From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27361 invoked by alias); 7 Feb 2011 16:59:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 27350 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Feb 2011 16:59:45 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.7 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; Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:59:37 +0000 Received: from 213-152-38-55.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO [192.168.0.5]) ([213.152.38.55]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 07 Feb 2011 16:59:35 +0000 Message-ID: <4D5024FD.8010802@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:59:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.14) Gecko/20110123 Thunderbird/3.1.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com CC: Katisss@gmx.de Subject: Re: failed to activate core devices errors References: <20110205125738.265190@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20110205125738.265190@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: 2011-02/txt/msg00006.txt.bz2 On 05/02/2011 12:57, katrin schmid wrote: > i am trying to start XWin.exe > in any of the ways described here: > http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html > and with just XWin.exe and ends in Sementation fault and failed to activate core devices errors. > I found several post disscussing this on the web but no solution. > Does somebody know? I recently added this to the FAQ at [1]. Basically, assuming you have installed everything correctly, this problem is caused by a failure in the cygwin DLL to fork another process for XWin to run xkbcomp. This isn't a bug in XWin, and there's very little I can do to fix it. [1] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-failed-to-compile-keymap -- 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/