Fatal error

[Jon TURNEY]

On 08/03/2010 18:31, evgarcia@ull.es wrote:
> my name is Eva García Llorente, I have installed a new version of
> cygwin (that one which is necessary for installing the latest Singular
> version (3-1-1)). It is supposed to be installed,but when I try to
> execute Singular (Emacs and X-server) a fatal error occurs, and in
> /var/log/Xwinlog is reported the following error:

> Fatal server error:
> Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock
>
> I have tried these possible solutions (FAQ):
>
> 1. startxwin -- -nolock
> 2. rm -rf /tmp; mkdir /tmp ; chmod 1777 /tmp
>
> and they have not worked.

Can you attach the log file from running the X server with the additional 
-nolock option?

What about the facts which FAQ 3.4 mentions as relevant? Are you using a FAT 
filesystem? Does your account have local Administrator privileges?

-- 
Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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