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Re: Very strange rxvt problem - game hangs when it is running


On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Jonathan Arnold wrote:

> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
> >
> > > Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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?
> > > >
> > > > A WAG, and I may be really off on this: Cygwin uses TCP/IP sockets
> > > > (which essentially require a TCP/IP port) to emulate Unix domain
> > > > sockets.  If rxvt reserves a Unix domain socket (even if it's not
> > > > using X), and DoD tries to access the same port, because it's
> > > > somehow predefined and it expects it to be free, there could be a
> > > > conflict.  I can't think of anything else in Cygwin that would
> > > > interfere with a (presumably) non-Cygwin application.
> > >
> > > Well, unless the regular bash shell does it too, that probably isn't
> > > correct. Like I said, it is very weird and it took me some time to
> > > figure it out.
> >
> > The "regular bash" that you tried is really a login shell.  That *can*
> > run X-related stuff, e.g., from /etc/profile.d scripts.  A real test would
> > be to try a non-login bash (just run "c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -i" from a
> > CMD prompt).  If that doesn't interfere with DoD, it would make my WAG
> > more probable.  Otherwise we'll have to look for other possible reasons.
>
> Okay, I tried it this way too, and it still hangs DoD.  FWIW, running
> MSYS (MinGW's bash), does not hang DoD.
>
> Very Odd.

Yep.  Curiouser and curiouser...  Does *any* Cygwin process have that
effect?  Try running "c:\cygwin\bin\sleep.exe 60" from a CMD prompt --
does *that* make DoD hang?
	Igor
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