* question(s) regarding startxwin
@ 2011-12-23 3:17 Paul Allen Newell
2011-12-23 3:51 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
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From: Paul Allen Newell @ 2011-12-23 3:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: pnewell
Greetings.
I have a question or two regarding startxwin. When I fire it off using
"startxwin", I get two warnings which I have been ignoring but finally
decided I really ought to check to make sure I am not seeing something I
shouldn't.
They are:
+++
startxwin: XFree86_VT property unexpectedly has 0 items instead of 1
Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
+++
Since everything is working, I assume they can be ignored?
The next one may be the xwin or it may be OpenGL under cygwin (on maybe
OpenGL in general but I can't test that at the moment). When I start a
program that uses OpenGL, my firewall barks about the program trying to
access the internet and the only detail I can get is it thinks the
destination OP is 127.0.0.1 Port 8456.
If I am correct, 127.0.0.1 is the loop-back (if I have the term right?)
so I am guessing that it is an access to the internet/LAN to myself (?).
But I have no idea what Port 8456 is about ... and I can't figure out
why there would be any action which would look like an internet access.
I looked at man pages on startxwin and XWin, but didn't see anything
that helped (or, if it is there, I didn't register that it was what I
needed).
"cygcheck -c" shows that
+++
cygwin is 1.7.9-1
libX11* is 1.4.4-1
opengl is 1.1.0-10
freeglut is 2.6.0-1.
+++
Any other packages I should get version numbers of?
At the present, I am assuming it is harmless and allowing it to go
through (and the program works as expected), but it seems wrong to not
try to understand what is happening.
None of these are show-stoppers as far as I can tell ... actually, none
of them rate more than nuisance --- so long as I am correctly
interpreting them as such.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
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* Re: question(s) regarding startxwin
2011-12-23 3:17 question(s) regarding startxwin Paul Allen Newell
@ 2011-12-23 3:51 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2011-12-23 4:04 ` Paul Allen Newell
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From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) @ 2011-12-23 3:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 12/22/2011 10:16 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> I have a question or two regarding startxwin. When I fire it off using
> "startxwin", I get two warnings which I have been ignoring but finally
> decided I really ought to check to make sure I am not seeing something I
> shouldn't.
Questions about Cygwin-X should go to the cygwin-xfree list. See the
link below for details on creating a problem report.
> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
127.0.0.1 is the loopback address. X is using that IP for your local
server. Nothing to worry about.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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* Re: question(s) regarding startxwin
2011-12-23 3:51 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
@ 2011-12-23 4:04 ` Paul Allen Newell
2011-12-23 4:17 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2011-12-23 4:18 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
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From: Paul Allen Newell @ 2011-12-23 4:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: Newell, Paul
On 12/22/2011 7:50 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 12/22/2011 10:16 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>> Greetings.
>>
>> I have a question or two regarding startxwin. When I fire it off using
>> "startxwin", I get two warnings which I have been ignoring but finally
>> decided I really ought to check to make sure I am not seeing something I
>> shouldn't.
>
> Questions about Cygwin-X should go to the cygwin-xfree list. See the
> link below for details on creating a problem report.
>
>> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>
> 127.0.0.1 is the loopback address. X is using that IP for your local
> server. Nothing to worry about.
>
>
Larry:
Thanks for the reply. Good to get confirm that it is loopback and the
"internet access" is nthing to worry about. I'll investigate
cygwin-xfree for the other questions.
Scanned problems.html ... given how far below the bar I was, your
"suggestion" was very gentle. It is now bookmarked so I can do better
next time.
Paul
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* Re: question(s) regarding startxwin
2011-12-23 4:04 ` Paul Allen Newell
@ 2011-12-23 4:17 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2011-12-23 4:37 ` Paul Allen Newell
2011-12-23 4:18 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
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From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) @ 2011-12-23 4:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 12/22/2011 11:03 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> Scanned problems.html ... given how far below the bar I was, your
> "suggestion" was very gentle. It is now bookmarked so I can do better next
> time.
Not to worry. You don't need flame-resistant gear until the _second_
transgression. ;-)
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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* Re: question(s) regarding startxwin
2011-12-23 4:04 ` Paul Allen Newell
2011-12-23 4:17 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
@ 2011-12-23 4:18 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2011-12-23 4:22 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
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From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) @ 2011-12-23 4:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 12/22/2011 11:03 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> Scanned problems.html ... given how far below the bar I was, your
> "suggestion" was very gentle. It is now bookmarked so I can do better next
> time.
Not to worry. You don't need flame-resistant gear until the _second_
transgression. ;-)
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Larry
_____________________________________________________________________
A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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* Re: question(s) regarding startxwin
2011-12-23 4:18 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
@ 2011-12-23 4:22 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2011-12-23 5:48 ` Paul Allen Newell
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From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) @ 2011-12-23 4:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 12/22/2011 11:18 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 12/22/2011 11:03 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>> Scanned problems.html ... given how far below the bar I was, your
>> "suggestion" was very gentle. It is now bookmarked so I can do better next
>> time.
>
> Not to worry. You don't need flame-resistant gear until the _second_
> transgression. ;-)
And that make two for me!
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_____________________________________________________________________
A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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* Re: question(s) regarding startxwin
2011-12-23 4:17 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
@ 2011-12-23 4:37 ` Paul Allen Newell
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From: Paul Allen Newell @ 2011-12-23 4:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: Newell, Paul
On 12/22/2011 8:17 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>
> Not to worry. You don't need flame-resistant gear until the _second_
> transgression. ;-)
>
I wear the flame-resistant gear all the time as one never knows what
someone will consider a transgression (smile)
Paul
ps: fyi --- I got this message twice ...
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* Re: question(s) regarding startxwin
2011-12-23 4:22 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
@ 2011-12-23 5:48 ` Paul Allen Newell
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From: Paul Allen Newell @ 2011-12-23 5:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: Newell, Paul
On 12/22/2011 8:21 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>
>> Not to worry. You don't need flame-resistant gear until the _second_
>> transgression. ;-)
>
>
> And that make two for me!
>
Hum .... past transgressions catching up with me or a double-hit on this
one?
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