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From: "L. D. James" <ljames@apollo3.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: X11 Fails to load on WindowsXP normal user
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:04:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <55D3B9F1.7040603@apollo3.com> (raw)

I installed Cygwin on Windows XP with X11.  I tested it and it works as 
expected.

Then I logged in as a normal user (not administrator).  I get the 
following error when trying to X11:

A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit.
Cannot open log file "/var/log/xwin/XWin.1.log"

Please open the logfile for more information.

Vendor: The Cygwin/XProject
Contact: cygwin@cygwin.com
Package: version 1.17-2.2build-2015-08-11

XWin was started with the following command-line:

/usr/bin/X :1 -auth /home/user/.serverauth.2872

I performed a fresh install of Windows XP and got the same results.

I found that if I add the user account to Administrators X11 will then 
work without errors.

Can someone advise what has to be done to make X11 work with a normal 
user's account?

Thanks.

-- L. James

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L. D. James
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             reply	other threads:[~2015-08-18 23:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-18 23:04 L. D. James [this message]
2015-08-19 15:35 ` Jon TURNEY
2015-08-19 15:46   ` L. D. James

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