Re: X server fails to start on Vista

[Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>]

Kim Goldov wrote:
> "Run as Administrator" did not make a difference. The "X" icon does not
> appear hidden or otherwise, no terminal pops up (as it does on my XP
> machine), and no process shows in the task manager.
>
> The bash shell works fine.
>
> The /var/log/XWin.0.log file appears as noted earlier.

You're not running a different X server as well, are you?

Check the output of "netstat -p" for lines of the form "TCP 
<yourcomputername>:6000" ?

Does "/usr/bin/XWin :1 -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error" fail in the 
same way?

> Kim
>
>
> > Also be sure to start the X server with the "Run as Administrator"
> > option. Ditto for the Cygwin bash shell.
>
> > Scott
>
> Paul Loewenstein wrote:
> > And make sure the icon isn't hidden (I set Vista to always show the X 
> > Windows icon).
> >
> > Paul
>
> > > Kim Goldov wrote:
> > > > I downloaded Cygwin-X per the instructions in
> > > > http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup-cygwin-x-installing.html
> > > >
> > > > When selecting "Cygwin-X -> XWin Server" in the start menu, X does not
> > > > start and I get the following /var/log/XWin.0.log ...
> > > >
> > > > /usr/bin/XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
> > > >
> > > > ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> > > > winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1280 h 1024
> > > > winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
> > > > _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> > > > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
> > > >
> > > > Fatal server error:
> > > > Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't
> > > > already running

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