From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25528 invoked by alias); 9 Mar 2010 15:56:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 25515 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Mar 2010 15:56:09 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (HELO smtpout.karoo.kcom.com) (212.50.160.34) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:56:04 +0000 Received: from 213-152-38-55.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO [192.168.0.11]) ([213.152.38.55]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 09 Mar 2010 15:55:53 +0000 Message-ID: <4B966F97.6070909@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:56:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com CC: evgarcia@ull.es Subject: Re: Fatal error References: <20100308183127.2ai8ihxmo00ock88@correoweb.ccti.ull.es> In-Reply-To: <20100308183127.2ai8ihxmo00ock88@correoweb.ccti.ull.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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: 2010-03/txt/msg00031.txt.bz2 On 08/03/2010 18:31, evgarcia@ull.es wrote: > my name is Eva García Llorente, I have installed a new version of > cygwin (that one which is necessary for installing the latest Singular > version (3-1-1)). It is supposed to be installed,but when I try to > execute Singular (Emacs and X-server) a fatal error occurs, and in > /var/log/Xwinlog is reported the following error: > Fatal server error: > Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock > > I have tried these possible solutions (FAQ): > > 1. startxwin -- -nolock > 2. rm -rf /tmp; mkdir /tmp ; chmod 1777 /tmp > > and they have not worked. Can you attach the log file from running the X server with the additional -nolock option? What about the facts which FAQ 3.4 mentions as relevant? Are you using a FAT filesystem? Does your account have local Administrator privileges? -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- 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/