I have the EXACT same problem with cygwin/X (see URL below, obtained via google search
for cygwin X11R6 server hangs).
Except I am running Windows 2000 Professional not XP. This is my employer's machine,
so I am assuming a recent Microsoft critical update patch or something has now
broken the
As a followup, I have found that, after some reinstallation, I can run startxwin.bat
and pop an xterm and also serve remote connections (which is why I wanted cygwin/X in
the first place). So my original problem appears to be with startx and probably
relates to my/default .xinitrc file or
