XOpenDisplay sporadically hangs with no errors

Marco Atzeri marco.atzeri@gmail.com
Mon Sep 7 20:03:01 GMT 2020


On 07.09.2020 21:34, Dan Rather via Cygwin wrote:
> No computer h/w s/w changes for the last year.  Suddenly, xwindows program
> that have run for years get to the XOpenDisplay function, and the process
> hangs.  Getting PID from ps and using kill command doesnt kill it.  I can
> go to windows task manager to kill it.  Some past compiled xwindows
> programs work all the time, but not when I recompile them.  Newly compiled
> programs has started successfully a few times, not often though.    I have
> tried everything, and can think of no further ideas to troubleshoot reason
> why it happening.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks for any input.
> Kyle

BLODA or Windows or Policy changes ?

Any one can create this type of problem.




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