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Unable to start XWin with --nolock
- From: Richard Gitschlag <strata_ranger at hotmail dot com>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:18:49 -0700
- Subject: Unable to start XWin with --nolock
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
I am having trouble starting XWin on my system.
It complains about being unable to "read lock" the file -- okay, so it resides on a FAT32 drive, no big.? Just add --nolock to my command line and move on.
But it doesn't work.? But it does.? But doesn't.
I AM able to run XWin from inside cygwin's bash prompt:
$ xinit -- -nolock -multiwindow
$ startxwin -- -nolock
But I can NOT run Xwin from a Windows command prompt or a Start Menu shortcut:
> /cygwin/bin/run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/xinit -- -nolock -multiwindow
> /cygwin/bin/run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin -- -nolock
In these cases I am given the read-lock error, and:
"XWin was started with the following command line:? X :0"
In other words, I am unable to pass my command-line options to XWin, so I cannot work around the error.
Did I overlook something?? What do I do next?
-- Stratadrake
strata_ranger@hotmail.com
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