X11 Fails to load on WindowsXP normal user

X11 Fails to load on WindowsXP normal user

[L. D. James]

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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Re: X11 Fails to load on WindowsXP normal user

[Jon TURNEY]

On 19/08/2015 00:04, L. D. James wrote:
> 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 for reporting this issue.

It looks like the directory /var/log/xwin/ doesn't have the right 
permissions in the package.

You should be able to fix this, until the package is fixed, by doing a 
'chmod 0777 /var/log/xwin' (as an Adminstrator user)

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Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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Re: X11 Fails to load on WindowsXP normal user

[L. D. James]

On 08/19/2015 11:35 AM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
> On 19/08/2015 00:04, L. D. James wrote:
>> 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 for reporting this issue.
>
> It looks like the directory /var/log/xwin/ doesn't have the right 
> permissions in the package.
>
> You should be able to fix this, until the package is fixed, by doing a 
> 'chmod 0777 /var/log/xwin' (as an Adminstrator user)
>
> -- 
> Jon TURNEY
> Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer
You're welcome.

It works!

Thanks!

-- L. James

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L. D. James
ljames@apollo3.com
www.apollo3.com/~ljames

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