Re: xfree in cygwin Setup program
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 7:03 am, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 09:48:31PM +1100, Rasjid Wilcox wrote: Just wondering what the status of getting XFree into the Cygwin Setup program? I followed the discussion on 21st Jan, and a few weeks ago I saw some binaries up on the ftp site that looked like they were in progress, but they are no longer there. I'd be willing to help. They're not there yet. You can help by downloading and trying the setup.exe snapshots that Robert Collins has been making available. I'm sure he would love feedback. Once the new version of setup.exe is available, we'll be able to incorporate XFree86 into the distribution. cgf Okay. I'm in. Where do I get the snapshots from Robert? Rasjid.
setup.exe won't install last package patch
The attached patch fixes an off-by-one error that prevents the last
package (i.e., zlib) from being installed by the latest setup.exe
(in CVS).
Jason
Index: download.cc
===
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cinstall/download.cc,v
retrieving revision 2.19
diff -u -p -r2.19 download.cc
--- download.cc 2001/12/23 12:13:28 2.19
+++ download.cc 2002/02/05 19:16:05
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ do_download_thread (HINSTANCE h, HWND ow
packagedb db;
/* calculate the amount needed */
- for (size_t n = 1; n db.packages.number (); n++)
+ for (size_t n = 1; n = db.packages.number (); n++)
{
packagemeta pkg = *db.packages[n];
if (pkg.desired (pkg.desired-srcpicked || pkg.desired-binpicked))
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ do_download_thread (HINSTANCE h, HWND ow
/* and do the download. FIXME: This here we assign a new name for the cached version
* and check that above.
*/
- for (size_t n = 1; n db.packages.number (); n++)
+ for (size_t n = 1; n = db.packages.number (); n++)
{
packagemeta pkg = *db.packages[n];
if (pkg.desired (pkg.desired-srcpicked || pkg.desired-binpicked))
2002-02-05 Jason Tishler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* download.cc (do_download_thread): Fix off-by-one error.
Limits?
Hi all, I'd like to ask where can I find information about the types of limits that are set in cygwin utilities for win2k? I am looking specifically for: Maximum number of characters that by default can be used in a pathname Maximum number of characters that by default can be used in a filename (together with its path) Maximum number of characters that by default can be used in a command or commands that can be called by 'exec' Sorry for the wide distribution but I could not find this for Cygwin specifically. All information will be gratefully appreciated. Kind regards Elias Biris, Member of Technical Staff Cadence Design Systems Ltd, SOC Design Centre 1 The Alba Campus |TEL: +44 (0)1506595036 Livingston, EH54 7HH |FAX: +44 (0)1506595959 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: setup-2002-01-27-1.exe clips text
Using setup-2002-01-27-1.exe I have noticed that the text in the selection dialog is clipped. i.e. there appear to be ~3 pixels missing from the top of the displayed text on my 1280x1024 display. Haven't seen it reported so I thought I'd mention it. I hate to AOLMe too!/AOL, but I'm doing it anyway. :-) This happens when, in the display properties, the font size is set to Large Fonts. The result can be seen at http://www.mscha.org/setup.gif . I wouldn't dare a Me too if it there would be just ~3 pixel missing, but in my case half of the selection dialog is missing. Have a look at: http://www.scytek.de/setup-2002-01-27.gif When I use the up/down scrollbar I get other small fractions of the dialog area displayed and other parts vanish. The system is Windows 98SE on a notebook with rage mobility-m1 graphicchip. I toyed around with the display properties, but it does not change. I made also a test on a Windows 2000 system. In this case I don't see any clipping. Volker -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: /dev/registry
The trick at this point is finding someone interested enough to write it. Nobody seems to notice that the original message writer actually proposed himself to do the work... now let's only hope he really does it ;) Subject: /dev/registry Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 15:42:55 - From: Chris January [...]I'm willing to try coding this if people think it's a good idea.[...] -- Lapo 'Raist' Luchini [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PGP X.509 keys available) http://www.lapo.it (ICQ UIN: 529796) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: General problems creating executables
hello there, I've just installed from setup.exe launched from www.cygwin.com and have this log with the Hello world program : sub-system MS-DOS 16 bits titled warning window appears on Windows2000 (service pack2) (without ntsec, just set CYGWIN=tty notitle glob) $ make Hello gcc Hello.c -o Hello 0 [main] gcc 1376 proc_subproc: Couldn't duplicate my handle0x34 for pid 1064, Win32 error 6 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: installation problem, cannot ex ec `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc- cygwin/bin/ld': Invalid argument collect2: ld returned 255 exit status make: *** [Hello] Error 1 $ find / -name cygwin1.dll /bin/cygwin1.dll /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll $ ll /bin/cygwin1.dll -rwxr-xr-x1 Administ Aucun 768840 Jan 21 17:52 /bin/cygwin1.dll $ ll /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll -rwxr-xr-x1 Administ Aucun 768840 Jan 21 17:52 /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll $ du -ks /usr/local/* 0 /usr/local/bin 0 /usr/local/etc 0 /usr/local/lib HELP NEEDED ! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Limits?
