Re: CYGWIN slow when accessing network share

[J. David Boyd]

db...@attentigroup.com (J. David Boyd) writes:

> Brian Inglis  writes:
>
>>
>> Network access may be slowed down by accessing AD.
>> Install and run cygserver at system startup to cache and share Cygwin AD info
>> across processes.
>
> I don't see any cygserver options in the config file that relate to AD.  What
> am I missing?
>
> Thanks for the info!
>
> Dave in Hudson, FL


But, it actually does seem to be better, just from using CygServer.   Thanks
for the tip

Dave


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Re: CYGWIN slow when accessing network share

[J. David Boyd]

Brian Inglis  writes:

>
> Network access may be slowed down by accessing AD.
> Install and run cygserver at system startup to cache and share Cygwin AD info
> across processes.

I don't see any cygserver options in the config file that relate to AD.  What
am I missing?

Thanks for the info!

Dave in Hudson, FL


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CYGWIN slow when accessing network share

[J. David Boyd]

I've tried Googling for this, with pretty much 0 results.

On my windows 10 machine (32 or 64 bit Cygwin) ls of anything that is a
network share seems to be really slow, taking 20 - 30 seconds to complete.
Saving a file there takes about 10 -20 seconds as well.

My windows 7 machine (32 bit Cygwin) doesn't do that.  They are both running
same version of cgywin, except that saving with the windows 7 doesn't slow
down.

Where should I start to find a resolution for this?  Anyone have a web url
where the problem has been discussed?

Thanks,

Dave in Hudson, FL


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Re: tar zxvf won't work with Redhat generated compressed tar file

[J. David Boyd]

Daniel  writes:

> Murthy Gandikota wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> I am using Cygwin64. I am getting a file from RedHat in tar + zip format. 
>> Currently I am able to unzip it and untar it in 2 steps as follows:
>>
>> $gunzip mytar.gz
>> $tar xvf mytar
>>
>> However, I would like to do the following:
>>
>> $tar -zxvf mytar.gz
>>
>> The error message I see is:
>>
>> tar: This does not look like a tar archive
>> tar: Skipping to next header
>> tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
>>
>>
>> Can someone please  tell me what is the right way?
>>
>> Thanks 
>
> One way to get this error if you download the file through a gzipping
> proxy web-server. So you have to drop the 'z' when unzipping.
>
> Daniel


I think everyone might be misreading.  He can extract every thing completely
successfully if he breaks it into 2 commands.  It is when he tries to have tar
call gzip that it fails.  Are there any known bugs like that in the 64 bit
cygwin tree?

Dave


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Re: Rebase, Peflags, and cygserver

[J. David Boyd]

Marco Atzeri  writes:

> On 3/27/2015 3:29 PM, J. David Boyd wrote:
>>
>> I keep having problems with vforks.  Sometime everything is fine for days,
>> then I start emacs, and get vfork errors.
>>
>> So I rebaseall, and peflagsall.  Emacs works great.  Oops, forgot to restart
>> cygserver.  Restart, bam, vfork errors.  Or, no vfork error.
>>
>> It all seems so inconsistent and random.  Is there some methodology I am
>> missing to ensure no vforks?
>>
>> What I'm doing (with some success)is this:
>>
>> 1. get latest cygwin update
>> 2. del /etc/rebase*
>> 3. rebaseall -v
>> 4. peflagsall -v
>> 5. don't restart cygserver (This means my bash shell window starts a little
>> slower, but I can live with that.)
>>
>> I usually have to do this 2 to 3 times before I can get emacs to start 
>> without
>> vfork errors.
>>
>> Any ideas how I can improve on this? I would like to have cygserver running.
>>
>> Also, I often run Cygwin Setup (to get something I've missed, like wget..., 
>> or
>> check for updates) while emacs is running.  Should I shut it down first?
>
> yes.
> Never update with cygwin processes running
>
>> Dave in Hudson, FL
>
> could you start with
>> Problem reports:   http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>
> specially this point:
>
> "Run cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out and include that file as an
> attachment in your report. Please do not compress or otherwise encode
> the output. Just attach it as a straight text file so that it can be
> easily viewed"
>
> so we can look on your setup ?
>
> I am not seeing a lot of fork issues, on my system.
> Eventually you have some BLODA interfering.
>
> Regards
> Marco
>
>
>
> Regards
> Marco


It's quite long, but here you go...



Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Fri Mar 27 18:15:41 2015

Windows 7 Professional Ver 6.1 Build 7601 Service Pack 1

Running under WOW64 on AMD64

Path:   C:\tools\cygwin\home\a4j0pzz\bin
C:\tools\cygwin\usr\local\bin
C:\tools\cygwin\bin

Output from C:\tools\cygwin\bin\id.exe
UID: 907404(a4j0pzz)
GID: 10513(Domain Users)
10513(Domain Users)
1002(Offer Remote Assistance Helpers)
0(root)
559(Performance Log Users)
545(Users)
4(INTERACTIVE)
66049(CONSOLE LOGON)
11(Authenticated Users)
15(This Organization)
4095(CurrentSession)
66048(LOCAL)
1547928(us-it-gesmmsm-report-users-all)
1179428(CA-ICAST_R)
1523373(us-ct-meriden-Advertising_PDF_RO)
1870799(us-ca-pasadena-gbds-resources-ro)
1679331(us-fl-odessa-siteaccess)
1996901(us-ca-pasadena-IMProjectIT-ro)
1908638(US-TX-AUSTIN-NEON-RX)
1613267(US-SSD-GlobalDistList)
1524384(GLS SYSMGMT NestedSysMgmt10)
1685381(us-fl-odessa-All)
1912353(ca-pf-deBajaQuality_u)
1660241(us-ca-pasadena-Environmental Health & Safety-ro)
1469281(US-TCAV SG BMC ARS Users)
1979283(US-TX-Austin-EEBG Cycle Time Initiative–Team Files-FULL)
1679620(us-fl-odessa-Developers)
1906079(US-MN-Maplewood-EN-MVSS-Read)
1263245(wldbkp92_R)
1602635(Clearcase_IT_Infra)
1647427(US-GrpSyncReaders)
1462942(US DIS Product Explorer Access)
1179515(CA-Runtime_U)
1915058(CA-CitrixDesktop_R)
1679617(us-fl-Odessa-Deployment-AutoUpdateModules)
1517188(US-TTSD-All)
1591787(US-MN-Maplewood-B1-PICS_Asbuilt_Spreadsheet_for_Web-Read)
1323765(US-TX-AUSTIN-WEB-TELECOM-INTRANET-RX)
1708684(US-TTSD-TAMPA)
1184047(US-MA-METHUEN - Domain Users)
1875681(US-IN-HartfordCity-Webviewers)
1853240(ca-plant_sap_R)
1916233(GLS MASTER EN500061)
1634205(USAC-Blue06)
1450745(US-TX-AUSTIN-WORLD WIDE DOMAIN USERS-RX)
1612896(blue)
1179432(CA-LABELS_R)
1979284(US-TX-Austin-EEBG Cycle Time Initiative–Team Files-RX)
1679264(us-fl-Odessa-Deployment-HardwareAdmin)
2015155(us-ca-pasadena-SST-tmp-ro)
1570299(US-MN-Maplewood-A9-GDS_TPDB-Read)
1472417(Domain Users from All Domains-UG)
1679314(us-fl-odessa-TerminalUsers)
2027051(YELLOW)
4266732390(LAPA+AP-QV-CN-OSIP AR)
4266995318(LAPA+AP-QV-CN-PL Regional)
4266743770(LAPA+AP-QV-APAC-CN-BFA)
4266827219(LAPA+AP-QV-CHK Plant Yield Tracking)
4266995319(LAPA+AP-QV-CN-MFG OE by Commodity)
4266779020(LAPA+AP-QV-CN-SupplyChain)
4266995317(LAPA+AP-QV-CN-Mix Management)
4266918889(LAPA+AP-QV-APAC-Price Analytics)
4266700128(LAPA+AP-QV-APAC Sales Analytics)
4266958188(LAPA+AP-QV-CN-Pricing Operation Dashboard)
4266732386(LAPA+AP-QV-CN-OSIP Sales)
4266708952(LAPA+AP-QV-PSA)
4266808391(LAPA+AP-QV-APAC Sales Flash)
2147492756(MMM+3M-GrpSyncReaders)
4266732388(LAPA+AP-QV-CN-OSIP Inventory)
4266998590(LAPA+AP-QV-CN-OSIP)
4266817854(LAPA+AP-QV-CHK-NWI Projection)
2147493817(MMM+3M-MFA-Phone-Token)
4266959909(LAPA+AP-QV-CN-MOGS OSR)
405504(High Mandatory Level)

SysDir: C:\Windows\system32
WinDir: C:\Windows

USER = 'a4j0pzz'
PWD = '/home/a4j0pzz'
HOME = '/home/a4j0pzz'

USERDOM

Rebase, Peflags, and cygserver

[J. David Boyd]

I keep having problems with vforks.  Sometime everything is fine for days,
then I start emacs, and get vfork errors.

