Very strange rxvt problem - game hangs when it is running

[Jonathan Arnold]

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

I'm not exactly sure what "PFW" stands for, but if it means what firewall am I
using, then the answer would be I'm using a Netgear Firewall Router, and am
not using a software based solution.

-- 
Jonathan Arnold     (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org)
Amazing Developments       http://www.buddydog.org

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. -
  William H. Mauldin



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