Problem starting XWin Server

Jon TURNEY jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Wed Jul 13 12:30:00 GMT 2011


On 12/07/2011 09:10, Jan Chludzinski wrote:
> I just did a complete installation of X11 from Cygwin 1.7 setup.exe.
> But when I try to start the "XWin Server" using the "Start" menu
> nothing happens.  If I try either "startxwin" or "startx" or "xinit"
> from the BASH shell I get:
> 
> giving up.
> startxwin:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X server
> startxwin:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Looking at the XWin.0.log you attached, it looks like the X server is starting
up successfully.

If clients are unable to connect, this might be due to firewall configuration
or other software which interferes with cygwin sockets (see [1] in the
Cygwin/X FAQ for some suggestions)

[1] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-cannot-open-display

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Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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