* X11 Fails to load on WindowsXP normal user
@ 2015-08-18 23:04 L. D. James
2015-08-19 15:35 ` Jon TURNEY
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From: L. D. James @ 2015-08-18 23:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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
2015-08-18 23:04 X11 Fails to load on WindowsXP normal user L. D. James
@ 2015-08-19 15:35 ` Jon TURNEY
2015-08-19 15:46 ` L. D. James
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From: Jon TURNEY @ 2015-08-19 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: L. D. James, cygwin
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
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* Re: X11 Fails to load on WindowsXP normal user
2015-08-19 15:35 ` Jon TURNEY
@ 2015-08-19 15:46 ` L. D. James
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From: L. D. James @ 2015-08-19 15:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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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