Hello!
Elias Biris wrote:
Hi all,
I'd like to ask where can I find information about the types of limits that are set
in cygwin utilities for win2k? I am looking specifically for:
Maximum number of characters that by default can be used in a pathname
Maximum number of characters that by default can be used in a filename (together
with its path)
Maximum number of characters that by default can be used in a command or commands
that can be called by 'exec'
Sorry for the wide distribution but I could not find this for Cygwin specifically.
All information will be gratefully appreciated.
Try this little program:
-- snip -- snap --
#include limits.h
#include stdio.h
#include unistd.h
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
printf(Max pathname: '%d'\n,
sysconf(_PC_PATH_MAX));
printf(Max filename: '%d'\n,
sysconf(_PC_NAME_MAX));
printf(Max arguments: '%d'\n,
sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX));
}
-- snap -- snip --
The first line of output shows the guaranteed number of characters in a
relative path; the second line shows the guaranteed number of characters
in a filename alone (not preceeded by any path) (both may be limited by
the filesystem on which a file is located; have a look at fpathconf()
and pathconf() also); the third line shows the maximum number of
characters in the argument of an exec() call.
There is no manual page for sysconf() in my cygwin install, but on every
average unix box there is.
Regards,
Jan
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RE: proper version of dll
Still the wrong mailing list. This problem is application specific. The application in question needs to provide the specific Cygwin DLL version it requires. The Cygwin community is not responsible for maintaining or providing unknown third party versions of the Cygwin DLL. Also, to be complaint with the Cygwin open-source license, it would need to provide the source to the version of the Cygwin DLL that the application uses. Since I don't even know the name of the application, I can't say whether this is already being done or not. If not though, it is in violation of the license terms. The original poster should contact the distributor of the application with this problem. This list is for questions and issues about Cygwin as distributed by Cygwin community. Folks looking for support for applications not distributed by the Cygwin community but happen to use the Cygwin DLL still need to consult the application provider. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX At 09:20 AM 2/5/2002, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote: Wrong mailing list, I forwarded your message to cygwin mailing list Hello Sir, I am finding problem with not having the proper version of cygwin.dll. If I install the cygwi, from the www.cygwin.com, I get the file cygwin1.dll and not cygwin.dll. My application needs cygwin.dll This is the error I get when I run my application under bash. Z:\1200\tools\ekmdc_pc.exe: *** cygwin DLL and APP are out of sync -- DLL version mismatch 17 19 Can you please tell me how can I get the proper version of the cygwin.dll required for my application. Thanks With regards Nagaraj Rao S.D. GEMS-IT Engineering Wipro GE Medical Systems Ltd. #4, Kadugodi Industrial Area Sadaramangala Bangalore - 560 067 INDIA Ph: +91-80-8452923 extn 1457 Fax:+91-80-8452924 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE ALONG WITH ANY ATTACHMENTS IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE ADDRESSEE and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copy of this communication is strictly Prohibited. If you have received this message by error, please notify us immediately, return the original mail to the sender and delete the message from your system. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: proper version of dll
-Original Message- From: Suhaib Siddiqi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 3:21 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: proper version of dll Wrong mailing list, I forwarded your message to cygwin mailing list Hello Sir, I am finding problem with not having the proper version of cygwin.dll. If I install the cygwi, from the www.cygwin.com, I get the file cygwin1.dll and not cygwin.dll. My application needs cygwin.dll This is the error I get when I run my application under bash. Z:\1200\tools\ekmdc_pc.exe: *** cygwin DLL and APP are out of sync -- DLL version mismatch 17 19 Looks like your APP was compile very far ago, back in the heroic cygwin-B17 days 8-0) The best you can do is recompile it using th eup-to-date cygwin development environment; it is MUCH more stable than the old B17 one. Can you please tell me how can I get the proper version of the cygwin.dll required for my application. I'm afraid you can't, if you don't save cygwin-B17 together with the compiled APP. ;-( HTH Bernard Bernard Dautrevaux Microprocess Ingenierie 97 bis, rue de Colombes 92400 COURBEVOIE FRANCE Tel:+33 (0) 1 47 68 80 80 Fax:+33 (0) 1 47 88 97 85 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re:Set up and remove registry
