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Re: Starting X in Cygwin
- From: Steven O'Brien <steven dot obrien2 at ntlworld dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 08:19:33 +0100
- Subject: Re: Starting X in Cygwin
Bryan Zimmer wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I used to have an installation of Cygwin that, when I did a "startx",
> I = got the server startup, the twm window manager, a couple of xterms
> and ="oclock". Now, I run startx and all I get is the blank server
> screen. = When I exit, I get a message to the effect of Xlib: not
> authorized to = connect to display :0.0.
>
> What am I doing wrong? I know a bit of Unix, but my knowledge of X
> falls = short. I don't know how to authorize Xlib to connect to
> display :0.0.
>
> Any help will be appreciated with respect.
>
You almost certainly have a .Xauthority file in your home directory.
Delete it and xstart will work again.
Steven