Re: X server doesn't start

Fabio Rossi via Cygwin <[email protected]> Wed, 20 May 2026 11:00:35 +0200 (CEST)
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> Il 19/05/2026 20:44 CEST matthew patton <[email protected]> ha scritto:
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> > Thanks Jon for the suggestions. Right now I am wondering if the Sophos software is playing a key role in the problem. The antivirus has been installed after the operating system upgrade.
> 
> absolutely! Sophos is the DEVIL. Remove that hot garbage or get your corp admin to whitelist various cygwin programs.

confirmed the suspicions, unfortunately I cannot remove it. But I found it is possible to start the server by disabling "exploit mitigation" flag in the settings. We will see in the future if other kind of tuning is needed.

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