1.5.12: using cygwin/x as non-administrator doesn't work

[Gil Benkoe]

I have the problem described below, and made /tmp writable and readable 
and executable for all  but I still have this problem.  Please advise. I 
also don't understand  how to check inet .

  thanks in advance,
  Gil

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Tobias Munk wrote:

> Using cygwin/x administrator works fine, but when I try to start it as
> user, I get an error message - the log file XWin.log is attached at the
> end of this mail.
>
> There is a similar mail concerning this issue in the archive, which
> was posted a year ago, but seemingly no one posted a solution. Does 
anyone
> gather experiences with this in the meantime?
>
> thanks,
>
> Tobias
>
>
> XWin.log:
> -----------------------
>
> Welcome to the XWin X Server
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 6.8.1.0-5
>
> Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>
> XWin was started with the following command line:
>
> /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
>
> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1400 h 1050
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
>
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't 
already running
> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress

It should at least try inet too.

You can allow other users to write to /tmp/.X11-unix, or have a /tmp 
directory for
every user where the user can create files at will.

bye
 	ago
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