So I rebaseall, and peflagsall.  Emacs works great.  Oops, forgot to restart
cygserver.  Restart, bam, vfork errors.  Or, no vfork error.

It all seems so inconsistent and random.  Is there some methodology I am
missing to ensure no vforks?

What I'm doing (with some success)is this:

1. get latest cygwin update
2. del /etc/rebase*
3. rebaseall -v
4. peflagsall -v
5. don't restart cygserver (This means my bash shell window starts a little
slower, but I can live with that.)

I usually have to do this 2 to 3 times before I can get emacs to start without
vfork errors.

Any ideas how I can improve on this? I would like to have cygserver running.

Also, I often run Cygwin Setup (to get something I've missed, like wget..., or
check for updates) while emacs is running.  Should I shut it down first?


Dave in Hudson, FL


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Re: Quanta Plus in cygwin?

[J. David Boyd]

"Gery ."  writes:

> Hello all,
>
> Has anyone successfully installed Quanta Plus in cygwin? I downloaded
> the bz2 source file from sourceforge.net/projects/quanta and tried to
> install in my cygwin system with no success (CYGWIN_NT-6.3-WOW64 gery
> 1.7.32(0.274/5/3) 2014-08-13 23:03 i686 Cygwin). It would be great
> some support to get it installed.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Gery
>

What errors did you get when you compiled it?  Any?

The first I have happen when I run ./configure is this:

"configure: error: The important program kde-config was not found!"

which makes sense, since I don't have KDE on my cygwin/windows machine...

Dave


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Re: Very slow Cygwin startup on Windows 7

[J. David Boyd]

Corinna Vinschen  writes:

> On Feb 24 14:46, Dennis Hagarty (dehagart) wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> With Roger's very patient help, I was able to get ADInsight capturing
>> information.
>> 
>> I did a run with the original dll under 32 bit Cygwin running a 32 bit
>> program (echo).
>> 
>> Output and all possible reports (in html) from the tool are here:
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33069639/ADInsight.tar.gz 
>> 
>> This 32 bit version is the original slower version (takes a few mins
>> to open a window): CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW DEHAGART-WS02 1.7.34(0.285/5/3)
>> 2015-02-04 12:12 i686 Cygwin 
>> 
>> So I downloaded the snapshot DLL for 32 bits and did it again:
>> CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW DEHAGART-WS02 1.7.35s(0.286/5/3) 20150223 21:02:38
>> i686 Cygwin
>> 
>> But this time I wasn't able to get any output on the ADInsight
>> (scratches head)
>
> Perfectly normal.  When fetching group info, it does not request any
> LDAP info now.  In fact, a single LsaLookupSids call for all groups
> in your token is all that's required now :)
>
>
> Corinna

I was having slow slow Cygwin startups the last bit of time, then I read
something about using cygserv since that caches something. (I know, very
imprecise, sorry)

Anyway, grabbed cygserv, started it.  Now cygwin starts almost instantly
again.  Might not be what you are talking about, didn't read back through all
these messages.  Just my 2 cents.

Dave



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Re: how to determine if a shell is running as Administrator?

[J. David Boyd]

Corinna Vinschen  writes:

> On Feb  5 04:43, Andrew Schulman wrote:
>> What's a reliable and efficient way to determine programmatically if the 
>> shell
>> that's running has elevated privileges?
>> 
>> Or if you prefer, how can I tell if the shell was started with "Run as
>> administrator"?
>
> id -G | grep -qE '\<544\>' && echo admin || echo luser
>
>> 2. Parse the output of groups or id -G.  I can't find any reliable way to do
>> this.  For example on my host, when I start a shell with "Run as 
>> administrator",
>> the new group I get isn't 544 (Administrators).  It's 114 (Local account and
>> member of Administrators group).  Is that at all portable or reliable?
>
> Huh?  There is no such group in Windows.  Where does it come from?
> This should always work even with old /etc/group files:
>
>   id -G | grep -qE '\<544\>|\<0\>' && echo admin || echo luser
>
>
> Corinna


This doesn't seem to tell me if my shell has been started with 'Run As
Administrator', it just tells me if my user is contained in the Administrator
group.

