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Re: Cygwin Error
- From: René Berber <r dot berber at computer dot org>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:20:51 -0500
- Subject: Re: Cygwin Error
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Ronald J. Duchovic wrote:
> Upon issuing the command
>
> startxwin.bat
>
> I receive an error message saying:
>
> "A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit.
> Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information."
>
> But Cygwin does not exit.
What do you mean, the terminal doesn't close? that's normal, the process that
will terminate (exit) is XWin which runs in the background.
> The log states:
>
> "Fatal server error.
> Cannot establish any listening sockets."
>
> Can you please help me understand this problem and make the
> appropriate correction?
Could be a permission problem, the user does not have the necessary permissions
to open the required ports (this happens in Unix, I've never seen it in Cygwin).
Is your user a member of the PowerUsers or Administrators group?
What version of Windows are you using?
--
René Berber
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