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RE: X server won't start in win95a
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: X server won't start in win95a
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 08:50:19 -0400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: roger.wenham@t-online.de [mailto:roger.wenham@t-online.de]
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 6:38 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: RE: X server won't start in win95a
>
> Hi,
> Was there a resolution of this problem (X server won't start in
> win95a)?
>
> The last post I could find was 14/6/01, and I have what looks like the
> exact
> same problem with Windows ME.
>
> I downloaded the latest sources for both Cygwin and XFree today, and
> startx
> and startxserv.bat produce a window and cursor, but thats it.
Which release of Cygwin/Xfree86? 4.1.0? If so, I uploaded updated binaries
yesterday. Could you try them?
Thanks
Suhaib
>
> Below is the output from startx:
>
> $ startx
>
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows 95/98/Me
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 00000007
> winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
> winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient width 640 height 480
> winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 0000f800 000007e0 0000001f RGB 6 d
> 16
> winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Returning
> error opening security policy file
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
>
> waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .
> ..
> ..
> ad infinitum.....
>
> I am no expert with X so this may be something stupid!
>
> Regards
>
> Roger
>
>