Hello, Perhaps someone with the requisite knowledge of .reg files and of Cygwin's use of the Registry could provide some sort of UnCygwin.reg file? Randall Schulz Mountain View, CA USA At 08:07 2002-02-05, Jorge Goncalvez wrote: Hi, I wonder if there is a way to remove automatically Cygwin Solutions entry with the setup.exe? Thanks. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
opengl and cygwin
this seems like an X question, but it concerns openssh as well, so I am going to ask. okay, I need to do some opengl development. I found that opengl library comes with cygwin, that's a plus for me. but I think I might need to install xfree for cygwin in order for it to work (is this true?) say I need to install, but I don't want to. I have exceed, so, can I just run exceed, forward the DISPLAY, an expect anything to work at all? if I am talking non-sense here...can anyone tell me how to get opengl to work? since it's included in the cygwin package? (does it include glut? or do I have to compile / install it myself?) __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: opengl and cygwin
Thanks for that information. I read the info. If my understanding is correct, the opengl that came with cygwin is just like the one with windows and all I have to do is link. so I just added -llib to my gcc line...well, it returns symbol not found error...okay, that sounds to me that my lib PATh is incorrect...so I tried to look for the file like glut.lib...that came up empty...so can anyone ever played with opengl on cygwin tell me how should I link? what PATH do I need to add? --- Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 03:03 PM 2/5/2002, Ling F. Zhang wrote: this seems like an X question, but it concerns openssh as well, so I am going to ask. okay, I need to do some opengl development. I found that opengl library comes with cygwin, that's a plus for me. but I think I might need to install xfree for cygwin in order for it to work (is this true?) say I need to install, but I don't want to. I have exceed, so, can I just run exceed, forward the DISPLAY, an expect anything to work at all? if I am talking non-sense here...can anyone tell me how to get opengl to work? since it's included in the cygwin package? (does it include glut? or do I have to compile / install it myself?) Try /usr/doc/opengl-1.1.0/README.txt Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: opengl and cygwin
Cygwin follows UNIX conventions for library names. That means the glut library is named libglut.a. If you installed the OpenGL package, you should find this in /usr/lib. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX At 03:42 PM 2/5/2002, Ling F. Zhang wrote: Thanks for that information. I read the info. If my understanding is correct, the opengl that came with cygwin is just like the one with windows and all I have to do is link. so I just added -llib to my gcc line...well, it returns symbol not found error...okay, that sounds to me that my lib PATh is incorrect...so I tried to look for the file like glut.lib...that came up empty...so can anyone ever played with opengl on cygwin tell me how should I link? what PATH do I need to add? --- Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 03:03 PM 2/5/2002, Ling F. Zhang wrote: this seems like an X question, but it concerns openssh as well, so I am going to ask. okay, I need to do some opengl development. I found that opengl library comes with cygwin, that's a plus for me. but I think I might need to install xfree for cygwin in order for it to work (is this true?) say I need to install, but I don't want to. I have exceed, so, can I just run exceed, forward the DISPLAY, an expect anything to work at all? if I am talking non-sense here...can anyone tell me how to get opengl to work? since it's included in the cygwin package? (does it include glut? or do I have to compile / install it myself?) Try /usr/doc/opengl-1.1.0/README.txt Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
$HOME Directory Relocation
Hello, I needed to relocate the $HOME directory to another disk volume. Under linux the login process sets this. Who/what sets $HOME under cygwin? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
$HOME Directory Relocation
Look at /etc/profile. This uses $HOME if it is set under Windows, otherwise it uses /home/$USER. You can certainly tweak this to your needs. A simpler option may be to mount your new disk on /home, then you don't have to fiddle with $HOME. regards, Markus Laurence F. Wood writes: Hello, I needed to relocate the $HOME directory to another disk volume. Under linux the login process sets this. Who/what sets $HOME under cygwin? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Markus Hoenicka, PhD UT Houston Medical School Dept. of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology 6431 Fannin MSB4.114 Houston, TX 77030 (713) 500-6313, -7477 (713) 500-7444 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hoenicka_markus/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
install 'cron' packages in cygwin
Hi, I installed 'cygwin' today. I would like to install packages pertaining to 'cron' for submitting jobs. Where can I find that package and how can I install it ? thanks. Santi Prakriteswar Santikary, Ph.D. Professional Services POINT Information Systems, Inc. 65 William Street, Suite 150 Wellesley, MA 02481 Phone: (781) 416-7905 Fax:(781) 416-7901 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.pointinfo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: install 'cron' packages in cygwin
