X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,TW_TX X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4EF3FDAD.9020906@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:03:57 -0800 From: Paul Allen Newell User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.25) Gecko/20111213 Thunderbird/3.1.17 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com CC: "Newell, Paul" Subject: Re: question(s) regarding startxwin References: <4EF3F298 DOT 1050400 AT cs DOT cmu DOT edu> <4EF3FA9C DOT 4080606 AT cygwin DOT com> In-Reply-To: <4EF3FA9C.4080606@cygwin.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 12/22/2011 7:50 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 12/22/2011 10:16 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >> Greetings. >> >> I have a question or two regarding startxwin. When I fire it off using >> "startxwin", I get two warnings which I have been ignoring but finally >> decided I really ought to check to make sure I am not seeing something I >> shouldn't. > > Questions about Cygwin-X should go to the cygwin-xfree list. See the > link below for details on creating a problem report. > >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > 127.0.0.1 is the loopback address. X is using that IP for your local > server. Nothing to worry about. > > Larry: Thanks for the reply. Good to get confirm that it is loopback and the "internet access" is nthing to worry about. I'll investigate cygwin-xfree for the other questions. Scanned problems.html ... given how far below the bar I was, your "suggestion" was very gentle. It is now bookmarked so I can do better next time. Paul -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple