Xwin stackdump while logging into RH8 with KDE as window manager

[Harold L Hunt II]

 > machines are running win2k sp3, cygwin 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) and xfree 4.3.9.

Joel,

There is no such thing as Cygwin/XFree86 4.3.9.

There are Server Test Series releases:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/shadow/changelog.html

There are also setup.exe installed release of the XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-* 
package that correspond to a particular Server Test Series release (see 
the change log above to find the relation).

Did you install with setup.exe (highly, extremely recommended) or have 
you replaced your XWin.exe with a Server Test Series at some point?  If 
you have not used setup.exe lately to update your installation, I can 
only require that you do so and grab the latest XFree86-*-4.3.0-* 
packages to get yourself up to date.  Without an up to date installation 
I cannot rule out the fact that your bug may already have been fixed.

Please attach your startxwin.sh file for examination.

Harold