X server fails to start

[Feng Dai]

Michael Lutz <Michi_cc <at> gmx.net> writes:

> 
> Am 17.12.2009 14:48 schrieb Csaba Raduly:
> > X used to work for quite a while but now it doesn't. The X icon
> > appears and disappears.
> > It seems to have developed a fixation with "another window manager",
> > according to the log. Not even a reboot helps.
> 
> I have the same problem after upgrading to 1.7.1. Commenting the checkX
> call in startxwin.bat out and replacing it with 'sleep 5' makes it work
> for me.
> 
> Michael Lutz


The root cause is checkX doesn't work properly. It cause XWin failed on
initClipboard and exit itself. The work around is either comment out checkX or
have a "sleep 3" to let XWin server startup before checkX runs.

Feng




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