XWin: problems on un-networked machine

[Alexander Gottwald]

fergus@bonhard.uklinux.net wrote:

> For a while I've been able to use XWin running from a reduced Cygwin-on-CD
> on a non-networked machine by using the command line
>
>     mount -buf $TMPDIR /tmp/
>     XWin -nolisten local -multiwindow &
>
> (ther first line is intended to allow the writing on XWin.log and, in the
> past, has achieved exactly this). However, lately, and including the most
> recent update of XWin _and_ the latest (I think) snapshot of cygwin1.dll,
> this has now failed, with no logfile XWin.log written. The application XWin
> "dies" immediately, as shown by ps.

The multiwindow code requires a windowmanager. The design has changed
recently and most likely the windowmanager fails to connect and XWin does
not start.

Why are you disabling the local transport? is this for a special reason?
Does it work if you omit "-nolisten local"?

> 2. Sorry, I know this is an essentially pointless question, but _why_ does
> XWin require internet access??!! and, are there other / better switches I
> should or could be using than "-nolisten local" to render the application
> useable on a non-networked machine?

The communication between xserver and xclients is done via TCP/IP or
Unix-Sockets. The second is simualted on cygwin with loopback TCP/IP.

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