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From: "Rob Siklos" <rob2@siklos.ca>
To: <greg.kremer@wright.edu>, <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: Windows XP & Internet Connection Firewall
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 15:06:14 -0400
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Hi Greg,

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you have to configure your
firewall to allow incoming connections on port 6000 (this is where X display
info gets sent).

Rob.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Kremer" <greg.kremer@wright.edu>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 2:59 PM
Subject: Windows XP & Internet Connection Firewall


> To whom it may concern:
>
> First of all I would like to thank you for making Cygwin and for your
> time in helping with the following problem.
>
>
> I have been troubleshooting a problem I have notice with cygwin.  First
> system specs:
>
> Pentium 4 2ghz
> 256Mb Ram
> 20GB HD
> Windows XP Pro Service pack 1
> with
> Cygwin (just downloaded 1 week ago)
>
> now my question:
>
> When I run cygwin with the Internet Connection Firewall running I can
> connect to our UNIX box but I cannot run the Xwindows Applications.  If
> I run the following command:
>
> emacs -d lc116052:0.0
>
>  after about 2 minutes the UNIX box reports "emacs: Cannot connect to X
> Server lc116052:0.0.  Check the DISPLAY enviroment variable or use '-d'.
>  Also use the 'xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit
> connections from your machine."
>
> If I disable the Internet Connection Firewall the emacs command works
fine.
>
> I was just wondering if there is another work around besides stopping
> the Internet Connection Firewall?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Greg Kremer
>
>
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