Cygwin/X under XP fails to start only on 2nd User Account

[Iain Campbell]

Iain Campbell wrote:

> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Iain Campbell wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Iain Campbell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>> I'm new to the list. Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> I have two accounts on my laptop, one for use on my home network and
>>>>> the other for use at my place of work. I'm going nuts trying to get X
>>>>> working on my office account, even though it's perfectly fine on my
>>>>> personal account.
>>>>>       
>>>>> --snipped--
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> Start here:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> I suspect it's either a mount issue, or a permission one.  Seeing the
>>>> output of "cygcheck -svr" will likely provide enough information to
>>>> decide which one.  Please make sure you *attach* the output, rather
>>>> than include it in-line.
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Thanks, Igor. I've had a peek at the file (attached) and I'm none the
>>> wiser :-)
>>>   
>>
>>
>> The file you attached shows a lot of information about your system 
>> that's
>> useful for those who know where to look -- saves asking a whole bunch of
>> "thy this -- what do you see?" questions.
>>
>> According to the cygcheck output, your mounts look good (i.e., you've
>> installed Cygwin "for all users").  The next step is to look at
>> /tmp/XWin.log for the exact "fatal error" you get (you mentioned it was
>> "non-specific", but didn't paste the exact message in).  You aren't 
>> trying
>> to run the two X sessions (for the office account and the home one) 
>> at the
>> same time, by any chance, are you?
>>     Igor
>>  
>>
> Hi Igor,
>
> I'm using the standard 'startxwin.bat', modified only to change 
> %CYGWIN_ROOT% from '\cygwin' to where my newest install was placed.
>
> The dialog simply reports the following error:
>
>    "A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit."
>
> .... followed by the usual build info and referral to /tmp/XWin.log
>
> I'm attaching the XWin.log from both successful and unsuccessful 
> attemps to start Cygwin/X, each with an appropriate filename suffix.
>
> To answer your question: I never use XP's 'Switch User' option. I'm 
> only ever using one instance of Cygwin/X at a time.
>
> I'm not sure if it's relevant, but I had an older version of Cygwin/X 
> installed prior to the weekend (in the '\cygwin' directory) and this 
> used to work fine on both accounts. Though, back then, neither account 
> was password-protected. This time around, I have sshd running 
> (perfectly) as a XP service and I've obviously decided that password 
> might be an idea :-) so I set them up using the 'passwd' command 
> rather than using the Windows Control Panel. On the surface, it seems 
> to be fine but I don't know whether or not it could be contributing to 
> my woes, so I think it might be worth a mention.
>
> Best,
> Iain. 

Resending, this time with attachments. Sorry :-/

Iain.
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