Re: Very strange rxvt problem - game hangs when it is running

[Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold at buddydog dot org>]

Dave Korn wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski
> > Sent: 23 January 2005 02:33
>
>
> > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > > > > 1] Run "Day of Defeat" - connects and runs just fine.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 2] Start rxvt.  Try "DoD" again. It gets about halfway
> > > > > > > > > through its startup process, then hangs.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 3] Quit rxvt and try again. "DoD" works fine.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I tried the same procedure with the regular Cygwin bash
> > > > > > > > > shell, and it behaves the same way.
> > > > > > > > > [snip]
> > > > > > > > > Any ideas on what it could be?
>
>
> > Seriously, though -- must be something in the Cygwin DLL 
> > inner workings
> > that's doing this, and it can't be the networking subsystem 
> > (as 'sleep'
> > doesn't use it, AFAIK).  One guess is that Cygwin interferes 
>
>
> Igor -
>
>   Remind me, what was the name of that really crappy PFW software that has
> resource leak problems and is always messing up when cygwin apps come into the
> picture?
>
> Jonathan - 
>
>   What PFW software are you using?

I'm not exactly sure what "PFW" stands for, but if it means what firewall am I
using, then the answer would be I'm using a Netgear Firewall Router, and am
not using a software based solution.

--
Jonathan Arnold     (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org)
Amazing Developments       http://www.buddydog.org

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. -
 William H. Mauldin



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