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Re: Problems with Startx even after rebaseall


* Robert Neville (Wed, 02 May 2007 12:19:45 -0700)
> On Wed, 2 May 2007 09:57:08 +0100, Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> wrote:
> >* Robert Neville (Tue, 01 May 2007 14:09:59 -0700)
> >> On Tue, 1 May 2007 08:55:47 +0100, Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> wrote:
> >> >* Robert Neville (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:45:46 -0700)
> >> >> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:47:39 +0100, Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> wrote:
> >> >> >* Robert Neville (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:18:15 -0700)
> >> >> >> I am not sure if this is the appropriate group. In addition, searching through
> >> >> >> these gmane newsgroups is not straightforward since Google groups does not return them.
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> Startx fails to initialize when it worked yesterday. I ran setup and the process may have not
> >> >> >> completed (it was late and I needed to sleep). After running setup.exe again, I navigated to the
> >> >> >> System category and reinstalled rebase. Then I reviewed the README file; kill all processes
> >> >> >> associated with cygwin; ran ash; and typed /bin/rebaseall -v; the utility performed some actions and
> >> >> >> returned without errors.
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> I fired up a cygwin window and startx would still not initialize. The console gave me the following
> >> >> >> font error.
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> sageQueue trapped WM_QUIT message, exiting main loop.
> >> >> >> winClipboardProc - XDestroyWindow succeeded.
> >> >> >> FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> The cygwin console appears fully functional. The console has returned some errors when running make,
> >> >> >> but these issues may be completely separate. Please give me whatever insight you may have on these
> >> >> >> scenarios. I have already spent considerable time troubleshooting these issues and need better
> >> >> >> guidance.
> >> >
> >> >"XWin was started with the following command line:
> >> >X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard""
> >> >
> >> >Read again my posting. I said "without" and not "with" (which wouldn't 
> >> >make sense at all if there is a "winClipboardIOError"). "startx" is a 
> >> >shell script. Copy it, find the line where XWin is started and remove 
> >> >the arguments (parameters). Then start this script. 
> >> >
> >> 
> >> I did not realize that startx was just a script. Honestly, the clipboard is the main reason for me
> >> launching Xwin. After editing the script and removing the clipboard argument, the console returns a
> >> "winInitMultiWindowXMsgProc - Caught IO Error." Then I removed the multiwindow argument and the
> >> console returned the following error. I don't have much time to evaluate this scenario or the
> >> patience; hopefully someone has seen this scenario before. 
> >> [XWin log]
> >
> >I can't see any error in the new log you posted. The only thing I can 
> >advise you is to try to run the startxwin.sh and startxwin.bat file to 
> >see if they make a difference...
> >
> >Thorsten
> 
> 
> Sorry about not posting the error log. I was helping several other people with their basic computer
> issues and made this oversight. Both startxwin.bat and startxwin.sh fail. Here are the error logs.
> 
> $ startx
> 
> Welcome to the XWin X Server
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 6.8.99.901-4
> 
> Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> 
> XWin was started with the following command line:
> 
> X :0
> 
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1
> (II) XF86Config is not supported
> (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP
> winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 00000007
> winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel
> winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff
> MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support
> XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shar
> ed memory support in the kernel
> (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31
> (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00000409" (00000409)
> (--) Using preset keyboard for "English (USA)" (409), type "4"
> Rules = "xorg" Model = "pc105" Layout = "us" Variant = "(null)" Options = "(null
> )"
> (--) 5 mouse buttons found
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, removing from li
> st!
> 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/CID/, removing from li
> st!
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from
>  list!
> winPointerWarpCursor - Discarding first warp: 509 353
> winProcEstablishConnection - Hello
> winProcEstablishConnection - Clipboard is not enabled, returning.
> cat: /home/Ferdie/.Xauthority: No such file or directory
> 
> waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mi
> sc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
> 
> #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
> 
> $ startxwin.bat
> startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
>       3 [main] run 2372 tty_list::allocate: No tty allocated
>       3 [main] run 4892 tty_list::allocate: No tty allocated
> 
> #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
> 
> $ startxwin.sh
> 
> $ Welcome to the XWin X Server
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 6.8.99.901-4
> 
> Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> 
> XWin was started with the following command line:
> 
> XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
> 
> _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already run
> ning
> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress

It seems like there is something already listening or blocking the X 
server...


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