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Lloyd Wood wrote:
> I've just updated my Cygwin installation (1.5.25), and got the new x.org 
> xserver.
> 
> startx has stopped working.
> After xauth creates a new authority file, it throws up a dialog saying 
> it's put help text
> in /var/log/XWin.0.log
> 
> Perusing /var/log/XWin.0.log shows:
> 
> XWin was started with the following command line:
> 
> /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /cygdrive/c/Documents and 
> Settings/lwood/.serverauth.32660
> [..]
> unrecognized option: and
> 
> suggesting that missing quotes somewhere in startx borked the command.
> Adding quotes in throughout startx (xinit command, whenever I saw $HOME)
> didn't change this; whatever can't handle spaces is a little hidden.
> 
> xinit run alone dies because it can't find supported fonts.
> 
> How to get cygwin's x-window-in-Windows-window support running again and
> get to an xterm?

X questions and issues should go to the cygwin-xfree list.

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