Re: xinit hangs on XWin infinite loop when using -displayfd

2014-07-28 Thread Jon TURNEY
Thanks for reporting this problem. On 21/07/2014 18:30, Matt D. wrote: I found as a workaround to add the arguments -nolisten tcp when invoking xinit. However, I was under the impression that it was incompatible with -multiwindow and -clipboard, both of which seem to be working fine:

Re: xinit hangs on XWin infinite loop when using -displayfd

2014-07-28 Thread Matt D.
Doh! I was so blind! Windows XP does not have an IPv6 protocol installed by default. I added it and the problem went away. This sounds like a bug. XWin should verify whether a device which supports the target protocol exists before attempting to open a socket on it. What is this used for?