From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21451 invoked by alias); 12 Jan 2004 22:44:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 21441 invoked from network); 12 Jan 2004 22:44:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk) (195.188.213.7) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 12 Jan 2004 22:44:34 -0000 Received: from leper ([82.40.123.11]) by smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:44:50 +0000 Message-ID: <000501c3d95d$a760f100$0b7b2852@leper> Reply-To: From: To: Cc: Subject: Re: internet required? Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:44:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Jan 2004 22:44:50.0723 (UTC) FILETIME=[B029EF30:01C3D95D] X-SW-Source: 2004-01/txt/msg00267.txt.bz2 List-Id: 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