From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (relay2-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.194]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C30773858028 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2020 21:08:00 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org C30773858028 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=pounceofcats.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=briand@pounceofcats.com X-Originating-IP: 154.9.128.28 Received: from quarternote (unknown [154.9.128.28]) (Authenticated sender: briand@pounceofcats.com) by relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EEBB340002 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2020 21:07:58 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 13:07:52 -0800 From: To: Marco Atzeri via Cygwin Subject: Re: Xwin has stopped working Message-ID: <20201212130752.5d11367b@quarternote> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.5 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 21:08:02 -0000 On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:55:07 +0100 Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote: > On 10.12.2020 14:17, Andrey Voropaev via Cygwin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I was using startxwin to run Xorg in multiwindow mode. Untill today it > > worked perfectly. Now my Windows 10 got some updates and Xorg stopped > > working. I see only following messages at the end of startup: > > This is interesting. Just recently my work laptop also went through a windows update and then came down with the X-windows stopped working problem. I kept running it using either startx AND the xfce session from the windows Cygwin-X menu choicres, and i would get the X-windows screen and then nothing would happen, i.e. i would get no terminal or the proper background color. I did this several times with reboots in-between. I then went to the cygwin-X menu and ran the first thing on the menu,and it worked... I can't remember which menu choice that is, I'll look it up and report back. Unsure if that's a coincidence or not, but it's awfully strange that i tried the usual "startx" and even XFCE session in the windows menu several times each, between reboots and nothing worked. But the first time I selected that first menu item from the Cygwin-X menu choices it worked. That's not the first time this happened to me, although I'm not sure if it has always correlated with a windows upgrades but in this particular instance it definitely did.