Jim Marshall wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: >> 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". >> > Thank you - that fixed his problem!
Glad I could help. :-) -- 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/