XWin stopped working with xorg-server 1.7.1 - no log-file created

[Jon TURNEY]

On 19/11/2009 08:33, Gertjan van Noord wrote:
>
> after upgrading to xorg-server 1.7.1-3 starting X does no longer
> work. Previous version 1.6.? worked. However, I can't seem to go
> back to that version using the cygwin setup programme.
>
> the startxwin.bat script does not complain, but no X logo appears,
> and indeed no X programs can be started.
>
> moreover no log-file is created in /var/log, which seems to suggest something
> very basic is going wrong?
>
> starting XWin from the command line, also with -logverbose 10 does not
> produce any output.
>
> rebooting does not change a thing
>
> I've attached my cygcheck.out

You should perhaps try 'cygcheck /usr/bin/XWin.exe' to see if it identifies a 
missing DLL.

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