On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 09:31:11PM -, Prakriteswar Santikary wrote: I installed 'cygwin' today. I would like to install packages pertaining to 'cron' for submitting jobs. Where can I find that package and how can I install it ? thanks. Santi It's available via setup.exe but not installed by default. The Categories part of the setup process has all sorts of interesting things available, if you click on parts of the screen which contain categories. In this case, you should click on the Admin category if you want to see the cron selection. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: /dev/registry
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 6:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /dev/registry On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 02:09:27PM +0100, Lapo Luchini wrote: The trick at this point is finding someone interested enough to write it. Nobody seems to notice that the original message writer actually proposed himself to do the work... now let's only hope he really does it ;) Let's also hope that he looks over previous discussion of the topic and that he has scrutinized the Contributing link at http://cygwin.com/ . If anyone of you was by the army, how many shots you have needed to hit the middle of target ? Does anyone of you are real thinking, that this is the right way to motivate people working on an open source projects like cygwin ? Does this project does not depends on new idea ? Ralf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: install 'cron' packages in cygwin
Hi christopher, I just downloaded setup.exe and doubled-cliked on it to install. When should I see this 'category' thing you are talking about ? thanks Santi -Original Message- From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 1:45 PM To: Prakriteswar Santikary Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: install 'cron' packages in cygwin On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 09:31:11PM -, Prakriteswar Santikary wrote: I installed 'cygwin' today. I would like to install packages pertaining to 'cron' for submitting jobs. Where can I find that package and how can I install it ? thanks. Santi It's available via setup.exe but not installed by default. The Categories part of the setup process has all sorts of interesting things available, if you click on parts of the screen which contain categories. In this case, you should click on the Admin category if you want to see the cron selection. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Scriptable start.exe
I saw some discussion in the archive that start.exe was once scriptable, and now isn't, and some people showed interest in making it scriptable again. So I am wondering what the state of making start.exe scriptable is? This is a feature that would be quite helpful on a current project so that clients can install a properly configured cygwin without the few clicks that are required now. -- Joseph Annino Consulting - Perl, PHP, MySQL, Oracle, etc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.jannino.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: /dev/registry
At 04:44 PM 2/5/2002, Ralf Habacker wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 6:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /dev/registry On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 02:09:27PM +0100, Lapo Luchini wrote: The trick at this point is finding someone interested enough to write it. Nobody seems to notice that the original message writer actually proposed himself to do the work... now let's only hope he really does it ;) Let's also hope that he looks over previous discussion of the topic and that he has scrutinized the Contributing link at http://cygwin.com/ . If anyone of you was by the army, how many shots you have needed to hit the middle of target ? Does anyone of you are real thinking, that this is the right way to motivate people working on an open source projects like cygwin ? Does this project does not depends on new idea ? Sure. It depends on new ideas. It depends more on people to actually implement them. Since this thread has already pointed out that discussion of topics is far more prevalent on this list than actual contributions, I think you should interpret any subtext of this email exchange as a healthy bit of skepticism that the result of this discussion will result in a real contribution. Now's the time for all those interested to prove the old skeptics wrong! ;-) In this case, it is clear that Chris January's stated intent is to implement this feature. It's worthwhile to reiterate that this topic was brought up in that context. Just to set the record straight, if you review this email thread, you'll notice it's been pointed out that this is not a new idea. It's come up and been discussed quite thoroughly before on this list, in case anyone is interested in reviewing that discussion. I, for one, am quite interested to see what Chris creates. I expect others on this list will be too. Go Chris! :-) Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: /dev/registry
