X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B66FA12.1090909@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:58:10 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Xwin report and partial solution References: In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 02/01/2010 01:20 AM, Javier Sedano wrote: > Hi, friends, > > yesterday I tried to run the cygwin X server, but it did not run. > > It cried about being unable to bind to the ipv6 address or so. > > Browsing the mail list I've seen several requests for help, but I > have not found the solution that I applied: install the ipv6 stack. > Once I installed the ipv6 stack on windows xp (the command to be run > is just "ipv6 install"; I don't know about other versions of windows), > Xwin runs without problems. > > I haven't seen anyone pointing to that solution. > > However, I'd like if the maintainer could remove such dependency... Cygwin X issues, comments, and questions should be sent to the cygwin-xfree list. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple