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Re: Ref Win95 (98?) : Can't open display (FRQ) (Solution) & Speedproblems


Brian,

Brian Linfoot wrote:
1. FRQ and mail archive shows may iinstances of "Can't open display " on Win95 machines particularly laptops with no network connection.
Apart from firewall problems suggested by FRQ another explanation is that the manufacturer (e.g. Dell) has installed a minimum Win95 set up. To cure the problem run Microsoft Communication Wizard to install required network software either from CD-ROM or CD image. If no live network link is available you may need to ctrl-alt-delete to get out of MCW once it tries to test the (e.g. non-existing modem on IR ) link.
Reboot and XWin, xterm etc may now run.



Very interesting. I had not yet heard of this.


2. Cygwin shows great increase in speed if antivirus software (e.g. Network Associates V Shield) is temporarily switched off.


Yes, this is known. The least performance-inhibiting software that I have found so far is Norton Antivirus... it doesn't slow down Cygwin/XFree86, and it only has a minor affect (5% slowdown) on compiling Cygwin/XFree86 (which opens and closes thousands of files). On the other hand, Network Associates V Shield slows compiling down about 150% and generally makes the computer unusable. Of course, I don't run antivirus software when not forced to, cause I don't do stupid things :)


Harold


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