I can start a cygwin shell, and start a cygwin shell with run as admin, and I
get the same results from the above command.

Dave


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Re: problems with apache2 and postgres after Pc in sleep mode

[J. David Boyd]

Marco Atzeri  writes:

> On 12/11/2014 3:17 PM, Gery . wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> So far things have been nicely working in my cygwin with postgres
>> and apache, thanks guys for the excellent job you're doing in
>> cygwin. The only thing is that when I stop apache2 and postgres, or
>> put in sleep mode my laptop, then I cannot start again both. I found
>> that I had to shut down and restart my laptop (windows 8.1), after
>> that apache and postgres worked again. Yesterday I tried this:
>>
>> 1. run cygwin terminal as administrator
>> 2. net stop cygserver
>> 3. net start cygserver
>
> For a recovering from a sleep mode eventually yes.
>
> But from a normal stop of postgres should not be needed.
> I suspect that the stop did not work well and some postgres processes
>  are still around.
> Stopping cygserver forces those processes to die.
>
>
>> Following these steps, I did not need to restart windows. I suppose
>> that this is the normal way to restart apache and postgres with no
>> problems.
>>
>> I'd appreciate if anyone can confirm that this is the right way, thanks in 
>> advance for any hints,
>>
>> Gery
>>
>> $ uname -a
>> CYGWIN_NT-6.3-WOW64 gery 1.7.32(0.274/5/3) 2014-08-13 23:03 i686 Cygwin  
>> 

How about hibernate mode?  That does recover gracefully?  I don't care for
sleep mode myself, since power still slowly trickles away...

Dave


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Re: Ctrl-C does not work from Cygwin for the java program

[J. David Boyd]

Warren Young  writes:

> On Dec 3, 2014, at 2:12 PM, Michelle Ma  wrote:
>
>> If I type Ctrl-C from the windows command prompt, the "Ouput" line got 
>> called. However, if I type Ctrl-c from the Cygwin, the "Output" line 
>> didn't get called.
>
> I assume you are trying this from the default MinTTY shell.  What happens if 
> you run it under cmd.exe instead?
>
> That is:
>
>   c:\> cd cygwin
> c:\cygwin> cygwin
> $ java /path/to/my/program/pgm.jar
>
> This may be the old native EXE console compatibility problem.  (Same
> reason native ftp.exe doesn’t work right under Cygwin.)  I tried to
> find a FAQ entry for it, but there doesn’t seem to be one.

I tried it under cmd.exe.  Doesn't give me output 1 out of 4 or 5 times

Dave


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Re: "cygpath -u" inside backticks differs

[J. David Boyd]

Eric Blake  writes:

>
> see why `` is obsolete, and you should be using $()?  Among other
> reasons, \ inside `` has weird rules.
>

Wow, when did this happen?  I've been using `` for years, and never heard of
$().  What version did this change?

I think I need to go back and re-read some documentation!

Dave


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Pine mail reader

[J. David Boyd]

I (think I) recall that Pine used to be available in the Cygwin archive.

It no longer is?  Any ideas where to get a Cygwin compatible binary?

Dave


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Re: chmod questions

[J. David Boyd]

Drew Adams  writes:

> I have read various info regarding trying to make Cygwin's `chmod'
> work as (I) expected, including the Cygwin FAQ and user guide.
> I am using Windows 7 with an NTFS disk.  My user and group are
> defined as they should be AFAIK.
>
> Two questions in this regard:
>
>  . is "chmod a-w" supposed to set the Windows Read-only attribute
>on Windows 7?
>
>  . is "chmod a-w" supposed to cause "ls -l" to show -r-r-r on
>Windows 7?
>
> When I do `chmod a-w' it does not seem to have any effect.  The
> target file is still writable.  Can someone please tell me what
> I'm missing?  Thx.

Works for me.

Here's a file on my system:

$ ls -ltr boxes.txt
-rw-rw-rw-+ 1 A4J0PZZ Administrators 45 Aug  5 12:46 boxes.txt


When I run chmod a-w boxes.txt, I get

$ ls -ltr boxes.txt
-r--r--r--+ 1 A4J0PZZ Administrators 45 Aug  5 12:46 boxes.txt

and the file is no longer writeable.

That's not what you are seeing?  I'm on Windows 7 with an NTFS disk as well.


