It's obvious that we're experiencing the same problem. Since it's a persistent and easily duplicated problem, I'm surpirsed that there hasn't been much (any?) previous traffic on the mailing list on this. I did see a comment several months back that indicated that a similar problem occurred in an earlier version of XFree86 but was corrected in more recent versions. Maybe this is the same problem recurring or a different one. I hope the developers can track it down and fix it. I think cywin/XFree86 is a great product, and this is the only thing keeping me from making using it on a regular basis.
Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just tried and found that I am also able to replicate the immediate crash when I >log on to my session, then log off, and then back on again. Also my harddrive fills >up very quickly with swap space data, this returns to normal once I exit out of the >CYGWIN dos box. > > >>From: Tom Bozack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Date: 2002/07/14 Sun PM 02:38:37 EDT >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Xfree studder/pause and then segmentation fault >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > 3 days ago I downloaded the latest setup from the cygwin website and >> > installed the xfree components. My setup is a Dell latitude CPX with >> > a Xircom cardbus network card running Windows 98SE. I am connecting >> > to a linux box via XDMCP (I have connected to a Mandrake and >> > YellowDog box with the same issues). After connecting and logging in >> > everything works fine for 15-30min. Then the mouse starts to pause >> > every few min as do the screen updates. This lasts for about 1/2min >> > and then it crashes out to the CYGWIN dos box. The box states >> > "Segmentation Fault (Core Dump). At this point windows is now >> > exhibiting the same pausing every few seconds that I had when in my >> > Xfree session. Once I exit out of the CYGWIN dos box everything >> > returns to normal. I can then restart my Xfree session and >> > everything will repeat itself. >> > >> > Is this a bug anyone has experienced? Thanks, Duane Stites >> > >>I've been having the same problem with various releases of >>cygwin/XFree86 for at least 6 months. This happens with both Windows 98 >>and Windows 98SE. I've not tried it with other versions of Windows. I >>notice that when the mouse starts to become erratic the system rapidly >>runs out of memory/swap resources as if there is a large memory leak. >>I've also observed that this situation occurs immediately (rather than >>after 15-30 min) when you logoff the host and login again without >>restarting Xwin. I think cygwin/XFree86 is a great product, but this >>problem very much limits its usefullness as XDMCP client. >> >>Tom >> >> > >
