Harold, I had this same problem. Your suggestions resolved the font problem. The first umount returned no messages, the second gave a "file not found" error. Does this problem indicate trouble in the setup scripts?
Best of all, I can type into xterm for the first time in months. Is there someplace I can find more about the problems caused by installing Microsoft Services for UNIX along with Cygwin Xfree86? Thanks, Jim MSU '68 --- Harold L Hunt II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Follow these steps: > > 1) Open Cygwin bash shell. > > 2) In bash shell, run the following two commands: > > umount /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts > umount -u /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts > > 3) Rerun Cygwin's setup.exe, select 'Reinstall' for any of the following > packages that were already installed: > > XFree86-f100 > XFree86-fcyr > XFree86-fenc > XFree86-fnts > XFree86-fscl > > 4) Launch Cygwin/X again and test that the font problems have gone away. > > 5) Report your results here along with any deviations you had to make > from these instructions. > > Harold > > Greg Jewell wrote: > > > Thanks for the tip. Looking at the log file, it appears that this is the > pertinent error message: > > > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > winDeinitClipboard - Noting shutdown in progress > > winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress > > > > Any ideas? I installed the default XFree86 packages. > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Harold L Hunt II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 13:58 > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: fatal IO error 104 on start > >> > >> > >>Greg, > >> > >>Look at /tmp/XWin.log. > >> > >>Harold > >> > >>Greg Jewell wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hi All, > >>> > >>>I just installed cygwin on my work machine, but am unable to > >> > >>start the X server. Each time I try (using startx), I receive > >>the following error: > >> > >>>XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by perr) on X > >> > >>server ":0.0" > >> > >>> after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. > >>> > >>>I searched the archives and saw that others were having the > >> > >>same problem at the end of November/beginning of December, but > >>no solution was offered. > >> > >>>I downloaded the packages from a couple of different sources > >> > >>this morning, but none of them produced different results. > >>Other than the few times that I've installed the software this > >>morning, cygwin had not been on this machine previously. > >>(It's a new box.) > >> > >>>Does anybody know how to resolve this? > >>> > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>>Greg Jewell > >>> > >>> > >> > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus