Re: XFree hangs after first client is started

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Carlos,

I have never personally experienced that problem, nor do I know where to 
begin in attempting to solve it.

You could try the usual, like making sure no firewall software is 
installed, etc.

One thing I can guarantee: if you format the hard drive on a machine 
(not necessarily one of the two that don't work), install Windows, then 
immediately install Cygwin/XFree86, then Cygwin/XFree86 will work 
without problems.  My point?  Lots of seemingly harmless software 
(firewalls, etc.) do things to the TCP/IP system on Windows that breaks 
Cygwin/XFree86 and a lot of these programs never fully ``uninstall''. 
That is, they usually leave their broken TCP/IP changes in place.  So, 
your only choice may be to start from a blank slate, get Cygwin/XFree86 
working, then install your other applications until you find which one 
breaks Cygwin/XFree86.

Good luck,

Harold

Carlos Santiago wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I wanted to ask the Cygwin/XFree community for help
> on this issue. It pretty much involves the X server
> hanging after one client is started (i.e. xterm, xeyes,
> or a window manager for that matter). There are no
> errors being logged or displayed. It happens on 2 of
> 4 boxes we have (sadly, it happens on the 2 boxes we
> need Cygwin/XFree in). All installations are fresh
> installations with no custom Cygwin configurations.
> All environment settings are exactly the same accross
> boxes.
>
> The following 2 threads describe the specifics:
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-09/msg00085.html
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-09/msg00038.html
>
> Are there any starting points I could start looking at?
> Given the lack of responses to the original poster,
> is this something any other people have experienced?
> Would it be worth the time looking into this or would
> it be appropriate for me to look into a non-Cygwin/XFree
> solution and instead into a different UNIX alternative?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help on this,
>
> - Carlos
>
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