Cygwin and Windows XP problem

I'm having some difficulty with the default -multiwindow mode of the CygwinX server.

Run startxwin.bat and you basically run "XWin -multiwindow -clipboard"
It also pops up an xterm.

This starts an Xserver on your windows box. From the xterm I ssh to a linux box running Fedora and type "epiphany" and it crashes...giving the following errors:

The program 'epiphany-bin' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)'.
(Details: serial 10 error_code 5 request_code 18 minor_code 0)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

That isn't the only program that doesn't work ... gqview and gimp come up and then when you click the menu crash with the error:

Gdk-ERROR **: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
serial 1973 error_code 3 request_code 38 minor_code 0
Gdk-ERROR **: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
serial 1974 error_code 10 request_code 102 minor_code 0

Gdk-ERROR **: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
serial 11864 error_code 3 request_code 38 minor_code 0
Gdk-ERROR **: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
serial 11865 error_code 10 request_code 102 minor_code 0

Other programs do similar things...
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 38 (X_QueryPointer)
Resource id in failed request: 0x3a
Serial number of failed request: 1126
Current serial number in output stream: 1126

Some programs work perfectly...xcalc, open office, a bunch of others.

I'm thinking it is a windows or window manager problem. Does anyone have cygwin installed on XP Home? If so, could you duplicate the problem or offer any advice?

Thanks.

Thanks to all. This page has been very helpful for me.