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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:45:59 -0400
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Subject: Re: X11 Fails to load on WindowsXP normal user
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On 08/19/2015 11:35 AM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
> 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
You're welcome.

It works!

Thanks!

-- L. James

-- 
L. D. James
ljames AT apollo3 DOT com
www.apollo3.com/~ljames

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