RE: _XIO: Fatal IO Error 108 (The descriptor is a file not a socket) on Xserver (yada...)

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

> After some serious work, I finally have cygwin, XFree and GRASS
> running
> under Windows 2000 from the latest binary distributions. Thanks for
> all the
> great tips in the newsgroups.
> 
> So now I have this problem. I am running (I hope completely) the
> snapshot
> from Aug 13th - cygwin, XFree 4.1.0 (the latest downloadable) and
> Grass 5.0
> (latest beta) - all under Windows 2000, again the latest and greatest
> - I
> can't find any more updates. Almost everything works, including the
> TCL menu
> system.
> 
> GRASS uses a command "d.mon" to open a graphical 'terminal' to display
> or
> 'monitor' changes in the GIS coverage. When I try to start the
> monitor, I
> get this message "_XIO: Fatal IO Error 108 (The descriptor is a file
> not a
> socket) on Xserver "


It is a GRASS issue.  If you could debug and tells us what is in XFRee86
causing this problem, then most probably it will be fixed.  Until then it is
considered GRASS issue.

Suhaib


> 
> I saw something on the CYGWIN-XFREE list from Paul Gresham - a patched
> dll.
> It's huge and didn't fix the problem. I know it's related to a Winsock
> 2.0
> call according to information from Corinna Vinschen.
> 
> Does anyone have a true fix, or know where I can find one? Failing
> that -
> who wants a tester? I am afraid my C/C++ is rusty and it's been a long
> time
> since I even played in that world - but when it comes to Windows and
> debugging things, I am no slouch.
> 
> Yes, I am running a firewall. No, it makes no difference if it is
> running or
> not. I checked for duplicate cygwin1.dll's and have been tracking each
> one I
> update, with no difference.
> 
> If there is a FAQ item that covers this, please point me to it. Thanks
> for
> your help.