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Re: Cygwin/X under XP fails to start only on 2nd User Account


On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Iain Campbell wrote:

> I'm new to the list. Hi!
>
> I have two accounts on my laptop, one for use on my home network and the
> other for use at my place of work. I'm going nuts trying to get X working
> on my office account, even though it's perfectly fine on my personal
> account.
>
> I've checked /tmp/XWin.log but there are no discernable differences after
> initiating X on each account. But still, after running
> /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat from my office account, I continue to get a
> non-specific fatal error.
>
> Both accounts are set up with Administrator privileges, though it is the
> personal account from which Cygwin installed.
>
> I'd be grateful for any clue/advice that points me in the right direction
> of a solution.

Start here:

> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

I suspect it's either a mount issue, or a permission one.  Seeing the
output of "cygcheck -svr" will likely provide enough information to decide
which one.  Please make sure you *attach* the output, rather than include
it in-line.
HTH,
	Igor
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