Re: Start X server crashes with dual monitors

[Reini Urban <rurban at x-ray dot at>]

Krzysztof Syryczynski schrieb:
> Windows XP Pro + SP3, cygwin 1.5.25-11,
> GeForce8600 GT (NVIDIA chipset), 2 DVI monitors 1680*1050 as dual span.
>
> My goal is to use cygwin as a good xterm for remote login.
> For this I need to click "Start X Server (needed for emacs and surf)"
> and then click xterm itself.
> Unfortunately 5 attempts to install cygwin on this computer has failed -
> - installation itself is ok, but I can't use it.
>
> Clicking icon "Start X Server (needed for emacs and surf)" produces error:
>
> "A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit"
> XWin was started with the following command line:
> /usr/X11/bin/XWin - multiwindow -clipboard -silent -dup-error
>
> Below is /tmp/XWin.log
...
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,
> removing from list!
>
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'

That's a fatal error and it has nothing to do with dual monitors.
-multiwindow does not care about monitors or graphic drivers,
it just uses the windows gdi subsystem.

You'd need to install the x11 fonts.
xorg-x11-fnts for example.


> What puzzles me is that after installation, reboot and clicking icon
> "Cygwin" on desktop there was only line written.
> If I remember correctly, there should be long list of
> after-installation activities in this window.
>
> After every bad installation I have deleted directories C:/cygwin,
> C:/cygwinDownloads and icons.
> I haven't tried to delete services, register etc.
> What should I do? I would prefer not to reinstall Windows.

Read the error message.
--
Reini Urban
http://phpwiki.org/  http://murbreak.at/

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://x.cygwin.com/docs/
FAQ:                   http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/