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Re: X refuses to start
- From: Will Parsons <varro at nodomain dot invalid>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:49:54 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: X refuses to start
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Jon TURNEY wrote:
> On 24/02/2015 20:59, Will Parsons wrote:
>> I'm accustomed to start X via a shortcut which runs the command:
>>
>> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l \
>> -c "cd; /usr/bin/startxwin -- -listen"
> [...]
>> I can't make sense out of what this is telling me about why X failed
>> to start.
>
> Since xorg-server-1.17.0-1 and xinit-1.3.4-1, the syntax has changed and
> you should now use '-listen tcp'.
OK - thanks.
--
Will
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