DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 delorie.com 626DLS1Y3451671 Authentication-Results: delorie.com; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=cygwin.com Authentication-Results: delorie.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cygwin.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 delorie.com 626DLS1Y3451671 Authentication-Results: delorie.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key, unprotected) header.d=cygwin.com header.i=@cygwin.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=default header.b=xFKUrJTl X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 9489D4B9DB48 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1772803287; bh=GTQ1gZXJnAcZsmDZ6FHiQgbTGJS0zrB8qyRgVat9DPU=; h=To:Subject:Date:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive:List-Post: List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:From; b=xFKUrJTl88JN6u+K+H1K5uSaKfkH47UB7pDnMcV8ooaQY+Wc06xwZtgikWk3fie7B uvIZRkBrNPY5yDOnJP7yYgE4j/pC7DrVVD3udHtaFluZM2jTvI4JxzOaNuASb1PGbv hAIEZok/mXxkce5p24B7gPEmkvkalRxVK/nsOg8E= X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 17D894BA2E0D ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 17D894BA2E0D ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1772803238; cv=none; b=lTQiO1JXLDUgFCkqDysDd1D+xVTCvm4v3CDIa1f4vkpCLad6FwtuSuEKJKWxhAJp7xSyDF1CUJzENP9crFWDc2QHMKZCOEXSVIX3x57T5A71F6gJOyyOp068y6JMHlOwRNVPfTJqu2yCcusZIYgClW8fJWdL/VuNVPMfHivBXZo= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1772803238; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ldZ3bp475novQXDLPXLiHWN3KA3UCIzsQFl8li0hGFY=; h=DKIM-Signature:From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=EC28sDOh9GmCJU94pTPkLjC2KDwT51Jy6qOnEKaLw0IkMEZH6td+tcc5P0Wzsj0PI6aF9IzfBJ8FNNFwz0stERq7+ebz84trJhExVkUVsmQilrY9+Aot5Y8qUl4aozZ8px0nf4zCg6FGJ5+APZ3+UL2Oxe82IikZ/ILi2xck/KY= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 17D894BA2E0D X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1772803237; x=1773408037; h=content-language:thread-index:mime-version:message-id:date:subject :to:from:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=ldoEbADZYDyYiOxnCvxGbm/xHDQLbHPxKhN5Lw/of4o=; b=vmbe7YJRUbXMkNrJ86P4rx+hUAYgZeTGJFUpCGmcrcqju8KuLB5qVWUwtK1ty7MiPg d2X3TwtgqBqNILVEUInYUWKpJ45Wd+b+lRxd+I4gPRWPFzsq+5ATyucNhT3SQJ/y/RTw A0sIbSVDxw7auHtTYkE12KwELJYZvtSDTy/L1RmJ94UzLoP3YoJ0rz7sabBD3pwnEKMt fEzAwio//2B2HGpQmpOi+ngxhitKFCF1pIlAO60lClkkaSRauJU55KlYK+uLoo1iNWOU swEmR4ryPog/MtmCYXK+aIWHNJ9zYScFwn94s9j+D+R9yjbYC0elGlocP8pCMsROU3Yk I4qg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwWK3l6nyEZJkyW8MBlegSoI3Ziipf8K4eZB7VumFGrDFhtkodg iy7evw53L5tUZjg7EfGT7AK/TU7sJsV+zRXZJXZXOk4rb3o2zSq4smj+2JbxrcM2gsM= X-Gm-Gg: ATEYQzz0eo9YZthQimv13djdE86ocN3wMzFRa8vfMnOQ2k/BFOMbxYJ3NL0e2gWwuws TixfB029sbifrG+fO7NZRNeoWYRaNBFeTTSlHfBNMHIsLpYwXN6CuctLz9YLwf+iUNDa6aoEeMG o7/6IfIbzopjmYJXcWbpj/2KkNNHDKTNUN2V6kDf+gRK1/JgsiRj/PiTbsNdo+49dxzDjCv9pf9 kr3lSZ8CL6TrzHvPLxlRyTF9I/EKj1UDkpBpmPfVxJCiQXkLJHK+W6LzynEZuQZdrN2BQMxyKP5 qvYgpPHhQIj/FRfvrrRZPEOzBI6R3gTKiySxzydUiBD+g7z20YbNfzZEZnnihWqmH6CuY93cKYZ goWf/GXTYLT2fJTYa5+3FBeiVcYBbVQ7s6uFxHq0HNPkpJSPohMxlFGJYNpdrqOmg3BPgla1L9z FYBQQO+wpx6iN+Jab7qHAbkEJhf8lbyF+Jhw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6214:21ca:b0:899:f0b1:7332 with SMTP id 6a1803df08f44-89a30aa3b12mr24239926d6.32.1772803237105; Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:20:37 -0800 (PST) To: Subject: DISPLAY variable problems starting Gnome. Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 08:20:36 -0500 Message-ID: <0da201dcad6c$055ac420$10104c60$@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AdytaIhTypMnnCd/ThuhFoZfcT/xfg== Content-Language: en-us X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.30 X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Stuart D Connell via Cygwin Reply-To: sdconnell42 AT gmail DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "Cygwin" I am having problems starting Gnome in the Cygwin environment. From a cygwin64 terminal: I start the X window environment using startxwin Export DISPLAY=:0.0 I can then start xeyes, xclock etc so the x-server is up and running When I start gnome-session I get a number of gtk warnings, a small window opens then closes, then the following error ** (gnome-session-failed:1336): WARNING **: 07:58:34.342: Cannot open display: Interesting thing here is that the value of DISPLAY is not printed. I have tried reinstalling Gnome, Any ideas what to try next? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple