xwin on cygwin - cannot connect

[Harold L Hunt II]

Andrew,

Andrew Leung wrote:
> I've got cygwin on winxp machine - can't connect to the X server.  When
> using xwin.exe :0 -query <host> the checkered screen quickly comes up
> and then disappears.. Anyone know whats happening?  Also I remember
> someone mentioning that X shouldn't be running on the linux box when
> trying to connect.  How do I stop this as the login screen loads up
> everytime I boot up?  The machine is running slackware.  I'm pretty sure
> there's communication since tcpdumps show some responsive port 117
> traffic..  Any help is appreciated, I'm new to linux so I'm not sure
> what to look for..  Thanks in advance.

Sounds like you have a font problem on your Windows machine.  Please 
send in the contents of /tmp/XWin.log after a failed attempt to connect.

Harold