourihane" <alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk>
> > To: "Nikolay Metchev" <NikolayMetchev@hotmail.com>
> > Cc: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: Cannot start XServer
> >
> >
> > > What does /tmp/XWin.log have to say ?
> > >
> > > Alan.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 10:37:49PM -0000, Nikolay Metchev wrote:
> > > > I sent the e-mail below .  I have been asked to provide additional
> > > > information. I am using Windows XP. I have a TCP/IP LAN using
internet
> > > > connection sharing. I do not use Zone Alarm or any other personal
> > firewall
> > > > tool. I still get the error message listed below.
> > > >
> > > > > I have installed the 4.2.0 version of Cygwin/XFree86 on my Windows
XP
> > > > laptop
> > > > > using a second monitor and when I tried to run the XServer a
window of
> > > > some
> > > > > sort appeared and then disappeared leaving this message:
> > > > > $ ./startxwin.bat
> > > > > startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000
> > > > > XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server
> > > > > "127.0.0.1:0.0"
> > > > > XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server
> > > > > "127.0.0.1:0.0"
> > > > >
> > > > >       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events
remaining.
> > > > >       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events
remaining.
> > > > >       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events
remaining.
> > > > >
> > > > > any ideas what I am doing wrong?
> > > > >
> > >
>