OT: Cygwin/X on Windows XP

[Seth Cohn]

Use Xming instead.

http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming


On 12/27/06, Jason Stephenson <jason at sigio.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> (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
>
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