RE: Cygwin/X does not start after updating Cygwin1.dll to 1.5.20-1

["Charli Li" <KBarticle889459 at aim dot com>]

-----Original Message-----
>From: cgf
>Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 1:38 PM
>To: Cygwin/X Mailing List
>Subject: Re: Cygwin/X does not start after updating Cygwin1.dll to
>1.5.20-1
>
>
>On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 01:30:50PM -0400, Charli Li wrote:
>>Reformatted.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Robert McNulty
>>>Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 7:08 PM
>>>To: Cygwin/X Mailing List
>>>Subject: Re: Cygwin/X does not start after updating Cygwin1.dll to
>>>1.5.20-1
>>>
>>>
>>>Charli Li wrote:
>>>> There seems to be a problem with the new Cygwin1.dll version
>>>1.5.20-1 made
>>>> available by cgf in setup.exe.
>>>> - ---
>>>> First of all, the subject says it all.  Please don't ask me to try a
>>>> different startup method, since I have tried all three (startx,
>>>> startxwin.sh, startxwin.bat) unsucessfully.  Startup worked with
>>>Cygwin1.dll
>>>> version 1.5.19-4, though.
>>>>
>>>> Charli
>>>
>>>It works for me.
>>>Called up a bash prompt in an xterm.
>>>
>>
>>The error looks something like this (this is startx/startxwin.sh output;
>>startxwin.bat doesn't output anything):
>>
>>849 [main] ? (1920) X:\XXXXXXXXXX\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\xinit.exe:
>*** fatal
>>error - proc magic mismatch detected - 0x704D1F7E/0xC87757A7.
>>This problem is probably due to using incompatible versions of the Cygwin
>>DLL.  Search for Cygwin1.dll using the Windows Start->Find/Search utility
>>and delete all but the most recent version.  The most recent version
>>*should* reside in x:\cygwin\bin, where 'x' is the drive on which you have
>>installed the cygwin distribution.  Rebooting is also suggested if you are
>>unable to find another cygwin DLL.
>>
>>...and similar error codes and the same message appear 5 more times.  Is
>>that telling me to downgrade back to 1.5.19-4 or what?  Just because it
>>feels that 1.5.20-1 is incompatible with X11?
>
>No, it's telling you that the problem is due to using incompatible
>versions of cygwin1.dll.  You should search for cygwin1.dll using the
>Windows Start->Find/Search utility and delete all but the most recent
>version.  The most recent version *should* reside in x:\cygwin\bin,
>where 'x' is the drive on which you have installed the cygwin
>distribution.
>
>Rebooting is also suggested if you are unable to find another cygwin DLL.
>
>HTH.
>

Only one Cygwin1.dll is in X:\XXXXXXXXXX\cygwin\bin.  1.5.20-1 is the most
recent version of Cygwin1.dll, and that was installed from a *GENUINE* copy
of setup.exe.  And I know that rebooting my Windows 2000 Professional SP4
box won't help.  I did that a million times (simply shutting down the
computer when I'm not using it, and then turning it on when I am) already.
---
Had to downgrade to 1.5.19-4 for everything to go back to normal.

Charli


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