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RE: Crash of XWin
- From: "Mike Ayers" <mike_ayers at tvworks dot com>
- To: <rodmedina at cantv dot net>, <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:29:03 -0800
- Subject: RE: Crash of XWin
- References: <380-220102122211230580@cantv.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-
> owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Medina
> Suddenly XWin will not start anymore.
> Few hours ago everything was OK.
> I have not installed any new software,, just shutdown and start again
> the machine.
> I include cygcheck -s, XWin.0.log and ps -W as
> the log says that there is another window manager running!
> Everything else seems OK
> HELP!
My guess is that you inadvertently double-clicked the start XWin icon and two starting processes collided and crashed, leaving a lock or two locked. It's very guessy, as guesses go, but I'd reboot and try again.
HTH,
Mike