In /etc/cygserver.conf I set kern.log.syslog yes and restarted the cygserver service. I then started my startxwin.sh.
I still have an empty /var/log/cygserver.log file, with the same errors in Event Viewer -> Application. Lester On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 01:13:51PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: : Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:13:51 -0400 : : On 10/09/2006, Lester Ingber wrote: : >I am having problems with cygserver similar to those discussed in : >http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-05/msg01378.html. On my XP Pro : >system, under Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer -> Application, I see : >several red X's whenever I start my modified startxwin.sh. (I have found : >that the script in /usr/X11R6/bin crashes unless I add /bin to : >export PATH=/usr/X11R6/bin:"$PATH":/bin .) So, my Cygwin utilities start : >OK, : >except I do get occasional crashes of individual xterm windows for no : >reason I can discern, which I have reported before but no follow-ups : >occurred. : > : >I am getting errors like: : > "The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( Cygwin ) cannot : > be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry : > information or message DLL files to display messages from a : > remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to : > retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The : > following information is part of the event: cygserver: error : > getting handle(1684) to server (5)." : > : >I do run setup for all users, and my mounts are under system, the main : >focus of the discussion under msg01378.html referenced above. : > : >I cannot see if the is a cygwin or cygwin-xfree problem, so I'm sending : >this to both forums. : : cygserver is a core Cygwin service so the Cygwin list is the proper place : to discuss it. : : What does '/var/log/cygserver.log' say? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
