X server fails to start on Vista

[Jon TURNEY]

Kim Goldov wrote:
> "Run as Administrator" did not make a difference. The "X" icon does not
> appear hidden or otherwise, no terminal pops up (as it does on my XP
> machine), and no process shows in the task manager.
> 
> The bash shell works fine.
> 
> The /var/log/XWin.0.log file appears as noted earlier.

You're not running a different X server as well, are you?

Check the output of "netstat -p" for lines of the form "TCP 
<yourcomputername>:6000" ?

Does "/usr/bin/XWin :1 -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error" fail in the 
same way?

> Kim
> 
> 
>> Also be sure to start the X server with the "Run as Administrator"
>> option. Ditto for the Cygwin bash shell.
> 
>> Scott
> 
> Paul Loewenstein wrote:
>> And make sure the icon isn't hidden (I set Vista to always show the X 
>> Windows icon).
>>
>> Paul
> 
>>> Kim Goldov wrote:
>>>> I downloaded Cygwin-X per the instructions in
>>>> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup-cygwin-x-installing.html
>>>>
>>>> When selecting "Cygwin-X -> XWin Server" in the start menu, X does not
>>>> start and I get the following /var/log/XWin.0.log ...
>>>>
>>>> /usr/bin/XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
>>>>
>>>> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
>>>> winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1280 h 1024
>>>> winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
>>>> _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
>>>> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
>>>>
>>>> Fatal server error:
>>>> Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't
>>>> already running

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