From: arlindo AT niteroi DOT gsfc DOT nasa DOT gov (Arlindo da Silva) Subject: Starnet's X-win32 long start-up 3 Nov 1997 19:15:59 -0800 Message-ID: <199711040050.TAA02166.cygnus.gnu-win32@woodmore.gsfc.nasa.gov> References: <345E78A3 DOT 22D91152 AT omedia DOT ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gpasa AT omedia DOT ch (Pasa Guglielmo) Cc: arlindo AT niteroi DOT gsfc DOT nasa DOT gov, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > > Well it works great indeed :-> > > Are there any tips to get X-win32 starts faster as I have to wait > 1 to 2 min until it open its display ? > Starnet's X-win32 does not work well if you have a dial-up network and you are not connected through a phone line. Workaround: you need to disable DNS. Click on [Start]/[Settings]/[Control Panel]/[Network], then choose the "TCP/IP" network component, click on tyhe "DNS Configuration" tab, and finally check "Disable DNS". Remember to to write down the IP numbers of your name servers and enable DNS back when connecting to your ISP. It is sort of a drag. When I contacted them they told me that not enough people are using X-win32 without a network to justify them fixing the bug. -- 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".