X server fails to start on Vista
Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
reply-to-list-only-lh-x@cygwin.com
Thu May 7 21:09:00 GMT 2009
Kim Goldov wrote:
> I downloaded Cygwin-X per the instructions in
> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup-cygwin-x-installing.html
>
> When selecting "Cygwin-X -> XWin Server" in the start menu, X does not
> start and I get the following /var/log/XWin.0.log ...
>
> /usr/bin/XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
>
> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1280 h 1024
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
> _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
>
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't
> already running
>
And you're sure there is no X-server running already? Is there an icon
for it in the right corner of the task bar?
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