X11 forwarding

[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

Max Pfeiffer wrote:
> Dear cygwin- Team
> i am training to connect my linux system from my windows XP system. I do 
> it with  putty and  cygwin .
> but if i want start my x11 server. I get allways this error message:
> Max@Laptop /etc/X11
> $ startx  
> Welcome to the XWin X Server
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 6.8.2.0-4
> 
> Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> 
> XWin was started with the following command line:
> 
> X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard
> 
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1
> winCheckDisplayNumber - Cygwin/X is already running on display 0
> 
> Fatal server error:
> InitOutput - Duplicate invocation on display number: 0.  Exiting.
> 
> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
> giving up.
> xinit:  Connection reset by peer (errno 104):  unable to connect to X 
> server
> xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
> 
> It would be nice if you can help me.


The FAQ can help you:

<http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#duplicate-invocation>

The FAQ - a powerful force.  Learn it.  Know it.  Live it. ;-)


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