xserver constantly scans local ports

[Alexander Gottwald]

Valery Khamenya wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I start Xserver after fresh cygwin installation, this brings xterm window
> and after few seconds xserver starts to scan constantly through my local ports.
>
> Q1. why ?

This is because of the select implementation in cygwin. It opens a port
whenever XWin calls select() (about every second). This was discussed many
times on this mailing list and in the cygwin mailing list.

> Q2. how could I make my xserver less "aggressive"?

Change the way how select() in cygwin works.

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