* question(s) regarding startxwin @ 2011-12-23 3:17 Paul Allen Newell 2011-12-23 3:51 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin) 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread 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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* 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 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread 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. -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* 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) 0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread 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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* 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) 1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread 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. ;-) -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: question(s) regarding startxwin 2011-12-23 4:17 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin) @ 2011-12-23 4:37 ` Paul Allen Newell 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread 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 ... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* 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) 1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread 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. ;-) -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* 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 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread 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! -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: question(s) regarding startxwin 2011-12-23 4:22 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin) @ 2011-12-23 5:48 ` Paul Allen Newell 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread 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? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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