On 08.01.2022 07:57, Fergus Daly wrote: > Not quite sure what recent update has caused this failure. > Up to now (and for a very long time indeed) typing > $ /bin/xinit /bin/xterm -- -nolock -multiwindow > at the mintty prompt has successfully started an xterm process. > Now I get: > "A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. > Cannot establish any listening sockets." > Over the years the one-liner typed above has had to evolve with changing > execs so I'm not surprised, or bothered, at this glitch. > But can anybody please advise the necessary change in syntax that will again > enable a successful xterm from mintty? > Thank you!
Marco Atzero replied: > Hi Fergus, > It works for me, so it seems not due to the sintax > Can you start X with startxwin ? > Please provide the cygcheck.out as mentioned on > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > Regards > Marco SOLVED I ran $ rm -vrf /tmp/.X11* in order to enable a "fresh start" and all is good. On all devices and for both Cygwin32 and Cygwin64. Thank you, Marco. Fergus -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
