From: Fergus Daly <fergusd84@outlook.com>
To: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Cc: Fergus Daly <fergusd84@outlook.com>
Subject: RE: Cygwin/X fatal error
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2022 10:55:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DB6P18901MB0055BD7614881D728152AEDBA44E9@DB6P18901MB0055.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DB6P18901MB005546D4E988D9959CCABC86A44E9@DB6P18901MB0055.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
On 08.01.2022 07:57, Fergus Daly wrote:
> Not quite sure what recent update has caused this failure.
> Up to now (and for a very long time indeed) typing
> $ /bin/xinit /bin/xterm -- -nolock -multiwindow
> at the mintty prompt has successfully started an xterm process.
> Now I get:
> "A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit.
> Cannot establish any listening sockets."
> Over the years the one-liner typed above has had to evolve with changing execs so I'm not surprised, or bothered, at this glitch.
> But can anybody please advise the necessary change in syntax that will again enable a successful xterm from mintty?
> Thank you!
Marco Atzero replied:
> Hi Fergus,
> It works for me, so it seems not due to the sintax
> Can you start X with startxwin ?
> Please provide the cygcheck.out as mentioned on
> Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html
> Regards
> Marco
SOLVED
I ran
$ rm -vrf /tmp/.X11*
in order to enable a "fresh start" and all is good.
On all devices and for both Cygwin32 and Cygwin64.
Thank you, Marco.
Fergus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-08 10:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-08 6:57 Fergus Daly
2022-01-08 8:35 ` Marco Atzeri
2022-01-08 10:55 ` Fergus Daly [this message]
2022-01-10 16:04 ` Massimiliano Alvioli
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