Re: Cannot start XServer

["Nikolay Metchev" <NikolayMetchev at hotmail dot com>]

This is what XWin.log says:
ddxProcessArgument () - Initializing default screens
winInitializeDefaultScreens () - w 1024 h 768
ddxProcessArgument () - screen - argc: 5 i: 1
winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000
winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD
winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000001f
winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per
pixel
winAdjustForAutoHide - Original WorkArea: 0 0 716 1024
winAdjustForAutoHide - Adjusted WorkArea: 0 0 716 1024
winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient w 1018 h 691 r 1018 l 0 b
691 t 0
winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () -  Returning
winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - lPitch: 4072
winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 32
winLayerCreate () - dwDepth 32
winRandRInit ()
winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
winScreenInit () - returning

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Hourihane" <alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk>
To: "Nikolay Metchev" <NikolayMetchev@hotmail.com>
Cc: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: Cannot start XServer


> What does /tmp/XWin.log have to say ?
>
> Alan.
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 10:37:49PM -0000, Nikolay Metchev wrote:
> > I sent the e-mail below .  I have been asked to provide additional
> > information. I am using Windows XP. I have a TCP/IP LAN using internet
> > connection sharing. I do not use Zone Alarm or any other personal
firewall
> > tool. I still get the error message listed below.
> >
> > > I have installed the 4.2.0 version of Cygwin/XFree86 on my Windows XP
> > laptop
> > > using a second monitor and when I tried to run the XServer a window of
> > some
> > > sort appeared and then disappeared leaving this message:
> > > $ ./startxwin.bat
> > > startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000
> > > XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server
> > > "127.0.0.1:0.0"
> > > XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server
> > > "127.0.0.1:0.0"
> > >
> > >       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> > >       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> > >       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> > >
> > > any ideas what I am doing wrong?
> > >
>