XFree hangs after first client is started

[Harold L Hunt II]

Carlos,

I have never personally experienced that problem, nor do I know where to 
begin in attempting to solve it.

You could try the usual, like making sure no firewall software is 
installed, etc.

One thing I can guarantee: if you format the hard drive on a machine 
(not necessarily one of the two that don't work), install Windows, then 
immediately install Cygwin/XFree86, then Cygwin/XFree86 will work 
without problems.  My point?  Lots of seemingly harmless software 
(firewalls, etc.) do things to the TCP/IP system on Windows that breaks 
Cygwin/XFree86 and a lot of these programs never fully ``uninstall''. 
 That is, they usually leave their broken TCP/IP changes in place.  So, 
your only choice may be to start from a blank slate, get Cygwin/XFree86 
working, then install your other applications until you find which one 
breaks Cygwin/XFree86.

Good luck,

Harold

Carlos Santiago wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I wanted to ask the Cygwin/XFree community for help
>on this issue. It pretty much involves the X server
>hanging after one client is started (i.e. xterm, xeyes,
>or a window manager for that matter). There are no
>errors being logged or displayed. It happens on 2 of
>4 boxes we have (sadly, it happens on the 2 boxes we
>need Cygwin/XFree in). All installations are fresh
>installations with no custom Cygwin configurations.
>All environment settings are exactly the same accross
>boxes.
>
>The following 2 threads describe the specifics:
>http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-09/msg00085.html
>http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-09/msg00038.html
>
>Are there any starting points I could start looking at?
>Given the lack of responses to the original poster,
>is this something any other people have experienced?
>Would it be worth the time looking into this or would
>it be appropriate for me to look into a non-Cygwin/XFree
>solution and instead into a different UNIX alternative?
>
>Thank you in advance for any help on this,
>
>- Carlos
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