Starting X in Cygwin

Steven O'Brien steven.obrien2@ntlworld.com
Wed Jul 3 00:19:00 GMT 2002


Bryan Zimmer wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I used to have an installation of Cygwin that, when I did a "startx",
> I = got the server startup, the twm window manager, a couple of xterms
> and ="oclock". Now, I run startx and all I get is the blank server
> screen. = When I exit, I get a message to the effect of Xlib: not
> authorized to = connect to display :0.0.
> 
> What am I doing wrong? I know a bit of Unix, but my knowledge of X
> falls = short. I don't know how to authorize Xlib to  connect to
> display :0.0.
> 
> Any help will be appreciated with respect.
> 

You almost certainly have a .Xauthority file in your home directory.
Delete it and xstart will work again.

Steven



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