From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9162 invoked by alias); 4 Aug 2014 15:57:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 9149 invoked by uid 89); 4 Aug 2014 15:57:29 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=3.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPAM_BODY1 autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtpout14.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk Received: from smtpout14.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk (HELO smtpout14.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk) (65.20.0.134) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:57:28 +0000 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A090206.53DFAD66.00AF,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Junkmail-Premium-Raw: score=8/97,refid=2.7.2:2014.8.4.141819:17:8.317,ip=,rules=__MOZILLA_MSGID, __HAS_MSGID, __SANE_MSGID, __HAS_FROM, __HAS_REPLYTO, __USER_AGENT, __MOZILLA_USER_AGENT, __MIME_VERSION, __TO_MALFORMED_2, __TO_NO_NAME, __BOUNCE_CHALLENGE_SUBJ, __BOUNCE_NDR_SUBJ_EXEMPT, __SUBJ_ALPHA_END, __IN_REP_TO, __CT, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN, __CTE, __ANY_URI, __URI_NO_MAILTO, __URI_NO_WWW, __CP_URI_IN_BODY, __OEM_SOFTWARE_1, __SUBJ_ALPHA_NEGATE, __FRAUD_JOB, __FORWARDED_MSG, BODYTEXTP_SIZE_3000_LESS, BODY_SIZE_900_999, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY, __URI_NS, HTML_00_01, HTML_00_10, BODY_SIZE_5000_LESS, BODY_SIZE_1000_LESS, BODY_SIZE_2000_LESS, OEM_SOFTWARE_X1, REPLYTO_FROM_DIFF_ADDY, BODY_SIZE_7000_LESS X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown Received: from [192.168.1.93] (86.179.19.43) by smtpout14.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk (8.6.100.99.10223) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 53DB766E0010831C; Mon, 4 Aug 2014 16:57:26 +0100 Message-ID: <53DFAD63.5090306@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:57:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com CC: matt@codespunk.com Subject: Re: xinit hangs on XWin infinite loop when using -displayfd References: <53CC6789.4000601@codespunk.com> <53CD368C.3060509@codespunk.com> <53CD3917.4060305@codespunk.com> <53CD4E2C.6040204@codespunk.com> <53D6436D.2090808@dronecode.org.uk> <53D6E386.3060001@codespunk.com> In-Reply-To: <53D6E386.3060001@codespunk.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2014-08/txt/msg00005.txt.bz2 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/