Re: Cygwin X fails to start
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, mgoh wrote: See the '-f' flag for 'mount'. I tried many times, but it did work. It would complain that the mount didn't exist. I had to do the little dance described above... Read the mount man page on the difference between user and system mounts. If that is not the problem, please read http://cygwin.com/problems.html for instructions on how to provide enough information for us to be able to help. FWIW, this belongs on the main Cygwin list. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte. But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that! -- Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac -- 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/
Re: Cygwin X fails to start
See the '-f' flag for 'mount'. I tried many times, but it did work. It would complain that the mount didn't exist. I had to do the little dance described above... -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Cygwin-X-fails-to-start-tf2228903.html#a7037224 Sent from the cygwin-xfree mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
Re: Cygwin X fails to start
I had this problem as well. Oddly, I had a mount of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts that was a user mount in textmode -- and I cound't use umount to remove it (it would complain about invalid path, or something). I searched the registry for the mount, but didn't find it (I found all the others). To fix the problem, I first quit any running cygwin programs, then from a CMD shell, I mounted another user mount over the top of the old one, which I was THEN able to umount. After THAT, I remounted /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts in binmode (system mount), THEN I reinstalled all the fonts (as mentioned here: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof). THAT, FINALLY fixed my problem. This all started when I ran the cygwin setup program to update various versions of things (that's what killed it). I was suprised that not more people had reported this, as I'm running a pretty stock install. - Matt Goheen Michael A. LaBrot wrote: I, too, experienced the could not open default font 'fixed' problem and the FAQ did not help me either. I was able to run X after changing the Cygwin Default Text File Type from DOS/text to Unix/binary during setup. Consider this a bug report. __ Javier Delgadillo wrote: All, I've been trying to install Cygwin X on a Win XP machine for the last 2 days and can't get it to work. I've done google searches for possible solutions but the posts I've found seem outdated and no longer apply. This appears to be a problem with the could not open default font 'fixed' error message. All of the posts I've seen regarding this imply there is a problem with the mounts, but I've got 2 other installs here that do not mount the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts directory. So I'm not sure if those errors still apply. I'm not sure what to try next as the instructions here http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof don't seem to solve the problem for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. [stuff trimmed] Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' -- Javier Delgadillo javi at javidel.org http://javidel.org/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Cygwin-X-fails-to-start-tf2228903.html#a6782673 Sent from the cygwin-xfree mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
Re: Cygwin X fails to start
On 10/12/2006, mgoh wrote: I had this problem as well. Oddly, I had a mount of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts that was a user mount in textmode -- and I cound't use umount to remove it (it would complain about invalid path, or something). I searched the registry for the mount, but didn't find it (I found all the others). To fix the problem, I first quit any running cygwin programs, then from a CMD shell, I mounted another user mount over the top of the old one, which I was THEN able to umount. After THAT, I remounted /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts in binmode (system mount), THEN I reinstalled all the fonts (as mentioned here: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof). THAT, FINALLY fixed my problem. This all started when I ran the cygwin setup program to update various versions of things (that's what killed it). I was suprised that not more people had reported this, as I'm running a pretty stock install. See the '-f' flag for 'mount'. -- 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/
Re: Cygwin X fails to start
I, too, experienced the could not open default font 'fixed' problem and the FAQ did not help me either. I was able to run X after changing the Cygwin Default Text File Type from DOS/text to Unix/binary during setup. Consider this a bug report. __ Javier Delgadillo wrote: All, I've been trying to install Cygwin X on a Win XP machine for the last 2 days and can't get it to work. I've done google searches for possible solutions but the posts I've found seem outdated and no longer apply. This appears to be a problem with the could not open default font 'fixed' error message. All of the posts I've seen regarding this imply there is a problem with the mounts, but I've got 2 other installs here that do not mount the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts directory. So I'm not sure if those errors still apply. I'm not sure what to try next as the instructions here http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof don't seem to solve the problem for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is my /tmp/XWin.log: Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.99.901-4 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error (WW) /tmp mounted int textmode _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be created. winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1 (II) XF86Config is not supported (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0007 winSetEngine - Multi Window or Rootless = ShadowGDI winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1024 height: 768 depth: 32 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff ff00 00ff winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff ff00 00ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 null screen fn ReparentWindow null screen fn RestackWindow InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: 0409 (0409) (--) Using preset keyboard for English (USA) (409), type 4 Rules = xorg Model = pc105 Layout = us Variant = (null) Options = (null) (--) 3 mouse buttons found Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' -- Javier Delgadillo javi at javidel.org http://javidel.org/ -- 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/
Cygwin X fails to start
All, I've been trying to install Cygwin X on a Win XP machine for the last 2 days and can't get it to work. I've done google searches for possible solutions but the posts I've found seem outdated and no longer apply. This appears to be a problem with the could not open default font 'fixed' error message. All of the posts I've seen regarding this imply there is a problem with the mounts, but I've got 2 other installs here that do not mount the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts directory. So I'm not sure if those errors still apply. I'm not sure what to try next as the instructions here http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof don't seem to solve the problem for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is my /tmp/XWin.log: Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.99.901-4 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error (WW) /tmp mounted int textmode _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be created. winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1 (II) XF86Config is not supported (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0007 winSetEngine - Multi Window or Rootless = ShadowGDI winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1024 height: 768 depth: 32 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff ff00 00ff winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff ff00 00ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 null screen fn ReparentWindow null screen fn RestackWindow InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shar ed memory support in the kernel (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: 0409 (0409) (--) Using preset keyboard for English (USA) (409), type 4 Rules = xorg Model = pc105 Layout = us Variant = (null) Options = (null ) (--) 3 mouse buttons found Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from li st! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' -- Javier Delgadillo javi at javidel.org http://javidel.org/ -- 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/
