Jim Marshall wrote: > My co-worker just installed cygwin, when he tries to run startxwin.sh it > crashes. > > A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. > Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information > > Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project > Release: 6.8.99.901-4 > Contact: xxx > XWin was started with the following command line > > XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error > > > I've read a few posts on this and tried the solutions (setting XWin :2, > the font mount problem) to no avail. Can you suggest any other options > to get it to work on his machine?
I'd suggest the easiest solution to a working install would be to wipe the existing and reinstall choosing "Unix/binary" instead of "DOS/text". -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
