From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4151 invoked by alias); 26 Sep 2014 16:04:25 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 4137 invoked by uid 89); 26 Sep 2014 16:04:24 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rgout06.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk Received: from rgout06.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk (HELO rgout06.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk) (65.20.0.183) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:04:21 +0000 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A090201.54258E7C.002C,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Junkmail-Premium-Raw: score=28/50,refid=2.7.2:2014.9.25.95120:17:28.905,ip=86.139.181.83,rules=__MOZILLA_MSGID, __HAS_MSGID, __SANE_MSGID, __HAS_FROM, __HAS_REPLYTO, __USER_AGENT, __MOZILLA_USER_AGENT, __MIME_VERSION, __TO_MALFORMED_2, __TO_NO_NAME, __BOUNCE_CHALLENGE_SUBJ, __BOUNCE_NDR_SUBJ_EXEMPT, __SUBJ_ALPHA_END, __IN_REP_TO, __CT, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN, __CTE, __ANY_URI, __URI_NO_MAILTO, __URI_NO_WWW, __CP_URI_IN_BODY, __SUBJ_ALPHA_NEGATE, __FORWARDED_MSG, BODY_SIZE_1900_1999, BODYTEXTP_SIZE_3000_LESS, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY, RDNS_GENERIC_POOLED, __URI_NS, SXL_IP_DYNAMIC[83.181.139.86.fur], HTML_00_01, HTML_00_10, BODY_SIZE_5000_LESS, RDNS_SUSP_GENERIC, RDNS_SUSP, BODY_SIZE_2000_LESS, REPLYTO_FROM_DIFF_ADDY, BODY_SIZE_7000_LESS X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown Received: from [192.168.1.93] (86.139.181.83) by rgout06.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk (8.6.122.06) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 5423E8BB002FE154; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:04:11 +0100 Message-ID: <54258E7A.2050001@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:04:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com CC: jzl00@comcast.net Subject: Re: Problem starting the X server References: <5424D4D3.5090609@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <5424D4D3.5090609@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2014-09/txt/msg00027.txt.bz2 On 26/09/2014 03:52, Joel Ledain wrote: > I just installed the Cygwin packages on top of a "Windows 7". The > machine is Gateway NV55S28u. Install went fine. Rebooted the machine and > tried the bash window, this works fine. Then tried to start the X > server, and here I have a problem. I thing my problem is related to the > keyboard binding/support/missing packages... > > I tried to use the command setxkbmap, but without the X server running I > am not getting anything beside "cannot open display". > > For the Windows control panel -> devices -> keyboard, I see a "standard > PS2 keyboard". I have the xkeyboard-config package installed. > > I am attaching the log of my troubles. > (EE) Couldn't open compiled keymap file /var/lib/xkb/server-0.xkm > (EE) XKB: Failed to load keymap. Loading default keymap instead. > (EE) Couldn't open compiled keymap file /var/lib/xkb/server-0.xkm > XKB: Failed to compile keymap > Keyboard initialization failed. This could be a missing or incorrect setup of xkeyboard-config. > (EE) Fatal server error: > (EE) Failed to activate core devices. > (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. You should check that xkeyboard-config and xkbcomp are installed correctly, that xkbcomp can be run, and that you don't have any software which is known to interfere with cygwin installed, as described at [1]. You might also check if the TEMP or TMP environment variables are set, and if so, contain the unix-style pathname of a directory which both exists and is writeable. If that doesn't help, perhaps could you try the snapshot [2], which is built with additional debug logging enabled. [1] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-failed-to-compile-keymap [2] ftp://cygwin.com/pub/cygwinx/x86_64/XWin.20140926-git-6f318e09efcfdbe9.exe.bz2 -- 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/