From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15207 invoked by alias); 13 Jul 2011 12:21:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 15199 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Jul 2011 12:21:50 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE 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; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:21:16 +0000 Received: from 213-152-38-55.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO [192.168.0.13]) ([213.152.38.55]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 13 Jul 2011 13:21:14 +0100 Message-ID: <4E1D8DBA.2040409@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:30:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624 Thunderbird/5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com CC: jan.chludzinski@gmail.com Subject: Re: Problem starting XWin Server References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: 2011-07/txt/msg00032.txt.bz2 On 12/07/2011 09:10, Jan Chludzinski wrote: > I just did a complete installation of X11 from Cygwin 1.7 setup.exe. > But when I try to start the "XWin Server" using the "Start" menu > nothing happens. If I try either "startxwin" or "startx" or "xinit" > from the BASH shell I get: > > giving up. > startxwin: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server > startxwin: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > Any suggestions? Looking at the XWin.0.log you attached, it looks like the X server is starting up successfully. If clients are unable to connect, this might be due to firewall configuration or other software which interferes with cygwin sockets (see [1] in the Cygwin/X FAQ for some suggestions) [1] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-cannot-open-display -- 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/