From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9259 invoked by alias); 8 Nov 2010 11:51:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 9246 invoked by uid 22791); 8 Nov 2010 11:51:45 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk (HELO smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk) (195.188.213.6) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:51:40 +0000 Received: from [172.23.144.246] (helo=asmtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk) by smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1PFQFu-0001Rf-NT; Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:51:24 +0000 Received: from [134.36.204.2] (helo=[172.16.2.162]) by asmtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1PFQDd-0000S7-Ms; Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:49:02 +0000 Message-ID: <4CD7E3A7.3060704@bonhard.uklinux.net> Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:51:00 -0000 From: Fergus User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cygwin ML X CC: Fergus Subject: Re: Updated: xorg-server-1.9.2-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 2010-11/txt/msg00011.txt.bz2 Dear Jon, Since the update I have been unable to start XWin under [1.7]. Following my usual sequence at a bash prompt: mount n:/tmp /tmp # drive n: is NTFS as required run XWin -multiwindow & Normally these two would be followed by a command line for xterm, but I am not getting that far! The second line repeatedly generates a Cygwin/X error message box, where the reason given is very familiar: Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock I used to get this when /tmp was FAT32 but as you see from line 1 I am making an explicit mount to a NTFS drive, and in the recent past this step has been all that is necessary to make progress. When I open /var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log for more information I read ~> cat /var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 1.9.2.0 (10902000) Build Date: 2010-11-03 XWin was started with the following command line: /usr/bin/XWin -multiwindow ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeScreenDefaults - primary monitor w 1280 h 1024 winInitializeDefaultScreens - native DPI x 96 y 96 _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/mandible:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 Fatal server error: Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock [1]+ Done run XWin -multiwindow Can anything be determined from the 3 lines in this file beginning _XSERV ("Unable" .. "failed" .. "failed")? Do I need to change my command sequence? BTW it's interesting (is it?) that the error message refers to 1.9.2.0 not 1.9.2-1. I'm surprised that there are no other anguished reports to you following the update, but I guess that's because the fault/ problem/ difficulty is mine rather than general. ?? Any insights much appreciated. Thank you, Fergus PS It kills me not to copy this to cygwin at cygwin dot com which I feel will have a much wider readership and skill set amongst that readership, but anybody sinning in this regard is always referred straight to Cygwin-X. A strange separation of reporting. Not that I am doubting your specific capability, just the potential for "Me Too" amongst readers. (Or even "Not Me, but I Know What's Going Wrong".) -- 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/