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Xfree issues under Windows 2000


I'm hoping someone can help me out with a problem that I have unsuccessfully been trying to solve for a few weeks. I'm a fairly experienced Windows guy trying to learn more about Linux, just to provide a little background.

I have a Mandrake 8.2 box and a Windows 2000 (SP1) box running Cygwin and Xfree, and Xfree runs fine on the W2K box, but will not connect to the Mandrake box - I just get the gray screen and 'X' mouse pointer.

The odd thing is, I've installed MicroImages MI/X on that same W2K system and it connects right away (it's just not as stable as Cygwin/Xfree). Telnet, ssh and Samba connections work fine between the two. I can also connect to the Mandrake box from Cygwin/Xfree installed on a Windows 2000 system in another location after opening up the appropriate ports on the firewall. I've had no trouble connecting other W2K systems using Cygwin/Xfree to other Mandrake 8.2, 9.0, RedHat 8.0, SGI and Sun systems in other locations.

The Mandrake box is connected to a Netgear switch through CAT-5, and the Windows box is using a Belkin 802.11b wireless card to connect, at least during most of the time I've been working on this. I've disabled the on-board ethernet so that the only active card was the Belkin, but I've also run a CAT-5 cable to the switch and disabled the Belkin card, but with no success - I get the same result.

Any suggestions on getting this to work is greatly appreciated!

Ken

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