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Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 21:37:13 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: "David Witbrodt" <dawitbro AT alpha DOT delta DOT edu>
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> Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 12:59:34 -0400
> From: "David Witbrodt" <dawitbro AT alpha DOT delta DOT edu>
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > No, the speed of the connection has nothing to do with this.  I
> > routinely use CVS from a Windows 98 machine sitting behind a 33Kb
> > modem, and I don't have any problems.
> > 
> > So please post the details: what CVS client do you use, how did you
> > set it (environment variables etc.), and what error message(s) do you
> > get when you try to login.
> 
> I don't get an error message per se.  When I try to run "cvs login" to
> set up the ".cvspass" file I simply get "login aborted" because it
> "cannot connect: Socket not connected".

I suggest to try the troubleshooting procedure described in the CVS
manual, under "Connection", which tells you how to try to connect with
a telnet client.  This will tell you if yor ISP blocks some of the
packets.

> First line of output from "cvs --version":
> 
>     Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.10 `Halibut' (client)

This is the same version I use.  I don't have any problems with it.

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