X refuses to start

X refuses to start

[Will Parsons]

I'm accustomed to start X via a shortcut which runs the command:

C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l \
-c "cd; /usr/bin/startxwin -- -listen"

This was working, but now doesn't, with the following shown in the log
file:

====================================
Welcome to the XWin X Server
Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
Release: 1.17.1.0
OS: CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW sothis 1.7.34(0.285/5/3) 2015-02-04 12:12 i686
OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 [Windows NT 6.1 build 7601] (WoW64)
Package: version 1.17.1-2 built 2015-02-23

XWin was started with the following command line:

/usr/bin/XWin :0 -listen -auth /home/william/.serverauth.4460

ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
winInitializeScreenDefaults - primary monitor w 1366 h 768
winInitializeScreenDefaults - native DPI x 96 y 96
_XSERVTransTransListen: unable to find transport: -auth
Failed to enable listen for -auth transportUnrecognized option:
/home/william/.serverauth.4460
use: X [:<display>] [option]
-a #                   default pointer acceleration (factor)
-ac                    disable access control restrictions
-audit int             set audit trail level

...

[  4635.990] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log
file.

====================================

I can't make sense out of what this is telling me about why X failed
to start.


General remark/gripe:

I realize the recent overhaul to xinit must have helped some people,
but for me it has been an utter disaster.  X seems to be much more
fragile now and it's been impossible to work with the ease of before
the changes.

-- 
Will


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Re: X refuses to start

[Fj]

It should be "-listen tcp", you can see it picking up "-auth" as the
argument for that option.

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Will Parsons <varro@nodomain.invalid> wrote:
> I'm accustomed to start X via a shortcut which runs the command:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l \
> -c "cd; /usr/bin/startxwin -- -listen"
>
> This was working, but now doesn't, with the following shown in the log
> file:
>
> ====================================
> Welcome to the XWin X Server
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 1.17.1.0
> OS: CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW sothis 1.7.34(0.285/5/3) 2015-02-04 12:12 i686
> OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 [Windows NT 6.1 build 7601] (WoW64)
> Package: version 1.17.1-2 built 2015-02-23
>
> XWin was started with the following command line:
>
> /usr/bin/XWin :0 -listen -auth /home/william/.serverauth.4460
>
> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
> winInitializeScreenDefaults - primary monitor w 1366 h 768
> winInitializeScreenDefaults - native DPI x 96 y 96
> _XSERVTransTransListen: unable to find transport: -auth
> Failed to enable listen for -auth transportUnrecognized option:
> /home/william/.serverauth.4460
> use: X [:<display>] [option]
> -a #                   default pointer acceleration (factor)
> -ac                    disable access control restrictions
> -audit int             set audit trail level
>
> ...
>
> [  4635.990] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log
> file.
>
> ====================================
>
> I can't make sense out of what this is telling me about why X failed
> to start.
>
>
> General remark/gripe:
>
> I realize the recent overhaul to xinit must have helped some people,
> but for me it has been an utter disaster.  X seems to be much more
> fragile now and it's been impossible to work with the ease of before
> the changes.
>
> --
> Will
>
>
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Re: X refuses to start

[Jon TURNEY]

On 24/02/2015 20:59, Will Parsons wrote:
> I'm accustomed to start X via a shortcut which runs the command:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l \
> -c "cd; /usr/bin/startxwin -- -listen"
[...]
> I can't make sense out of what this is telling me about why X failed
> to start.

Since xorg-server-1.17.0-1 and xinit-1.3.4-1, the syntax has changed and 
you should now use '-listen tcp'.

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Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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Re: X refuses to start

[Will Parsons]

Jon TURNEY wrote:
> On 24/02/2015 20:59, Will Parsons wrote:
>> I'm accustomed to start X via a shortcut which runs the command:
>>
>> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l \
>> -c "cd; /usr/bin/startxwin -- -listen"
> [...]
>> I can't make sense out of what this is telling me about why X failed
>> to start.
>
> Since xorg-server-1.17.0-1 and xinit-1.3.4-1, the syntax has changed and 
> you should now use '-listen tcp'.

OK - thanks.


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Will


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