Cannot open X

[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

Arnaud Madur wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> I am a new Cygwin (1.5.24-2) user and  I am not able to start X. 
> 
> 
> You will find enclosed :
> 
> 1) cygcheck.out = comments from cygcheck
> 
> 2) startx.out comments from startx bug report
> (generated with startx &> startx.out)
> 
> 3) Xterm.out comments from Xterm bug report (generated with Xterm &> Xterm.out)
> 4) mount.out comments from mount bug report (generated with mount &> mount.out)
> 
> I tried to fix the "fixed fonts" bug by following this FAQ
> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof but nothing
> worked.
> 
> Let me know what I could do.

Remove 'cygwin1.dll' from 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cygwin1.dll'.
Use 'startxwin.bat' or 'startxwin.sh', depending on whether you're
starting it from a DOS shell or bash.
Text mode mounts are not recommended.  Text mode mounts for '/usr/bin' and
'/usr/lib' are asking for trouble.

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