Re: XWin on Windows 98 unreliable

[Ken Dibble <kdibbleNOSPAM at alltel dot net>]

These are some of the things I have heard people complain about:

the entry
127.0.0.1 localhost
is not in /etc/hosts file

Are you configured to use a proxy server? (AOL ?)

Do you have multiple network interfaces enabled?

Do you  have a network drive mapped to your computer?

Are you using Trumpet Winsock?

If you are using any personal firewall, disabling it is not sufficient, 
it must be removed,
as it modifies the IP stack.

Hope one of these works.
Ken

Christopher G D Tipper wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> I am somewhat exhausted by this issue, but I feel it ought to come to the 
> attention of the development team.
>
> Basically I wanted to run TCM on my Windows 98 console and found myself 
> spending many happy hours downloading over 100MB of cygwin.
>
> I don't think there is anything special about my environment. I like to keep a 
> tight ship, and I don't need ZoneAlarm or any special firewall on a dial-up 
> connection. Norton is disabled and I just scan files religiously when the need 
> arises.
>
> But I find the X-Server refuses to load unless I have a working dial-up link. It 
> just gets stuck after the following trace (below). On three occasions it has 
> worked, and I've been able to (briefly) use TCM. Even so I only get a <50% 
> success rate.
>
> Below I use the system information applet to provide a list of 32-bit internet 
> related modules I am currently using (as I type this). Non of these seem to 
> be unloaded when dial-up is disconnected. I have very few third-party DLLs 
> in memory--Microsoft modules about 90%, some Diamond graphics drivers, 
> and drivers for my peripherals, plus any programs I happen to be using. 
> There is nothing special about my environment.
>
> WSOCK32.DLL	4.10.1998	Microsoft Corporation	BSD Socket API for 
> Windows	C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WSOCK32.DLL	29-04-1998 
> 16:05:12 GMT	Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System	78810000 - 
> 7881a000
> MSWSOCK.DLL	4.10.1998	Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft 
> WinSock Extension APIs	
> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSWSOCK.DLL	29-04-1998 16:04:37 
> GMT	Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System	7b120000 - 
> 7b135000
> WS2_32.DLL	4.10.1998	Microsoft Corporation	Windows Socket 2.0 
> 32-Bit DLL	C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WS2_32.DLL	29-04-1998 
> 16:05:12 GMT	Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System	78860000 - 
> 78872000
> WININET.DLL	6.00.2600.0000	Microsoft Corporation	Internet Extensions 
> for Win32	C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WININET.DLL	18-08-2001 
> 05:34:00 GMT	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System	70200000 - 
> 70294000
> MSAFD.DLL	4.10.1998	Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft Windows 
> Sockets 2.0 Service Provider	C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSAFD.DLL	29-
> 04-1998 16:04:28 GMT	Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System	
> 7c110000 - 7c11b000
> WS2HELP.DLL	4.10.1998	Microsoft Corporation	Windows Socket 2.0 
> Helper for Windows 98	C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WS2HELP.DLL	29-
> 04-1998 16:05:12 GMT	Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System	
> 78850000 - 78856000
>
> I have used this machine as a development platform with Apache, MySQL 
> and Tomcat running with no problems accessing 'localhost' (yes on Windows 
> 98!). So I can only assume Cygwin/X is very picky and is not really release 
> code.
>
> I now have TCM on my Linux partition, so thanks for pointing it out.
>
> Christopher Tipper
>
> $ startxwin.sh
> Welcome to the XWin X Server
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 6.7.0.0-11
> $
> Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>
> XWin was started with the following command line:
>
> XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error -emulate3buttons
> 200
>
> (WW) /tmp mounted int textmode
> winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1
> (II) XF86Config is not supported
> (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows 95/98/Me
> winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed
> winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 00000007
> winSetEngine - Multi Window or Rootless => ShadowGDI
> winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 24 bits 
> per pixel
> winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1024 height: 715 depth: 
> 24
> winQueryRGBBitsAndMasks - GetDeviceCaps (BITSPIXEL) returned 24 for 
> the screen.
> Using default 24bpp masks.
> winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff
> winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 
> 24 bpp 24
> null screen fn ReparentWindow
> null screen fn RestackWindow
> InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init
> InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned
> InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init
> InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned
> winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello
> ...forever
>
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