Mike, Take a look at /tmp/XWin.log for errors. Send in the relevant errors if you find any (probably just the bottom few lines of the file).
Do you have more than one network card or a token-ring network card? Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Linux > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 4:59 AM > To: 'PD Dr. Edward Wornar' > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: CYGWin reliability > > > Thanks for your interest/help. During the times when I cant connect using > CYGwin using xwin.exe -query x.x.x.x -from x.x.x.x I get a new > screen with a > croshatch background ikt stays there for a while, 10-20 seconds, then > dissapears. If I try multiple times I get the same responce. If I > try XWin32 > (starnet) or the NCD terminal then I can connect. Going back to > the Win2K PC > dosent work. I leave it for an hour or reboot it some times then > it may go. > I am sorry to be vague but I have not discovered any disernable pattern to > this madness. > > Many thanks > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: PD Dr. Edward Wornar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 6 May 2002 20:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: CYGWin reliability > > > > I have been using Cygwin for the last 4 months now and find it > reasonably > > good to use, however. > > I have been having continuous problems getting it to connect to > the server > > box. > > The configuration is Server: Redhat 7.2 (was7.1) running xdm > Win2K > Server. > > Sometimes it will connect sometimes it wont connect at all. > > I updated the Cygwin installation last week. > > I have an eval copy of Xwin32 which works fine and my NCD300 > terminal also > > connects every time. > > Is there any tricks? Have I missed anything? > > We're using Cygwin/XFree86 4.1 at work to connect to a linux server and > find it *extremely* reliable: Over 20 boxes and no such problems yet. > > What message do you get? Are these problems timeouts, refused connections, > do other > things work from a box when it can't connect? What else is > running on these > boxes? > There's a lot of "utilities" and virus scanners out there which severely > damage > the network stuff on Windows. > > To me, it looks more like a network problem than a cygwin problem. > > HTH > > Edi > > > This mail was processed by Mail essentials for Exchange/SMTP, > the email security & management gateway. Mail essentials adds > content checking, email encryption, anti spam, anti virus, > attachment compression, personalised auto responders, archiving > and more to your Microsoft Exchange Server or SMTP mail server. > For more information visit http://www.mailessentials.com
