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- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:35:14 -0400
- From: Todd Andrew Williamson <tw0i+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: DNet & niftyterm (Re: Why can't I find one decent term program?)
- In-Reply-To: <1992Sep8.081418.1539@wuecl.wustl.edu>
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.amiga.datacomm: 8-Sep-92 DNet & niftyterm
- (Re: Why c.. Adam M. Costello@cec2.wu (1084)
-
- > When I use the -s option of dnet, as in "-snifty" (where nifty is a
- > hard link to niftyterm sitting in the same directory as fterm), dnet
- > reports "Unable to connect". But then when I run nifty myself, it
- > works fine. Without the -s option, dnet starts the fterm successfully.
- > So what's the problem?
-
- > Thanks,
- > AMC
-
-
- The reason is that dnet really needs about 6 seconds to handshake with
- the UNIX box on the other end before it will can start up any clients
- (like FTERM or niftyterm). There is a hack in DNET where when it starts
- up a client with the -s option (say -snifty), it really executes "wait
- 5\nnifty" The problem is that, while FTERM opens its window and does
- all of its setup before it tries to connect, niftyterm tries to connect
- first. So DNET isn't ready by the time niftyterm gets started up.
- Since it takes longer for FTERM to start up (opening windows and
- such...), it doesn't have this problem.
-
- The easiest solution to this is just to start up a niftyterm by hand.
-
- Todd Williamson
- Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute
-