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Re: Upgrade Challenges, ssh login failure after update

[J. David Boyd]

Stefan Lisowski  writes:

> I just updated Cygwin to the latest version from one that had been
> installed in maybe 2009... old.
>
> During the update process there was a note to go to cygwin.com to see
> what had changed in the new version that might affect me, but in the
> "upgrade" or the "faq" area I could find nothing warning me about
> anything specific.
>
> I was installing this on a box 2000 miles away where I tunnel remote
> desktop through ssh. Thank goodness I took down the firewall before I
> rebooted, because ssh no longer worked after a reboot, and I had to
> make a direct remote desktop connection to the machine before I got
> ssh up and running.
>
> I'm sending this mail to warn other users trying to upgrade
> sshd... After the upgrade I got login failures even though sshd
> service was running. I Googled and Googled, but I couldn't find an
> answer; port was open, ssh was up, and ssh connections worked fine
> (even to the external IP) from the local cygwin ssh, but not from a
> remote ssh. Logging locally didn't help, ssh -vvv remotely didn't
> help. FINALLY I figured it out, it was that the USERNAMEs are now case
> sensitive!!! So "administrator" fails but "Administrator" succeeds. I
> read somewhere I can fix this now by going back and editing
> /etc/passwd, but I haven't tried that yet; right now I'm just happy to
> have my firewall back up and tunneling remote desktop through ssh
> again. (I did a ssh-host-config in the process of debugging but I
> don't think I needed to.)
>
> Since I couldn't find this answer I'm sending it now to the list,
> hopefully the next person that runs into this will find it.

Interesting.

I'd just always assumed that usernames have always been case
sensitive.  Just used to Linux more than Windows, I guess.

Glad you figured it out!


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Re: emacs problem

[J. David Boyd]

da...@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:

> Ken Brown  writes:
>
>>> http://cygwin.com/snapshots/
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> This should be fixed now in the latest snapshot (2013-07-23).  See
>>
>>   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-07/msg00481.html
>>
>> Ken
>
> Great, thanks.  I'll get it right away and try it out for a day or so, then
> report back here.
>
> Dave

I'm running it now, so far so good.  I'll try everything I can think of, which
is mostly just using org mode to track my work, and gnus for checking
newsgroups.  Usually takes no more than 1 hour or so for it to break.

Thanks,

Dave


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Re: emacs problem

[J. David Boyd]

Ken Brown  writes:

> On 7/11/2013 10:11 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> On Jul 11 09:34, J. David Boyd wrote:
>>> Ken Brown  writes:
>>>
>>>> On 7/10/2013 5:10 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.  It's also possible that this isn't a Cygwin problem.  There
>>>> are known race conditions between emacs-24.3 and glib, which have been
>>>> fixed in the newer version of emacs that I asked Dave to test.
>>>>
>>>> Dave, instead of trying the new emacs right away, would you be willing
>>>> to install the cygwin snapshot and see if that fixes the problem?  If
>>>> not, could you report the error message and then try the new emacs?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>
>>> THanks, sure, no problem.  Where do I get the latest snapshot from?  Setup 
>>> and
>>> all updates, or the EXP setting?
>>
>> http://cygwin.com/snapshots/
>
> Dave,
>
> This should be fixed now in the latest snapshot (2013-07-23).  See
>
>   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-07/msg00481.html
>
> Ken

Great, thanks.  I'll get it right away and try it out for a day or so, then
report back here.

Dave


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hyper keys running the w32 mode emacs

[J. David Boyd]

I can get hyper and super working with hyper on capslock, and super on left
and right win, works great.

If I use this code,

( if opsys-cygwin
(setq w32-pass-lwindow-to-system nil
  w32-pass-rwindow-to-system nil
  w32-pass-apps-to-system nil
  w32-lwindow-modifier 'super ; Left Windows key
  w32-rwindow-modifier 'super ; Right Windows key
  w32-apps-modifier 'hyper) ; Menu key
)

it works as it says.  But I want hyper on the capslock key, and can't find
code anywhere to do that.

Is it even possible, any ideas?

I would like to standardize what my fingers do when I change platforms, if
possible,

Thanks,

Dave


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Re: emacs problem

[J. David Boyd]

Ken Brown  writes:

> On 7/10/2013 5:10 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
> Thanks.  It's also possible that this isn't a Cygwin problem.  There
> are known race conditions between emacs-24.3 and glib, which have been
> fixed in the newer version of emacs that I asked Dave to test.
>
> Dave, instead of trying the new emacs right away, would you be willing
> to install the cygwin snapshot and see if that fixes the problem?  If
> not, could you report the error message and then try the new emacs?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ken

THanks, sure, no problem.  Where do I get the latest snapshot from?  Setup and
all updates, or the EXP setting?

