From: arlindo AT niteroi DOT gsfc DOT nasa DOT gov (Arlindo da Silva) Subject: Re: gnu-win32 and winsock 14 Oct 1997 08:12:13 -0700 Message-ID: <199710141132.HAA08394.cygnus.gnu-win32@woodmore.gsfc.nasa.gov> References: <3442D380 DOT C05 AT utoronto DOT ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: allen DOT chen AT utoronto DOT ca Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > > Hi..I've just converted from 17.1 to 18, and the first thing I notice is > that when I started the bash shell, it keeps starting the dial-up > program I have, trying to go online. This is an extremely annoying > behaviour. I understand that winsock is initialized in this new version > when you start any app in the shell. Is it trying to get the name from > a name server or something (a similar problem with older version of GNU > NTEmacs)?? How do I disable it? You disable it from the Control Panel: Click on [start]/[settings]/[control panel]/[Internet] Click on the [Connection] tab, then uncheck the box -- [] Connect to the Internet as needed That should do it. -- Arlindo da Silva dasilva AT alum DOT mit DOT edu - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".