Dear Jon,
Since the update I have been unable to start XWin under [1.7].
Following my usual sequence at a bash prompt:
mount n:/tmp /tmp # drive n: is NTFS as required
run XWin -multiwindow &
Normally these two would be followed by a command line for xterm, but I
am not getting that far! The second line repeatedly generates a Cygwin/X
error message box, where the reason given is very familiar:
Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock
I used to get this when /tmp was FAT32 but as you see from line 1 I am
making an explicit mount to a NTFS drive, and in the recent past this
step has been all that is necessary to make progress. When I open
/var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log for more information I read
~> cat /var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log
Welcome to the XWin X Server
Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
Release: 1.9.2.0 (10902000)
Build Date: 2010-11-03
XWin was started with the following command line:
/usr/bin/XWin -multiwindow
ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
winInitializeScreenDefaults - primary monitor w 1280 h 1024
winInitializeDefaultScreens - native DPI x 96 y 96
_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/mandible:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
Fatal server error:
Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock
[1]+ Done run XWin -multiwindow
Can anything be determined from the 3 lines in this file beginning
_XSERV ("Unable" .. "failed" .. "failed")? Do I need to change my
command sequence?
BTW it's interesting (is it?) that the error message refers to 1.9.2.0
not 1.9.2-1.
I'm surprised that there are no other anguished reports to you following
the update, but I guess that's because the fault/ problem/ difficulty is
mine rather than general. ?? Any insights much appreciated.
Thank you,
Fergus
PS It kills me not to copy this to cygwin at cygwin dot com which I feel
will have a much wider readership and skill set amongst that readership,
but anybody sinning in this regard is always referred straight to
Cygwin-X. A strange separation of reporting. Not that I am doubting your
specific capability, just the potential for "Me Too" amongst readers.
(Or even "Not Me, but I Know What's Going Wrong".)
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