Hi, In the past I have not found a good way to "remember" which packages where installed (e.g. non-default packages). Is there a file/way to run setup.exe so that a specified set of packages are installed? I say this, because the only way I know to clean up the install is to delete it, and re-install. (I have several times just run setup.exe, and it does seem to update some packages, but as you state, it is not completely clean) Thanks, -Mike -----Original Message----- From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin X) Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:40 PM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: startxwin/XWin won't start properly On 6/29/2010 10:50 AM, Bradley, Mike wrote: > Hi, > > All was good, till a couple weeks ago when I added some packages to cygwin, > and several packages where also upgraded. Then xterm response time became > very slow. I tried a second upgrade yesterday, and now I cannot even start > an xterm, nor will startxwin start properly. This is a company computer > which has Symantec anti-virus. I tried disabling that as well. > > Here is the most obvious symptom: > > % echo $DISPLAY 127.0.0.1:0.0 % /usr/bin/startxwin.exe > > > waiting for X server to begin accepting connections . .. giving up. > /usr/bin/startxwin: Socket type not supported (errno 124): unable to > connect to X server /usr/bin/startxwin: No such process (errno 3): Server > error. > > Notice the value of $DISPLAY above, which does not match whats in XWin.0.log > (it has :0.0). No idea how/why that happens. Remove the DISPLAY setting. Update your installation (your cygwin package is out-of-date). You also have a couple of orphaned installations of Cygwin. Make sure those are all cleaned up/out. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ º&s(0Š|_­ç«zÛ«ŸoyïÉb²Ö«r2ƒ§ÅúÞ