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Re: Fwd: Xwindows won't start (Can't read lock file)
- From: Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:11:28 +0000
- Subject: Re: Fwd: Xwindows won't start (Can't read lock file)
- References: <4da58cd60811130624t6a7aa122ndfc2ee39361d875f@mail.gmail.com> <4da58cd60811130637n38e1e738t3760670a7da1fe7f@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
James Ertle wrote:
> Fatal server error:
> Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock
As a workaround, you should be able to add "-nolock" to the command line used
to start Xwin (in startxwin.bat, I'm guessing, in your case).
Since a few people seem to have this problem, I'd like to get a resolution.
Sadly, I have no theory about how this could be happening, except perhaps it
could be related to 'unusual' permissions on /tmp which could somehow let you
create but not rename a file (so the output of 'ls -al /tmp' might enlighten)
> Also of note - I don't see "xorg-x11-base" as a choice when
> installing, and I no longer see an entry for the startup scripts...
These are now obsolete as explained here:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
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