- Original Message - From: Ralf Habacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 13:44 Subject: RE: /dev/registry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 6:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /dev/registry On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 02:09:27PM +0100, Lapo Luchini wrote: The trick at this point is finding someone interested enough to write it. Nobody seems to notice that the original message writer actually proposed himself to do the work... now let's only hope he really does it ;) Let's also hope that he looks over previous discussion of the topic and that he has scrutinized the Contributing link at http://cygwin.com/ . If anyone of you was by the army, how many shots you have needed to hit the middle of target ? Does anyone of you are real thinking, that this is the right way to motivate people working on an open source projects like cygwin ? Does this project does not depends on new idea ? There are lots of ideas out there as this thread has shown. The shortage is people to put them into effect. Patches and packages are welcome. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: $HOME Directory Relocation
- Original Message - From: Greg Mosier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 13:55 Subject: Re: $HOME Directory Relocation From: Michael A Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: $HOME Directory Relocation The problem with setting HOME to a fixed value in cygwin.bat or /etc/profile is that limits your cygwin installation to a single user. That's why the default /etc/profile allows $HOME to be passed through from the user's Windows environment. Ummm, I set this up in /etc/profile, defined several users, had then connect through telnetd, and it worked fine. Matter of fact, without this setup in /etc/profile, when you telnet in your $HOME is set to: / Good point. I don't provide telnetd services to other machines, so I tend to think in terms of local users. Doesn't /etc/passwd help with telnetd/login? -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Why not a news server?
At 06:30 PM 2/5/2002, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Because I do not feel like having to pour though a ton of messages wasting space on my systems to weed out the junk and have to manage cleaning up all the stuff I'm not interested it. News servers were created exactly to address this issue. It is the medium developed exactly for what we are trying to do here. Am I so wrong to ask why we are not using the medium?!?. No. However, if you're looking for the answer to the question, you're going to have to review this thread (and others like it). I appreciate your need to organize your messages in a way that's convenient for you but I'm not going to repeat what's already been said on this issue in this thread and others like it. Hopefully everyone is now clear as to why there is not already a news server for Cygwin. If you are not and are curious, please review the list archives to find the answer. It's time this thread died until someone is ready to do more than talk about the need or benefits of a news server. When that point is reached, I'm sure we'll all appreciate the single email message to this list that it takes to announce the existence of the new service. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
SSHD startup problem and suggested fix
I had problems with sshd not starting up reliably as a service, after I installing cygwin on a new system. I found that it was sometimes trying to start before the network was started, and didn't fare too well. So, I did a cygrunsrv --remove sshd and then did cygrunsrv -I sshd -d CYGWIN sshd -p /usr/sbin/sshd -y Browser -a -D -e CYGWIN=binmode ntsec tty This makes the sshd service dependent on the browser, which is dependent on the network being up. Works great now! Benn Schreiber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Why not a news server?
On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 04:19:15PM -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 03:30:25PM -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote: News servers were created exactly to address this issue. It is the medium developed exactly for what we are trying to do here. Am I so wrong to ask why we are not using the medium?!?. As a wild guess, I suppose because a newsgroup isn't available? If you feel this strongly about a news server then I see no reason why you shouldn't set one up. I'll be happy to advertise the service on the cygwin web site. I'd suggest that you gateway the cygwin mailing list into news, and vice versa. That would probably be optimum. I have several other great ideas which I'll be happy to share with you once you've gotten your service set up. As I just got through mentioning to Larry I would take a shot at setting it up however I lack the resources (a machine, the software and the space). Hosting this from my home PC is probably not a good idea. Maybe you should investigate the internet and see if there is a site available which provides this type of service. A quick scan of google.com seems to indicate that there are some sites which will do this for free. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Tips?
