more about sockets?

Mon Nov 10 22:14:00 GMT 2003

Like some other users, I have been frustrated by the dependence of cygwin 
applications on an Internet connection that is only used so that the PC can 
talk to itself. As a dial-up user, this is most inconvenient.
I tried disconnecting from the internet after launching such an application 
(startxwin.sh), but the next program I ran (openDX) produced an Xfree86 error:
 "gethostbyaddr error--is it possible this machine doesn't have a 
reverse DNS/host entry ?".
This sounds like a clue as to how to proceed, but I don't know where to go 
from here.
Is there a way to configure the PC, or is there a program that emulates an 
I'net connection, so as to satisfy cygwin's requirements for socket 
connections without being on-line?
Regards,
Allen H. Nugent
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
Tel: +61 2 9385 3916 Fax: +61 2 9663 2108
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