X server fails to start on Vista

[Scott Fordin]

Also be sure to start the X server with the "Run as Administrator"
option. Ditto for the Cygwin bash shell.

Scott

Paul Loewenstein wrote:
> 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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