Dave


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Re: emacs problem

[J. David Boyd]

Ken Brown  writes:

> On 7/10/2013 3:07 PM, J. David Boyd wrote:
>> Ken Brown  writes:
>>
>>> On 7/10/2013 2:07 PM, J. David Boyd wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm starting to see this error quite a bit in the terminal window I started
>>>> emacs from:
>>>>
>>>> 0 [main] emacs-X11 19400 C:\tools\cygwin\bin\emacs-X11.exe: *** fatal 
>>>> error in
>>>> forked process - failed to create new win32 semaphore, Win32 error 87
>>>
>>> Have you tried rebaseall
>>> (http://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-fork-failures)?  This
>>> isn't the typical error message you see from rebase problems, but it
>>> can't hurt to try.  If that doesn't help, maybe you could test the
>>> build I mentioned at
>>>
>>>http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-07/msg00062.html
>>>
>>> Ken
>>
>> Yes, the first thing I tried was rebaseall, but that also gives (in my
>> history) the message about not being able to fork a new process.
>
> Are you saying you get a fork error when you run rebaseall?  If so, I
> think you need to fix that before you can hope to avoid fork errors in
> emacs.  Have you looked for BLODA?  Other than that, I don't know what
> to suggest (except that you should send cygcheck output when you write
> again).
>
> Ken

Wow, sorry, I said that entirely wrong.  I meant that in my recollection, when
I need to rebase, I get messages about "can't create fork".  But that's not
what I said at all.

So this is an entirely different error, but I still rebased, first thing, just
as a SWAG.

I got the emacs from your site, thanks, and I'll keep an eye on it and see how
it goes.

I'll keep you posted.

Dave


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Re: emacs problem

[J. David Boyd]

Ken Brown  writes:

> On 7/10/2013 2:07 PM, J. David Boyd wrote:
>>
>> I'm starting to see this error quite a bit in the terminal window I started
>> emacs from:
>>
>> 0 [main] emacs-X11 19400 C:\tools\cygwin\bin\emacs-X11.exe: *** fatal error 
>> in
>> forked process - failed to create new win32 semaphore, Win32 error 87
>
> Have you tried rebaseall
> (http://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-fork-failures)?  This
> isn't the typical error message you see from rebase problems, but it
> can't hurt to try.  If that doesn't help, maybe you could test the
> build I mentioned at
>
>   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-07/msg00062.html
>
> Ken

Yes, the first thing I tried was rebaseall, but that also gives (in my
history) the message about not being able to fork a new process.

I'll get your rebuilt verison, and see what happens.  It's worth a shot.

Thanks,

Dave


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emacs problem

[J. David Boyd]

I'm starting to see this error quite a bit in the terminal window I started
emacs from:

0 [main] emacs-X11 19400 C:\tools\cygwin\bin\emacs-X11.exe: *** fatal error in
forked process - failed to create new win32 semaphore, Win32 error 87


It seems to take an indeterminate amount of time before it starts happening,
and it _might_ be related to running Gnus, but once it starts, it seems that
almost everything I do in emacs outputs another line like above to the
terminal window.

Any idea how to debug this?

I'm using emacs version "GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, GTK+ Version 3.6.4)
 of 2013-03-11 on fiona"


TIA,

Dave


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Re: emacs very slow; zombie processes eventually cleared

[J. David Boyd]

Ken Brown  writes:

> On 7/2/2013 11:41 AM, Rockefeller, Harry wrote:
>> When I start emacs I get this message:
>> (emacs:192): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_distribute_natural_allocation: assertion 
>> `extra_space >= 0' failed
>
> Are you saying that this happens every time you start emacs?  Does it
> even happen when you start with 'emacs -Q'?  If not, maybe you could
> do some testing to figure out what in your initialization (including
> X11 initialization) triggers it.  This might help to pin down the bug.
>
>
> I think I might have mentioned once before when you wrote about zombie
> processes that there is a known problem in emacs-24.3 that can cause
> problems with subprocesses.  This is caused by race conditions between
> emacs and glib.  The problem has recently been fixed on the emacs
> development trunk.  If you'd like, I could build emacs from a snapshot
> of the trunk and let you test it to see if some of your problems go
> away.
>
> Ken


Yes, please, I think I have been bouncing off of this myself lately...

Dave


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latest emacs, cygwin, and constant stackdumps

[J. David Boyd]

I'm not certain of the exact version of these, but they are the latest,
as I upgrade at least once a week.

Lately, everytime I do almost anything in emacs, the terminal I started
it from shows:

[main] emacs-X11 4500 exception::handle: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
1149 [main] emacs-X11 4500 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to 
emacs-X11.exe.stackdump

Any idea what might be causing this?

Everything still works fine, or seems to, but it is rather annoying...





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Re: left and right arrow keys don't work in xterm

[J. David Boyd]

"Larry Hall (Cygwin)"  writes:

> On 10/29/2010 9:55 AM, J. David Boyd wrote:
>>
>> And I'll attach a run of cygcheck -k.  Run in a plain bash window.
>>
>> I pressed the left arrow key, the right arrow key, the up arrow key, the
>> down arrow key, and q to quit.
>>
>> Note that the left and right arrow keys do show they are pressed but
>> just once.   The other keys show key pressed, and key released.
>>
>> To me, this says that something about my xserver is eating keys?
>
> Questions about Cygwin-X go to the cygwin-xfree list.

You know, I knew that.   Sorry.

Dave


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Re: left and right arrow keys don't work in xterm

[J. David Boyd]

And I'll attach a run of cygcheck -k.  Run in a plain bash window.

I pressed the left arrow key, the right arrow key, the up arrow key, the
down arrow key, and q to quit.

Note that the left and right arrow keys do show they are pressed but
just once.   The other keys show key pressed, and key released.

To me, this says that something about my xserver is eating keys?

Dave

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Pressed  1x VK: 0x25 VS: 0x4b A: 0x00 CTRL: -- EK -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Pressed  1x VK: 0x27 VS: 0x4d A: 0x00 CTRL: -- EK -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Pressed  1x VK: 0x26 VS: 0x48 A: 0x00 CTRL: -- EK -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Released 1x VK: 0x26 VS: 0x48 A: 0x00 CTRL: -- EK -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Pressed  1x VK: 0x28 VS: 0x50 A: 0x00 CTRL: -- EK -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Released 1x VK: 0x28 VS: 0x50 A: 0x00 CTRL: -- EK -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Pressed  1x VK: 0x51 VS: 0x10 A: 0x71 CTRL: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
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Re: left and right arrow keys don't work in xterm

[J. David Boyd]

I must have done something wrong on the prior message, as my
cygcheck.out was there, but no text.   Do I need to put something
between the two?

Anyway, what I am asking is that in my install of the newest cygwin, my
left and right arrow keys don't work.

Dave



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problem with sshd

[J. David Boyd]

For years, (and I do mean years), I've had sshd setup on my desktop
Vista box, and have been able to access it remotely with no problems at
all.

I moved the box 1 year ago, and went from Brighthouse as an ISP to
Verizon.  Still worked fine.

I just moved it back home, back to Brighthouse, and now, I get a prompt
asking me for my password.

I enter the password I've used for the past few years, and am told
"Permission denied, please try again"


Now, is that the same message, in spirit, as "wrong password"?  Doesn't
seem that way to me.   Do I have some file/directory that has the wrong
permissions to allow me to logon?

I haven't explicitly changed anything, (that I know of :->  )


One thing I find interesting is that when I look in /etc/passwd, I don't
have an entry for myself.

Any ideas/help/suggestions on how to troubleshoot this problem?  I've
been logging onto my home box for the past several years, every day, to
save backups, look up email address/phone numbers, etc, and really rely
on being able to connect to it remotely.

It's not a firewall problem, but something in Cygwin setup.  If I boot
into Mandriva 10.0, I can ssh in without any problem at all.

TIA,

Dave in Largo, FL


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Re: timezone setting ?

[J. David Boyd]

Rurik Christiansen  writes:

> HI,
>
> Where is the system's timezone defined ? (or what is the customary way
> to set it ?)
>
> Cheers,



db...@flm25lve9f /
$ echo $TZ
EST5EDT




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Re: Resizing a terminal window

[J. David Boyd]

Hans Horn  writes:

> David,
>
> This took me forever to figure out!
>
> 'expect' does not forward SIGWINCH
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGWINCH) unless told to do so.
>
> Add the following snippet (between lines marked with
> ###) to the beginning of your 'expect' script:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # \
> exec expect -f "$0" ${1+"$@"}
>
> ###
> trap { # trap sigwinch and pass it to the child we spawned
>   set rows [stty rows]
>   set cols [stty columns]
>   stty rows $rows columns $cols < $spawn_out(slave,name)
> } WINCH
> ###
>
> set host [lindex $argv 0]
> ...
>
> I use this to log on from cygwin to various AIX and LINUX machines.
>
> Good luck and let me know how goes,
> Hans


That worked perfectly!  Thank you very much, I don't think I would have
ever figured that out!

