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Re: Windows XP & Internet Connection Firewall
- From: "Rob Siklos" <rob2 at siklos dot ca>
- To: <greg dot kremer at wright dot edu>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 15:06:14 -0400
- Subject: Re: Windows XP & Internet Connection Firewall
- References: <3E946D8F.4020705@wright.edu>
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 dot kremer at wright dot edu>
To: <cygwin at cygwin dot 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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