Re: xinit hangs on XWin infinite loop when using -displayfd
Jon TURNEY <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.cygwin.xfree |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 29/07/2014 00:57, Matt D. wrote: > Doh! I was so blind! Windows XP does not have an IPv6 protocol installed > by default. I added it and the problem went away. > > This sounds like a bug. XWin should verify whether a device which > supports the target protocol exists before attempting to open a socket > on it. Yes, it shouldn't fail like this if IPv6 isn't installed I suspect the same problem will occur if you use X -displayfd built with IPv6 on linux kernel without IPv6 support > What is this used for? Sharing a local X session with someone else? > Logging onto an existing X session at work from home? I've only ever > used X locally or through ssh forwarding. It's used to allow remote X clients to connect to an X server without using a ssh tunnel (e.g. [1]) [1] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html#using-remote-apps-telnet -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/