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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:46:44 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Dave Korn <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
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Subject: RE: Very strange rxvt problem - game hangs when it is running
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Dave Korn wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski
> > Sent: 23 January 2005 02:33
>
> > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > > > > 1] Run "Day of Defeat" - connects and runs just fine.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 2] Start rxvt.  Try "DoD" again. It gets about halfway
> > > > > > > > > through its startup process, then hangs.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 3] Quit rxvt and try again. "DoD" works fine.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I tried the same procedure with the regular Cygwin bash
> > > > > > > > > shell, and it behaves the same way.
> > > > > > > > > [snip]
> > > > > > > > > Any ideas on what it could be?
>
> > Seriously, though -- must be something in the Cygwin DLL
> > inner workings
> > that's doing this, and it can't be the networking subsystem
> > (as 'sleep'
> > doesn't use it, AFAIK).  One guess is that Cygwin interferes
>
> Igor -
>
>   Remind me, what was the name of that really crappy PFW software that
> has resource leak problems and is always messing up when cygwin apps
> come into the picture?

Oh, that[*].  Yes, now that you mentioned it, I'm surprised nobody asked
that yet.  Good call -- could be just that.
	Igor
[*] Don't recall the name, either.

> Jonathan -
>
>   What PFW software are you using?

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