update cygwin and now X wont start!

Larry Hall (Cygwin X) reply-to-list-only-lh-x@cygwin.com
Fri Nov 3 04:08:00 GMT 2006


On 11/02/2006, Rafael Tapia wrote:
>    Today I decided to update my cygwin (probably had not done it in about 3 
> months) but now it just crashes on me when I try to start X.  I did check 
> out mailing list archives and google but no dice.  I can't seem to get it 
> to work again.
> 
> I am trying to run this on WinXP SP2,on an IBM ThinkPad.  Again I want to 
> make it clear that it was working this morning.  I did not change any 
> network/firewall settings.  I do have a firewall up but it was working fine 
> before the update.
> 
> Here is the message I am getting:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> tapiar@wtapiar /tmp
> $ startx
> 
> Welcome to the XWin X Server
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 6.8.99.901-4
> 
> Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> 
> XWin was started with the following command line:
> 
> X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard
> 
> (WW) /tmp mounted int textmode
> _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't 
> already run
> ning 

What about this?

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