Error connecting to ADDE data set

[msplitt]

I am running X-windows using Cygwin for remote access to other machines.
I tried turning the firewall on/off with apparently no effect -- the following
are exceptions to the firewall anyway: McIdaasADDE, mcidasv, mcservl

Here is the output from mcservl:

C:\Program Files\McIDAS-V>cd adde

C:\Program Files\McIDAS-V\adde>cd bin

C:\Program Files\McIDAS-V\adde\bin>mcservl

McIDAS interactive ADDE server

Remote connections blocked

PORT= 8112

PATH= /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/
ystem32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/progra~1/pcgrads/win32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/Wi
dowsPowerShell/v1.0:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/QuickTime/QTSystem/
MCPATH= (null)

Waiting for connections...

I then exited the Cygwin X-windows that were running (and X server) to see if that helped,
that did not -- still blocked.

I added Windows Remote Management to the Firewall Exceptions list...that did not help either.
I tried adding port 8112 to the Exceptions and that did not work -- but I am not postive
I added that exception correctly -- tried using TCP then UDP.

Suggestions?

[davep]

Mike, please take a look at this post regarding Cygwin:

viewtopic.php?f=24&t=338

McIDAS-V should be started only after you are sure that all other Cygwin processes have been halted. If other processes are using cygwin1.dll, quitting the X-Server may not unload the library from memory.

Dave

[msplitt]

I restarted my computer and started McIDAS-V first (and only!) with the same problem.
I am guessing that something is grabbing the dll file on startup -- but I have no idea what.

Mike

[davep]

Mike, one last thing you can try for Cygwin testing:

If you search for all "cygwin1.dll" files on your computer (using Windows "Find File") and are comfortable with the process, you can rename/move them so that the one in McIDAS-V/adde/bin is the only one left, then restart Windows. This will guarantee that the McIDAS-V binaries load the correct version. If this works, you may choose to replace the previously moved files with the one from McIDAS-V and see if your Cygwin X-Windows client still works. It is easy to get into version problems with cygwin1.dll, so please only proceed with this if you are comfortable with it!