What mechanism is being used to assign your PC a network address (ip?). If it is the commonly used DHCP protocol, it could be that the lease on your ip is expiring after 6 hours.
James R. Phillips -----Original Message----- From: vedanth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 3:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Xinit Error-Remote Host Hello I had installed Xfree86 for connecting to a remote host , for simulation as a foreground job in my PC. I have been noticing that the X window remains open for about 6 hrs , after which it disconnects itself automatically(the Screen is Still and doesnt work ..if i move the mouse of the X window the applications inside disappear and no X window Icon is found .) from the server and my Job is lost. Also,interestingly ..my internet stops functioniing at the same time ..the X server connection is lost. so..I have to close the X window of the cygwin to make my internet work again I tried downloading the new versions of cygwin, reinstalling X free86 and window Makes 0.80 thats available...but couldnt resolve the problem Do you see the problem ? Thanks Vedanth