Re: Failed xorg/XWin launch

[kdibble at alltel dot net (Ken Dibble)]

On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 10:27:41PM +0000, descab_palhaco@netzero.net wrote:
> To whom it may concern,
>  
> All 4 methods outlined in the User's Guide of launching xorg/XWin produced similar errors.  Further, attempts to cut-and-paste the contents of the XWin.log or sending it as an attachement have generated MAILER-DAEMON errors from your email server.
>  
> All requisite xorg packages (in addition to optional ones) are installed.
>  
> Here's another try of sending the contents (stripped of HTML content) to the XWin.log as a result of issuing $ sh /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.sh:
>  
>  
> *****************************************************************************************
>  
> Welcome to the XWin X Server
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 6.8.2.0-2
> Contact: cygwin-xfree.....
> XWin was started with the following command line:
> XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1024 h 768
> winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Cannot create /tmp/.X11-unix with root ownership
> (II) XF86Config is not supported
> (II) See ...cygwin-x-faq for more information
> (==) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 16 bits per pixel
> winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1024 height: 768 depth: 16
> winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 0000f800 000007e0 0000001f BPRGB 6 d 16 bpp 16
> null screen fn ReparentWindow
> null screen fn RestackWindow
> InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init
> InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned
> InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init
> InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned
> winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello
> winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock ()
> MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support
> XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel
> winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello
> winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock ()
> (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31
> (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00000409" (00000409) 
> (--) Using preset keyboard for "English (USA)" (409), type "4"
> (--) 3 mouse buttons found
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, removing from list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, removing from list!
> 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 list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/, removing from list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list!
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
>  
> ******************************************************************************************************************
>  
> The method for defining the PATH on the commandline yielded similar content in its XWin.log, but for brevity sake that has been omitted.  Another undesired behavior arose when defining the PATH, $PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin, locally in BASH and returning to the commandline after startx failed-the PATH environment variable inherited from Windows, which provides access to cygwin/usr, cygwin/usr/bin and hence all the shell programs (commands).  The Windows inherited PATH variable restores when opening a new Cygwin session. 
>  
> Please advise as to how xorg can be successfully launched on my computer?
>  
>  
>  
> Thanks and best regards,
>  
>  
> Keith Kuchenbecker
> PS - Why does the XWin.log file contain "text/HTML" or MIME components that bounce in your email server?
>  
>  

Lacking the output of cygcheck -s -v -r as stated at
http://cygwin.com/problems.html

See:
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof

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