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Re: Unable to initiate X server


On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 6:17 PM, cs liew <chiasin02@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I installed Cygwin and I tried to initiate X server but an error message showed up which says "A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /var/log/XWin.0.log for more information."
>
> So what should I do to fix this? Please help!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lydia
>
>

I have the same problem.  It started after my laptop went through my
IT tech hands - he changed the anti-virus or other software.

The way I got around it was to start cygwin in a cmd shell.  Then from
the cmd shell, I invoke /usr/bin/startxwin.bat, and that works.  I did
not dig any deeper.

Next time, I will look into port 6000 usage, as was suggested in another thread.

Mirko

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