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From: Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Cc: matt@codespunk.com
Subject: Re: xinit hangs on XWin infinite loop when using -displayfd
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:57:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53DFAD63.5090306@dronecode.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53D6E386.3060001@codespunk.com>
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
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-04 15:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-21 1:06 Matt D.
2014-07-21 15:49 ` Matt D.
2014-07-21 16:00 ` Matt D.
2014-07-21 17:30 ` Matt D.
2014-07-28 12:35 ` Jon TURNEY
2014-07-28 23:57 ` Matt D.
2014-08-04 15:57 ` Jon TURNEY [this message]
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