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From: <fergus@bonhard.uklinux.net>
To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Cc: <fergus@bonhard.uklinux.net>
Subject: Re: internet required?
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:44:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <000501c3d95d$a760f100$0b7b2852@leper> (raw)

Actually, I think there's something to this. A few versions of XWin ago (I
can look it up if it will help) I could use X in a Cygwin process from a
portable CD by initiating the process as

    bash
    mount -buf "c:/tmp" /tmp/
    XWin -nolisten local -multiwindow &
    rxvt -display localhost:0.0

and this allowed me an X environment with no internet access (and from any
Windows machine, even if not networked). (Plus appropriate tweaks to .bashrc
etc. The point of this email is not the portability of the system but the
useability of XWin in a portable context.)

Today I made a new CD, with a completely up-to-date Cygwin. Something HAS
altered because now the 4th line gives me a "rxvt cannot open display" error
msg, and it is clear that Norton Firewall is taking an interest whereas
previously this had not occurred (presumably the -nolisten local switch
played a role here?)

More details, if I can, if you need them ...

Thanks.

Fergus



             reply	other threads:[~2004-01-12 22:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-12 22:44 fergus [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-01-12 20:59 Eric LaBolle
2004-01-12 21:05 ` Harold L Hunt II
2004-01-11  2:18 Eric LaBolle

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