Carlos, I have never personally experienced that problem, nor do I know where to begin in attempting to solve it.
You could try the usual, like making sure no firewall software is installed, etc. One thing I can guarantee: if you format the hard drive on a machine (not necessarily one of the two that don't work), install Windows, then immediately install Cygwin/XFree86, then Cygwin/XFree86 will work without problems. My point? Lots of seemingly harmless software (firewalls, etc.) do things to the TCP/IP system on Windows that breaks Cygwin/XFree86 and a lot of these programs never fully ``uninstall''. That is, they usually leave their broken TCP/IP changes in place. So, your only choice may be to start from a blank slate, get Cygwin/XFree86 working, then install your other applications until you find which one breaks Cygwin/XFree86. Good luck, Harold Carlos Santiago wrote: >Hello, > >I wanted to ask the Cygwin/XFree community for help >on this issue. It pretty much involves the X server >hanging after one client is started (i.e. xterm, xeyes, >or a window manager for that matter). There are no >errors being logged or displayed. It happens on 2 of >4 boxes we have (sadly, it happens on the 2 boxes we >need Cygwin/XFree in). All installations are fresh >installations with no custom Cygwin configurations. >All environment settings are exactly the same accross >boxes. > >The following 2 threads describe the specifics: >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-09/msg00085.html >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-09/msg00038.html > >Are there any starting points I could start looking at? >Given the lack of responses to the original poster, >is this something any other people have experienced? >Would it be worth the time looking into this or would >it be appropriate for me to look into a non-Cygwin/XFree >solution and instead into a different UNIX alternative? > >Thank you in advance for any help on this, > >- Carlos > > > >
