Re: cygwin-xfree: xdmcp: "no valid address"

[Mark Plowman <m dot plowman at hexapole dot com>]

Alexander,

> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:14:57 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander.gottwald@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
> 
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Mark Plowman wrote:
> 
> > > With cygwin on windows 95 B/C try to install
> > > winsock2. http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/WUAdminTools/S_WUNetworkingTools/W95Sockets2/Default.asp
> > > I found it makes the difference between working and non working
> > > inetd.
> > 
> > Alexander.Gottwald's ls_netdev.exe program still only prints the
> > "lo" configuration and "XWin.exe -query <LinuxBox> -from
> > <WindowsBox>" still gives "no valid address"
> 
> A possible explantion was meanwhile given by Tim Koenig. It's in the
> mail archives.

Thanks.  Sorry, because I am not subscribed to the list, I have only
just seen his posting:

> > From: "Tim Koenig" <grey_hat at lycos dot com> 
> > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:35:41 +0100 
> > 
> > (please excuse that I don't do a follow-up, but I just
> > subscribed.)
> > 
> > I tried 'ls_netdev.exe' on a Windows 95 OSR 2 (Windows 95B)
> > machine (with just one ethernet card, installed Winsock 2 and no
> > Dial-Up Networking).
> > 
> > Only the lo0 is returned and this is not a bug in 'ls_netdev.c' -
> > the ioctl call returns that single interface (ifc.ifc_len ==
> > sizeof (struct ifreq)) only.
> > 
> > This might be a bug in Cygwin, since that framework is not present
> > at all in the Win32-API (I doubt anything like that is present in
> > Winsock 1, but Winsock 2 has a GET_INTERFACE_INFO call to WSAIoctl
> > which returns an INTERFACE_INFO) and has to be emulated
> > completely.
> > 
> >  - Tim

This makes the *correct* functioning that some people experience all
the more puzzling.

If the problem is in Cygwin and it doesn't a *framework* for these
queries how do some configuration work?

Strange, strange, strange...


> > I do wonder *how* it's installation helped you?
> 
> I think the inetd had an other problem. 

OK.


> bye
> 	ago


Greetings,

Mark