X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49999698.70408@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:38:48 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: new x.org server - startx and xinit fail? References: <67139EE8-B65D-4995-8B7E-39E49039BD56 AT surrey DOT ac DOT uk> In-Reply-To: <67139EE8-B65D-4995-8B7E-39E49039BD56@surrey.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com 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. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/