Jeremy, I just tried 'XWin -nolisten local'. This prevented /tmp/.X11-unix from being created, but I didn't test the method thoroughly to make sure that everything (remote clients, etc.) still works.
Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeremy Wilkins > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 1:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: XDMCP client using Cygwin/Xfree86 > > > Hi, > > I've put together a very simple frontend to launch XWin with when used to > connect to XDMCP. The front end will handle passing font paths (and will > convert from windows to cygwin style paths) and the path to the colours > database. This means that XWin can be moved out of the directory structure > it would normally expect, so can be used as a normal windows app, just one > dependant on cygwin1.dll and cygz.dll. > > I've got a couple of know issues with it though, > > 1) XWin insists on the existance of a /tmp/.X11-unix folder, are there any > commandline options, or compile options I can use to change this (so I can > put it in %TEMP%/.X11-unix). > > 2) The keyboard is always set to US. I've not managed to use the command > line option to change the keyboard layout, could someone please > explain this > (where are the xmodmap files I should be using). Once I can do this, I can > make the frontend detect the windows keyboard layout and set Xwin > accordingly. At the moment XKeyboard extension is disabled > because xkbcomp, > etc isn't available. > > Finally could someone please clarify where I stand on licenses, > what license > is Cygwin under, what is cygwin/xfree86 under, can I put my frontend under > GPL without conflicting with the other components. > > http://www.jeremywilkins.freeserve.co.uk/extend/index.html > > Any comments would be appreciated > > Jeb > > >