Cannot start X server

[Thomas Chadwick]

If you, too, are seeing the messages about not finding fonts, then it
is covered in the FAQ...

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-removing-font-path-element

Note that the FAQ is a little out of date.  You should NOT be using 
Xinstall.sh to install XFree86, you should be using the Cygwin setup program 
and selecting what you want from the XFree86 section.

>From: "Walter.Justen" <wj@sunroot.de>
>Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>Subject: Cannot start X server
>Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:57:36 +0200
>
>Hi there,
>
>i have seen the enclosed mail from Nicolas at the archive. I have the same 
>problems. First the xserver works fine, after a reboot of the systems it 
>dont work again.
>
>Is the a solution ...
>
>regards
>Walter
>
>
>    * From: Nicolas F Rouquette
>    * Subject: Cannot start X server
>    * Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:48:29 -0700
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>I have been running cygwin & X for quite a while. Recently, my setup got 
>corrupted after a setup session gone bad (not sure why).
>Today, I reinstalled everything (cygwin & xfree) from the internet but I 
>can't start a basic X server. Here's what I get:
>
>$ startx
>
>waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .
>..
>.. [repeated many times]
>..
>giving up.
>xinit: Permission denied (errno 13): unable to connect to X server
>
>waiting for X server to shut down
>
>xinit: Server error
>
>The /tmp/XWin.log doesn't seem to have particularly alarming messages,
>except for the ownership message that I've read in the mailing list archive 
>to ignore
>(perhaps it no longer should???)
>
>---------------------
>ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
>winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1600 h 1200
>winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
>_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
>winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP
>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 1166 1600
>winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 1166 1600
>winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1594 h 1135 r 1594 l 0 b 
>1135 t 0
>winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed -  Returning
>winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - lPitch: 6376
>winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff
>winInitVisualsShadowDDNL - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24 
>bpp 32
>winCreateDefColormap - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
>winScreenInit - returning
>Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing 
>from list!
>Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing 
>from list!
>Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing 
>from list!
>-----------------------
>
>Suggestions?
>
>-- Nicolas.


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