From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21590 invoked by alias); 29 May 2010 09:42:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 21582 invoked by uid 22791); 29 May 2010 09:42:15 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail.gmx.net (HELO mail.gmx.net) (213.165.64.20) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with SMTP; Sat, 29 May 2010 09:42:12 +0000 Received: (qmail 23296 invoked by uid 0); 29 May 2010 09:42:09 -0000 Received: from 91.37.251.8 by www090.gmx.net with HTTP; Sat, 29 May 2010 11:42:07 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 09:42:00 -0000 From: "David Rockel" Message-ID: <20100529094207.177470@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: fatal error when starting X-Server To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-05/txt/msg00038.txt.bz2 Hi, I installed Cygwin and the XWin-Server on my PC. When trying to start the XWin Server I received the following message: Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 1.8.0.0 (10800000) Build Date: 2010-04-02 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeDefaultScreens - primary monitor w 1280 h 800 winInitializeDefaultScreens - native DPI x 96 y 96 winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning Fatal server error: Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock I would be very pleased if you can provide a solution for this problem. Thank you very much! Regards Dave -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 -- 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/