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On windows 7, I installed Cygwin, xorg-server, gnome-desktop, gnome-session.
I start X startxwin and the X server starts. I can run gedit and a gui of the gnome editor will start.
If i run gnome-session then, it gives this output:
$ gnome-session
gnome-session-binary: PID 8140: WARNING: Using null backend for session tracking
Unable to init server: Could not connect to 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
Any ideas how to start gnome?
https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-announce/2015-10/msg00111.html
'-nolisten tcp' is now the default, so the server only accepts local connections on a unix domain socket. A '-listen' option has been added which can be used to restore the previous behaviour.
For connection to 127.0.0.1 you need to set -nolisten tcp, however currently the programs should not need it. May be something is requiring 127.0.0.1 for gnome-session like a old setting ?
$ echo $DISPLAY
:0.0
