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From: Michael Lutz <Michi_cc@gmx.net>
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: X server fails to start
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <hh5c2o$asl$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1ef5a52f0912170548i3ccc5b65ia768141d7ba31cd8@mail.gmail.com>

Am 17.12.2009 14:48 schrieb Csaba Raduly:
> X used to work for quite a while but now it doesn't. The X icon
> appears and disappears.
> It seems to have developed a fixation with "another window manager",
> according to the log. Not even a reboot helps.

I have the same problem after upgrading to 1.7.1. Commenting the checkX
call in startxwin.bat out and replacing it with 'sleep 5' makes it work
for me.

Michael Lutz
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  reply	other threads:[~2009-12-26 17:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-17 13:48 Csaba Raduly
2009-12-26 17:00 ` Michael Lutz [this message]
2009-12-28 21:40   ` Feng Dai
2009-12-29  7:01     ` Charles Wilson
2009-12-29  7:02       ` Charles Wilson
2009-12-29 17:03         ` Feng Dai

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