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Re: XServer attaching itself to wrong interface on multi network interface machines. Version 4.2.0.23
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:23:02 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: XServer attaching itself to wrong interface on multi network interface machines. Version 4.2.0.23
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Chris Stenton wrote:
>
> Congrats on producing a super stable XServer. One issue I have found is that on
> a multi network interface machine, for example a machine with an Ethernet Card
> and Bluetooth, the server can attach itself to the wrong interface. I assume
> the server just picks the first network interface that is not loopback?
> However, I can't see an option to force it to use a particular interface?
XWin -from ethernet-ip