Re: Cannot start X server

["Thomas Chadwick" <j_tetazoo at hotmail dot com>]

If you, too, are seeing the messages about not finding fonts, then it
is covered in the FAQ...

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-removing-font-path-element

Note that the FAQ is a little out of date.  You should NOT be using 
Xinstall.sh to install XFree86, you should be using the Cygwin setup program 
and selecting what you want from the XFree86 section.

> From: "Walter.Justen" <wj@sunroot.de>
> Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Cannot start X server
> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:57:36 +0200
>
> Hi there,
>
> i have seen the enclosed mail from Nicolas at the archive. I have the same 
> problems. First the xserver works fine, after a reboot of the systems it 
> dont work again.
>
> Is the a solution ...
>
> regards
> Walter
>
>
>    * From: Nicolas F Rouquette
>    * Subject: Cannot start X server
>    * Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:48:29 -0700
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I have been running cygwin & X for quite a while. Recently, my setup got 
> corrupted after a setup session gone bad (not sure why).
> Today, I reinstalled everything (cygwin & xfree) from the internet but I 
> can't start a basic X server. Here's what I get:
>
> $ startx
>
> waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .
> ..
> .. [repeated many times]
> ..
> giving up.
> xinit: Permission denied (errno 13): unable to connect to X server
>
> waiting for X server to shut down
>
> xinit: Server error
>
> The /tmp/XWin.log doesn't seem to have particularly alarming messages,
> except for the ownership message that I've read in the mailing list archive 
> to ignore
> (perhaps it no longer should???)
>
> ---------------------
> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1600 h 1200
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP
> winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Allowing PrimaryDD
> winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0000001f
> winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per 
> pixel
> winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 1166 1600
> winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 1166 1600
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed - WindowClient w 1594 h 1135 r 1594 l 0 b 
> 1135 t 0
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed -  Returning
> winAllocateFBShadowDDNL - lPitch: 6376
> winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff
> winInitVisualsShadowDDNL - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24 
> bpp 32
> winCreateDefColormap - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
> winScreenInit - returning
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing 
> from list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing 
> from list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing 
> from list!
> -----------------------
>
> Suggestions?
>
> -- Nicolas.

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