Tom, I bet that you either have two copies of cygwin1.dll on your system, or that you have a really old version of cygwin1.dll. For more information see:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-status-access-vio lation I run XDMCP sessions for several hours with no slowdowns or lockups. I also log off and back on to XDMCP sessions all the time. A couple of days ago I did identify and fix a memory leak that happens when the X server resets, which happens when you logoff an XDMCP session. I think that Windows 2000 and Windows XP do not show a bluescreen anymore by default. You can change that option in the Control Panel. You mention that this also happens on Windows 95/98/Me, which seems to be about the level of information that you can expect from those OSes when they crash. Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Bozack > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: problems with XFree > > > I think Cygwin/XFree86 is a great product -- but there is nothing so > good that it can't be improved. I agree with all of you comments, > although I haven't had the system reboot experience. > > One persistant problem that you didn't mention (manybe you haven't run > into it yet) is a very persistent and repeatable lock-up when used to > login to another host using XDMCP. The symptom is of a sudden large > memory leak after 15-30 minutes of use. XFree86 becomes unresponsive, > system memory and swap resources are rapidly used up, and finally > XFree86 crashes with a seg fault. This also happens immediately (you > don't have to wait 15-30 min) when you logoff the host and login again. > I've experienced this under Windows 98/98SE/ME. > > For me this is a showstopper since it makes Cygwin/XFree86 unusable as > an X server platform. It's fun to play with, but this "bug" makes it > unacceptable for routine use as an X server. > > Tom > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > (last email I sent complained about HTML MIME. i hope i'm not > > double-posting) > > > > I started playing with XFree last week. It's been a few years > since I've > > used UNIX, so you can call me a newbie, if you like. I'm > running Windows > > 2000 Pro on a P4 1.7 GHz with 768 MiB of RAM and 10 GB free on my hard > > drive. I (eventually) did a full Cygwin/XFree86 download and install > > (binaries, not source). > > > > Please don't flame me if I'm out of line. I didn't know if I > should break > > this up into several emails or have one big one. Also, please send > > responses to me by email. > > > > Here are my obervations/problems. > > Showstoppers: > > 1) The very first time I brought up the X server, I had modified > > startxwin.bat > > to use wmaker instead of twm. It crashed because /home > > hadn't been created yet. This was "fixed" by running the text-mode bash > > icon first. > > 2) when I run Xman, it says "No App-Defaults File". If I run > "Xman -notop" > > > > instead, I can browse one man page, and then it stops working. > (it gives a > > > > "likeToSave" message box with yes and no buttons that don't seem to do > > anything.) It seems to be related to missing a locale binary. > Is there a > > way to get this to work? > > 3) within the first few hours of usage, I ran a "find / -name > abc -print" > > from the command-line, and my trusty Windows 2000 box > restarted. no blue > > screen, no error. it was like someone pulled the power plug and > plugged it > > > > back in. after it came up, i tried the same command and it worked fine. > > 4) i had a similar "restart" to #6 when I ran setup.exe while > cygwin was > > up. of course, bad user, i should have stopped cygwin before running > > setup, but i'm still amazed at how easily my robust kernel, based on NT > > Technology, came down. > > > > Nice-to-haves: > > 5) it'd be nice if setup.exe showed the size (in bytes or > megabytes, etc.) > > > > of each package (it's in setup.ini). on my 56 Kb/s modem, downloading a > > large, unnecessary file takes a painfully long time, but a small > > unnecessary file is not so bad. > > 6) on that note, how about displaying those nice descriptions from > > setup.ini in setup.exe so we can see what the packages are before > > downloading them. a resizable window would come in handy for this. > > 7) the first time I downloaded (a partial download, not full), i picked > > "more" and "clear", but next time I went into setup.exe, it had > > "forgotten" that. perhaps if I can unrust my C, I can fix some of these > > bugs myself. give me a few weeks. > > 8) the XFree86-fnts package is 16 MiB. it's kind of big. the > first time i > > downloaded from http:uiuc, it got 98% and stopped responding--1 hour > > wasted (at 56 Kb). the second time (no joke) it got 99% and > > stopped--another hour wasted. so i copied it from somewhere else. > > 9) my X clients on an AIX box didn't work because i didn't use the -kb > > switch on XWin. but i found that one on the faq. a possible > enhancement to > > > > setup.exe? > > 10) using K (or Ki) and B for byte on setup.exe is always nice. > make sure > > to leave a space between the number and the unit. 10 KB, not 10KB. how > > about estimated download time in addition to % ? > > 11) also, what's all that /b stuff about in startxwin.bat? > gotos, etc. but > > > > there is no /b ! (there is no spoon either ;-) > > > > > > Please no one take offense at all this. I'm not trying to throw > blame. It > > seems like a great product, so far (except for the deadly > restarts). These > > > > are perhaps suggestions for doing it better. I know some coworkers who > > tried to get this to work, but gave up because of the problems. So will > > the average newbie or the busy IT pro who doesn't have time to > read lots > > of faqs and will buy Exceed instead. I hope my observations will help > > others. > > > > Gabriel Sroka > > gsroka at mmsa dot com > > > > >
