From: Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: cygwin x11 doesn't start after windows 10 upgrade
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 11:55:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <upzc366z2suj.fsf@dod.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <upzc7dwb2tri.fsf@dod.no>
>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:
>>>>> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>:
>> can you start X11 with startxwin ?
>> If you start with just "XWin :0 -multiwindow -clipboard"
>> does it work ?
> startxwin isn't found:
> sbang@ITEM-S63383:~$ startxwin
> -bash: startxwin: command not found
> sbang@ITEM-S63383:~$ which startxwin
> which: no startxwin in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Oracle/Java/javapath:/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Intel/WiFi/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Common Files/Intel/WirelessCommon:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Git/cmd:/cygdrive/c/ProgramFiles/apache-maven-3.6.3/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Calibre2:/cygdrive/c/ProgramFiles/GnuWin32/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_241/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/PuTTY:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/OpenSSH:/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang/AppData/Local/
> Microsoft/WindowsApps:/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang/AppData/Local/Programs/Fiddler:/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang/AppData/Roaming/npm:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/bin:/cygdrive/c/Application
> s/Atlassian/atlassian-plugin-sdk-8.0.16/bin:/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang/apps/bin:/usr/local/go)
> sbang@ITEM-S63383:~$
> I thought it might be because xorg-scripts wasn't installed, so I
> installed xorg-scripts 1.0.1-1, but it didb't make startxwin appear.
> I *do* have xorg-server 1.20.5-3 installed (and it was working until a
> couple of days ago).
> startxwin is supposed to be installed with xorg-server?
I was missing the xinit package and installed xinit 1.4.1-1 and then I
got startxwin.
It failed in the startup with messages that looks similar to the ones
output to the log file:
sbang@ITEM-S63383:~$ startxwin
xauth: file /cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang/.Xauthority does not exist
xauth: file /cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang/.Xauthority does not exist
Welcome to the XWin X Server
Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
Release: 1.20.5.0
OS: CYGWIN_NT-10.0-18363 ITEM-S63383 3.1.5-340.x86_64 2020-06-01 08:59 UTC x86_64
OS: Windows 10 [Windows NT 10.0 build 18363] (Win64)
Package: version 1.20.5-3 built 2019-09-06
XWin was started with the following command line:
/usr/bin/XWin :0 -multiwindow -auth
/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang/.serverauth.1056
(II) xorg.conf is not supported
(II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information
LoadPreferences: /cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang/.XWinrc not found
LoadPreferences: Loading /etc/X11/system.XWinrc
LoadPreferences: Done parsing the configuration file...
winDetectSupportedEngines - RemoteSession: no
winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed, allowing ShadowDDNL
winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 00000005
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
sbang@ITEM-S63383:~$
Starting with "XWin :0 -multiwindow -clipboard" outputs pretty much the
same as the log file (X doesn't start):
sbang@ITEM-S63383:~$ XWin :0 -multiwindow -clipboard
Welcome to the XWin X Server
Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
Release: 1.20.5.0
OS: CYGWIN_NT-10.0-18363 ITEM-S63383 3.1.5-340.x86_64 2020-06-01 08:59 UTC x86_64
OS: Windows 10 [Windows NT 10.0 build 18363] (Win64)
Package: version 1.20.5-3 built 2019-09-06
XWin was started with the following command line:
XWin :0 -multiwindow -clipboard
(II) xorg.conf is not supported
(II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information
LoadPreferences: /cygdrive/d/Profiles/sbang/.XWinrc not found
LoadPreferences: Loading /etc/X11/system.XWinrc
LoadPreferences: Done parsing the configuration file...
winDetectSupportedEngines - RemoteSession: no
winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed, allowing ShadowDDNL
winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 00000005
sbang@ITEM-S63383:~$
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-13 9:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-11 15:57 Steinar Bang
2020-06-13 6:30 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-06-13 9:30 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-13 11:22 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-06-13 12:00 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-13 13:22 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-06-13 15:48 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-13 16:44 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-13 20:37 ` Andrey Repin
2020-06-13 9:35 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-13 9:55 ` Steinar Bang [this message]
2020-06-13 11:31 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-06-13 12:03 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-13 12:09 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-13 13:14 ` Holger, Vodafone
2020-06-13 13:29 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-06-13 9:04 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-13 21:15 ` Jon Turney
2020-06-14 10:44 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-14 11:18 ` Henry S. Thompson
2020-06-14 16:12 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-14 17:49 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-06-14 21:45 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-14 22:21 ` Holger, Vodafone
2020-06-15 12:17 ` Holger, Vodafone
2020-06-15 12:57 ` Holger, Vodafone
2020-06-16 4:22 ` Brian Inglis
2020-08-02 20:25 ` Steinar Bang
2020-08-02 21:00 ` Eliot Moss
2020-08-04 12:01 ` Steinar Bang
2020-08-04 13:12 ` Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
2020-08-04 16:55 ` ASSI
2020-06-16 4:59 ` ASSI
2020-07-02 15:01 ` Steinar Bang
2020-07-02 22:12 ` Holger, Vodafone
2020-06-16 11:46 ` Holger, Vodafone
2020-06-26 9:15 ` Holger, Vodafone
2020-07-02 14:42 ` Steinar Bang
2020-06-14 6:18 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-06-14 10:38 ` Steinar Bang
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