X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:reply-to:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=Wl7KDc4QP43k6AJ0 5DjC6VYR64MJk8iSTV9dfDj9tcEiR/8bXUNmwSA2kAaXqRFPTK3A1qs8fgVFJCzI nxBMZGa1N0GIy3dtpLrDEMRJ6Vu5xBUm8eOMXuwOOTcrdKpJrvyn2n42sPelq7MA A0NmgzXVL9vRN4fKcaky8JzZV2U= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:reply-to:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=bns4idSsRtjR/Sjb6EClNP nkcAQ=; b=r3ntFNteT4yh6eUWa0aO6MJ3bqtA8FOuHlV7ofIoLNQclfPZEDWuX3 F8s1Rh/1i1IDdl0SDQoMUxwGEb1IEL8ewZVcGKTi5nz0TAhlDPZf6bu5xSS5LfHf Ixb0SWROEZzUDnWihwjU92p9n94MB6fa64iJS0QpONt8hIr5optL0= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: out3-smtp.messagingengine.com Subject: Re: X11 Fails to load on WindowsXP normal user To: "L. D. James" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <55D3B9F1 DOT 7040603 AT apollo3 DOT com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Jon TURNEY Message-ID: <55D4A22E.9030505@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:35:10 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <55D3B9F1.7040603@apollo3.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 19/08/2015 00:04, L. D. James wrote: > I installed Cygwin on Windows XP with X11. I tested it and it works as > expected. > > Then I logged in as a normal user (not administrator). I get the > following error when trying to X11: > > A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. > Cannot open log file "/var/log/xwin/XWin.1.log" > > Please open the logfile for more information. > > Vendor: The Cygwin/XProject > Contact: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Package: version 1.17-2.2build-2015-08-11 > > XWin was started with the following command-line: > > /usr/bin/X :1 -auth /home/user/.serverauth.2872 > > I performed a fresh install of Windows XP and got the same results. > > I found that if I add the user account to Administrators X11 will then > work without errors. > > Can someone advise what has to be done to make X11 work with a normal > user's account? Thanks for reporting this issue. It looks like the directory /var/log/xwin/ doesn't have the right permissions in the package. You should be able to fix this, until the package is fixed, by doing a 'chmod 0777 /var/log/xwin' (as an Adminstrator user) -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple