Crash of XWin

Mike Ayers mike_ayers@tvworks.com
Thu Feb 25 18:29:00 GMT 2010


> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-
> owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Medina

> Suddenly XWin will not start anymore.
> Few hours ago everything was OK.
>  I have not installed any new  software,, just shutdown and start again
> the machine.
> I include cygcheck -s, XWin.0.log and ps -W as
> the log says that there is another window manager running!
> Everything else seems OK
> HELP!

	My guess is that you inadvertently double-clicked the start XWin icon and two starting processes collided and crashed, leaving a lock or two locked.  It's very guessy, as guesses go, but I'd reboot and try again.


	HTH,

Mike



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