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X "server already running"?
- From: Kevin Porter <kev at 9ballpool dot co dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:08:23 +0000
- Subject: X "server already running"?
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hi,
I've rebooted after a crash (I'm on XP, something else took XP down, not
cygwin/X!), and now when I run startx I get a popup error message
telling me a fatal error has occurred and I should look at /tmp/XWin.log
for further info.
/tmp/XWin.log says:
-- START /tmp/XWin.log --
_XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
Fatal server error:
Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't
already running
winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
-- END /tmp/XWin.log --
I suspect a there's a pid file still hanging around for X from the
previous crashed session? I can't find one, and googling for a solution
turned up nothing useful.
Can anyone help? I hope so, I'm lost without cygwin / X / vim ! (Talking
of vim, if anyone can tell me how to paste into a cygwin/X/vim window
I'd be extremely grateful. My usual cumbersome workaround is to quit my
vim session and fire up gvim to do the paste!).
regards,
- Kev
--
Kevin Porter
Advanced Web Construction Ltd
http://www.9ballpool.co.uk
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