Cygwin is really cool when it is executing under winxp with a 2x750P3 and 256MB ram! using rxvt and bash shell with Lucida Console font. also have blackbox-0.62.0 on xfree-4.1 installed (xfree-4.2 as soon as i get it compiled). 1) It is truely nice to be able to manipulate files as easily on my linux o/s. i've always hated the dos shell (is command.com cmd.com) as it's difficult to actually use them. 2) It is really really nice to be able to compile windows exe files without spending $$$ on a windows compiler! 2) xfree86 works nicely also! Are there anymore tips on integrating cygwin with windows more someplace? like a faq? i've already reviewed all of cygwin.com. If you can, cc stuff to my [EMAIL PROTECTED] account as my starband.com account it in the process of being cancelled. thanx. - Roger - Verify my pgp/gnupg signature on my HomePage: http://www.alltel.net/~rogerx/about/index.html signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Tips?
On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 03:22:48PM -0500, Roger wrote: Cygwin is really cool when it is executing under winxp with a 2x750P3 and 256MB ram! using rxvt and bash shell with Lucida Console font. also have blackbox-0.62.0 on xfree-4.1 installed (xfree-4.2 as soon as i get it compiled). 1) It is truely nice to be able to manipulate files as easily on my linux o/s. i've always hated the dos shell (is command.com cmd.com) as it's difficult to actually use them. 2) It is really really nice to be able to compile windows exe files without spending $$$ on a windows compiler! 2) xfree86 works nicely also! Are there anymore tips on integrating cygwin with windows more someplace? like a faq? i've already reviewed all of cygwin.com. Huh? There are FAQs on the Cygwin site. If you have reviewed the site, you've found the FAQs. If you have specific questions that aren't in the FAQs then ask them. If you can, cc stuff to my [EMAIL PROTECTED] account as my starband.com account it in the process of being cancelled. thanx. http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Scriptable start.exe
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joseph Annino Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 3:52 PM To: cygwin Subject: Scriptable start.exe I saw some discussion in the archive that start.exe was once scriptable, and now isn't, and some people showed interest in making it scriptable again. Setup.exe has never been scriptable in any respect, and no discussion to that effect has occurred here to the best of my knowledge. People have been discussing adding such a feature, but I haven't seen any code. So I am wondering what the state of making start.exe scriptable is? This is a feature that would be quite helpful on a current project so that clients can install a properly configured cygwin without the few clicks that are required now. None of the people that have been working on setup.exe recently (including myself) appear to have any desire to add any scripting functionality to it. There's much more important work that needs to be done before such a notion could even be realistically considered. -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Set up and remove registry
On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 09:37:16PM -0600, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jorge Goncalvez Hi, I wonder if there is a way to remove automatically Cygwin Solutions entry with the setup.exe ? Thanks. No, there isn't. You could always use regtool, I suppose... cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Scriptable start.exe
On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 09:55:04PM -0600, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: So I am wondering what the state of making start.exe scriptable is? This is a feature that would be quite helpful on a current project so that clients can install a properly configured cygwin without the few clicks that are required now. None of the people that have been working on setup.exe recently (including myself) appear to have any desire to add any scripting functionality to it. There's much more important work that needs to be done before such a notion could even be realistically considered. Currently, setup.exe is simple enough that you could almost get by with just using shell scripts, tar, and bzip2. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Scriptable start.exe
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 10:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scriptable start.exe On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 09:55:04PM -0600, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: So I am wondering what the state of making start.exe scriptable is? This is a feature that would be quite helpful on a current project so that clients can install a properly configured cygwin without the few clicks that are required now. None of the people that have been working on setup.exe recently (including myself) appear to have any desire to add any scripting functionality to it. There's much more important work that needs to be done before such a notion could even be realistically considered. Currently, setup.exe is simple enough that you could almost get by with just using shell scripts, tar, and bzip2. One probably could. Exercise left to the reader ;-). I can forsee at some distant point in time maybe some command-line functionality thus: setup.exe packagename which I think has essentially (or maybe even exactly) already been suggested. But one release at a time. Speaking of which... Rob? ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Scriptable start.exe
