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Re: Updated: xorg-server-1.9.2-1
On 09/11/2010 09:02, Fergus wrote:
>>> Fatal server error:
>>> Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock
>
>> Does /tmp/.X0-lock exists? Is it readable by you?
>
> Yes.
Hmm. It's strange that the Xserver should choose to lie about that, then.
The code in question really does just say...
lfd = open(LockFile, O_RDONLY);
if (lfd < 0) {
unlink(tmp);
FatalError("Can't read lock file %s\n", LockFile);
}
... so I can't see much room for unpredictability.
It would be helpful if you could strace XWin to see why it gets this wrong.
Have you tried manually removing the lock file /tmp/.X0-lock?
>> Are you sure /tmp is getting mounted successfully
>> where you expect it to be?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Have you tried '-nolock', as suggested by [1]
>
> I hadn't then.
> But I have now and as a consequence everything is working perfectly.
> Thank you.
>
> (Over time I have occasionally had to moderate the syntax of both "XWin" and
> "xterm" command lines to go from working to failing and back again to working.
> This is just another example. On an earlier occasion, the recommended use of
> -nolock failed. I am just happy when the current usage works. Thanks again.)
Well, I can't deny this might be your experience, but that's not how things
are supposed to work :-)
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Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer
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