OT: Cygwin/X on Windows XP

[Jason Stephenson]

Hi,

I'm struggling with getting Cygwin/X working on Windows XP Pro.

Whenever I start it, I get the attached log file.

I've Googled the errors listed at the bottom of the file and the results 
all point to this:

http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof

I have tried those instructions multiple times to no avail. I still get 
the same error log. I have verified also that /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts 
exists and that it contains fonts in the appropriate directories. 
Specifically, ./misc contains 413 files!

I have tried deleting the Cygnus Solutions registry keys, deleting all 
of the Cygwin software, and reinstalling. When that did not fix the 
problem, I tried adding a registry key to mount /usr/X11R6 and still no 
love.

When I had this installed on a computer with Win2K Professional, it 
worked without a hitch.--I'm starting to think that there is some sort 
of genetic incompatibility with Cygwin/X and Windows XP.

Anyway, I'm writing this esteemed list to ask if anyone else has 
encountered this problem and if you were able to resolve it. So far, all 
I've come up with on other mailing list archives point me back to the 
useless FAQ link above.

Cheers,
Jason
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(WW) /tmp mounted int textmode
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
(II) XF86Config is not supported
(II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information
winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel
winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1280 height: 1024 depth: 32
winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32
null screen fn ReparentWindow
null screen fn RestackWindow
InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init
InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned
InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init
InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned
winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello
winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello
winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock ()
winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock ()
MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support
XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel
(--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31
(--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00000409" (00000409) 
(--) Using preset keyboard for "English (USA)" (409), type "4"
(--) 3 mouse buttons found
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress