"Software caused connection abort": a couple of people now have got rid of

this with keepalives. Also try to emphasise that this seems to be a generic
catch-all type of error.

[originally from svn r4818]

diff --git a/doc/errors.but b/doc/errors.but
index c5f80436fcf28e70644baf78dbe0c39f9084f188..c87c0f6b4e9dae929f20d243fb7e0aa1a1ee412b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/errors.but
+++ b/doc/errors.but
@@ -244,16 +244,19 @@ of \c{su} do it automatically.
 \H{errors-connaborted} \q{Network error: Software caused connection
 abort}
 
 \H{errors-connaborted} \q{Network error: Software caused connection
 abort}
 

-This error occurs when the Windows network code decides that your
-network connection is dead. For example, it will happen if you pull
-the network cable out of the back of an Ethernet-connected computer,
-or if Windows has any other similar reason to believe the entire
-network has become unreachable.
+This is a generic error produced by the Windows network code when it
+decides that your network connection is dead. For example, it might
+happen if you pull the network cable out of the back of an
+Ethernet-connected computer, or if Windows has any other similar
+reason to believe the entire network has become unreachable.

 
 We are not aware of any reason why this error might occur that would
 represent a bug in PuTTY. The problem is between you, your Windows
 system, your network and the remote system.
 
 
 We are not aware of any reason why this error might occur that would
 represent a bug in PuTTY. The problem is between you, your Windows
 system, your network and the remote system.
 

+Some people have reported that enabling keepalives (see
+\k{config-keepalive}) fixes this error for them.
+

 \H{errors-connreset} \q{Network error: Connection reset by peer}
 
 This error occurs when the machines at each end of a network
 \H{errors-connreset} \q{Network error: Connection reset by peer}
 
 This error occurs when the machines at each end of a network