I believe Bryan White has discovered a real bug in xfree86/cygwin. Here's his message and my response in comp.unix.solaris.
I'm not on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list, so if you wish to reach me, go direct. Thanks. -Shel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheldon T. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:18 AM Subject: Re: Problem Using Cygwin To Open Remote CDE > > "Bryan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:6aHt9.8140$46.1600@;fe01... > > hola - > > > > i've been using xwin32 to remotely log on to my cde session on my sparc10 > > from my windows box. my trial version is about to expire and i don't have > > the $$ to buy a license. anyway i've installed cygwin & xfree86. i can run > a > > local x session just fine & i can even display the x sessions on my linux > > boxes. however, i am unable to get it working with my sparc10. > > > > i launch cygwin and type 'XWin -query 172.16.1.201' (which is working fine > > for my linux boxes), however all i get when connecting to the sparc10 is > the > > blank grey screen & the mouse pointer. like i say, xwin32 has worked just > > fine connecting to the sparc10, so i'm confident that it is ready to go. i > > have read on google groups that many people use cygwin to connect to their > > sun boxes, i'm just wondering why i can't?? it seems they've been using > the > > same command as me. > > Further to the above ... using your "-query" command resulting in the > following errors in the log: > > Wed Oct 23 21:03:12 2002 error (pid 20305): Hung in > XOpenDisplay(208.178.101.40:0) attempt #0, aborting. > Wed Oct 23 21:03:12 2002 error (pid 20305): Server open attempt #0 failed > for 208.178.101.40:0, giving up > > Now, the interesting thing here is that the IP address 298.178.101.40 is not > the IP address I used, no is it one on my network, or my ISP's network. It > is, however, an address I know. Bring up xfree86 with a local xterm and > command "xhost"; you'll see it. It seems to be built into xfree86 somehow, > maybe left over from testing. It's the address of some law firm, according > to whois.... > > I think you've found a real xfree86 bug. > > -Shel > > >