Well, considering that I just need to install a cygwin configured a certain way, I think I found a way around this limitation. Being able to script setup.exe would be nice though. Some package management ala RPM or something would be nice, but I understand priorities. So my work around: - Install cygwin the way I like it on one computer - Remove the .done extention from the stuff in the postprocess directory - Copy the install to a CD or something - Copy to the computer you want to install on - Run a little perl script I just wrote that goes through the /etc/postprocess directory and runs everything there, adding .done to the end of each script when its done with it, just like the installer does. This seems to work fine, but I haven't tried it on a clean install of Windows yet. Its getting late so I'll do that tommorow. If anyone is interested in the perl script I can post it. Its a rather simple script, but does the job. -- Joseph Annino Consulting - Perl, PHP, MySQL, Oracle, etc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.jannino.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Scriptable start.exe
- Original Message - From: Joseph Annino [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cygwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 21:03 Subject: Re: Scriptable start.exe Well, considering that I just need to install a cygwin configured a certain way, I think I found a way around this limitation. Being able to script setup.exe would be nice though. Some package management ala RPM or something would be nice, but I understand priorities. So my work around: - Install cygwin the way I like it on one computer - Remove the .done extention from the stuff in the postprocess directory - Copy the install to a CD or something - Copy to the computer you want to install on - Run a little perl script I just wrote that goes through the /etc/postprocess directory and runs everything there, adding .done to the end of each script when its done with it, just like the installer does. This seems to work fine, but I haven't tried it on a clean install of Windows yet. Its getting late so I'll do that tommorow. If anyone is interested in the perl script I can post it. Its a rather simple script, but does the job. If you are going to execute them from your Perl script, you don't need to remove the .done. Don't forget to add c:\cygwin\bin (or the equivalent) to the system %PATH%. You also need to save and restore mount points: # Save the mount points # (can run under either bash or cmd.exe or command.com) mount -m mounts.bat REM Restore the mount points REM (could also run in bash, but bash would need the mount points) mounts -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Scriptable start.exe
=== - Original Message - From: Gary R. Van Sickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Setup.exe has never been scriptable in any respect, and no discussion to that effect has occurred here to the best of my knowledge. People have been discussing adding such a feature, but I haven't seen any code. There's a patch in the cygwin-patchs archive. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: changing default text type without reinstall?
Michael A Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Steinar Bang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Platform: CygWin 1.3.2, CygWin/XFree86 4.1.0, Win2k Is it possible to change from text type Unix to text type DOS, without reinstall? mount --help I'm guessing mount -t is what I should use? The explanation is text files get \r\n line endings. But I am unsure of how I should use this command. What exactly does it do? Does it insert a translation between the file system and the cygwin programs? Will just running the mount command make the change persistent? I didn't find anything under /etc or /usr/etc that looked like a mount table. I am also usure of what directories I should run it on. When I run the command with no arguments, I get this response ~$ mount C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount) d: on /cygdrive/d type user (binmode,noumount) ~$ I tried changing the mode of the /home directory ~$ mount -t c:\cygwin\home /home mount: /home: Invalid argument I tried changing the mode of the root directory ~$ mount -t c:\cygwin / mount: warning: user mount point of '/' masks system mount. mount: /: Invalid argument I tried seeing if I could change all directories. ~$ mount -t mount: too many arguments Thanx! - Steinar -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: changing default text type without reinstall?
Steinar Bang [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Michael A Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Steinar Bang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Platform: CygWin 1.3.2, CygWin/XFree86 4.1.0, Win2k Is it possible to change from text type Unix to text type DOS, without reinstall? mount --help The results of mount --help, is here http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#MOUNT I'm guessing mount -t is what I should use? The explanation is text files get \r\n line endings. But I am unsure of how I should use this command. What exactly does it do? Does it insert a translation between the file system and the cygwin programs? Will just running the mount command make the change persistent? I didn't find anything under /etc or /usr/etc that looked like a mount table. Here's some more information on the cygwin mount table http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#MOUNT-TABLE The mount table is in the registry, and running the mount command should put the changes there. The documentation says that the mount command can be used to add mount points, which makes it strange that the below command failed: I tried changing the mode of the /home directory ~$ mount -t c:\cygwin\home /home mount: /home: Invalid argument Why is /home an invalid argument? Have I misunderstodd what is meant by a posix path? Thanx! - Steinar -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
