I Cannot Start the X Server

[Michael Wehr <Michael dot Wehr at aarcorp dot com>]

Hello,

I have been using Cygwin and Cygwin/X on my company laptop for over a year. Recently I found a need to re-install Cygwin and Cygwin/X.

I downloaded the latest software versions and installed them after removing the old installation. The latest Cygwin works well, however, I cannot start the X server. I get the following error:

"A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit.
Please open /var/log/XWin.0.log for more information.

Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
Release: 1.5.3.0
Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
XWin was started with the following command-line:

/usr/bin/XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error"

The contents of /var/log/XWin.0.log:

$ cat /var/log/XWin.0.log
Welcome to the XWin X Server
Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
Release: 1.5.3.0 (10503000)

Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com

XWin was started with the following command line:

/usr/bin/XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error

ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1280 h 1024
winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning

Fatal server error:
Can't read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock

I started XWin using the default startxwin.bat which comes with the installation.

$ ls -ld /tmp
drwxrwxrwt+ 2 mwehr Domain Users 0 Dec  4 14:47 /tmp

The /etc/passwd file was created using:

mkpasswd -l -c > /etc/passwd

Please let me know if there is additional information you require.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Cygwin and Cygwin/X multiple times with the same error.

I have searched the internet and tried a number of solutions to no avail.

Please help resolve this so I can continue using this excellent product.

Regards,
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| Michael B. Wehr                 | AAR Corporation           |
| Sr. UNIX Administrator          | 1100 North Wood Dale Road |
| Email: michael.wehr@aarcorp.com | Wood Dale, IL  60191      |
| Phone: (630) 227-2196           | Fax: (630) 227-2198       |
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| Michael B. Wehr                 | AAR Corporation           |
| Sr. UNIX Administrator          | 1100 North Wood Dale Road |
| Email: michael.wehr@aarcorp.com | Wood Dale, IL  60191      |
| Phone: (630) 227-2196           | Fax: (630) 227-2198       |
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