X server fails to start on Vista

[Paul Loewenstein]

And make sure the icon isn't hidden (I set Vista to always show the X 
Windows icon).

Paul

Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
> 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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