startxwin.sh crashing on XP pro

[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

Jim Marshall wrote:
> My co-worker just installed cygwin, when he tries to run startxwin.sh it
> crashes.
> 
> A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit.
> Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information
> 
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 6.8.99.901-4
> Contact: xxx
> XWin was started with the following command line
> 
> XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
> 
> 
> I've read a few posts on this and tried the solutions (setting XWin :2,
> the font mount problem) to no avail. Can you suggest any other options
> to get it to work on his machine?


I'd suggest the easiest solution to a working install would be to wipe the
existing and reinstall choosing "Unix/binary" instead of "DOS/text".

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