Dave


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Re: Resizing a terminal window

[J. David Boyd]

Hans Horn  writes:

> On 5/5/2010 8:28 AM, J. David Boyd wrote:
>> Thomas Wolff  writes:
>>
>>> Am 04.05.2010 16:03, schrieb J. David Boyd:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Locally, I can use the mouse to resize a window, and the $COLUMNS and
>>>> $LINES variables are automatically filled in.
>>>>
>>>> On many remote xterm sessions, they aren't.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any idea where to start figuring out what is wrong, and
>>>> what I can do to correct it?
>>>>
>>> LINES and COLUMNS are legacy mechanisms which may serve as a
>>> workaround if the system doesn't otherwise handle screen size changes
>>> properly. They should not be needed on modern systems where the tty
>>> driver maintains the information.
>>> (You may note that mintty has not set them initially but they get set
>>> on resize - by whatever means... - while in a cygwin console they are
>>> not used at all.)
>>> So if you happen to have these variables set on a system which does
>>> not maintain them, they don't get changed on resize and confuse your
>>> environment. In most cases the best remedy is to just unset them -
>>> does that help?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thomas
>>
>> Sadly enough, the system I am connecting to, SUSE Linux, does use them,
>> and the checkwinsize shopt BASH function, but, somehow, not
>> correctly
>
> Just for curiosity: are you using 'expect' to log to the remote system?
> If so, you'd need you modify your expect script to handle SIGWINCH
> properly. Let me know...
> H.

Yes I am.   I use expect to login, then go interactive.   There is a
flag/setting to monitor SIGWINCH?

Tell me, please!!!


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Re: Resizing a terminal window

[J. David Boyd]

Andy Koppe  writes:

> J. David Boyd wrote:
>> I don't think it is a Cygwin issue at all.  And, I'm certain it is a
>> remote server problem, as it works on many boxes.
>>
>> I was just looking for some help and ideas, and the Cygwin list seemed a
>> good place to start since I use Cygwin.
>
> Right. This list is all about the misery of using Cygwin though.
>
>>  I re-discovered the
>> shopt parameter of checkwinsize, which is what controls Bash monitoring
>> the window size from my prior message.
>
> Bash also sets LINES and COLUMNS when it receives a SIGWINCH ("window
> change") signal, apparently independent of 'checkwinsize'. Only the
> foreground process gets that signal though. So without 'checkwinsize',
> the setting of those variables depends on whether bash was in the
> foreground when the terminal was resized.
>
> Andy


It is, as I am clicking the window I want to resize, and using the mouse to
drag the bottom right corner to the dimensions that I want.  

SSHing in to my Mandriva box, it works perfectly.

SSHing in to my SUSE Linux box, I have to do an "eval `resize`".


SSHing in to my Ubuntu 9.10 box, it works perfectly.


Something must be broken in SUSE Linux

Dave


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Re: Resizing a terminal window

[J. David Boyd]

Thomas Wolff  writes:

> Am 04.05.2010 16:03, schrieb J. David Boyd:
>> ...
>>
>> Locally, I can use the mouse to resize a window, and the $COLUMNS and
>> $LINES variables are automatically filled in.
>>
>> On many remote xterm sessions, they aren't.
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea where to start figuring out what is wrong, and
>> what I can do to correct it?
>>
> LINES and COLUMNS are legacy mechanisms which may serve as a
> workaround if the system doesn't otherwise handle screen size changes
> properly. They should not be needed on modern systems where the tty
> driver maintains the information.
> (You may note that mintty has not set them initially but they get set
> on resize - by whatever means... - while in a cygwin console they are
> not used at all.)
> So if you happen to have these variables set on a system which does
> not maintain them, they don't get changed on resize and confuse your
> environment. In most cases the best remedy is to just unset them -
> does that help?
>
> --
> Thomas

Sadly enough, the system I am connecting to, SUSE Linux, does use them,
and the checkwinsize shopt BASH function, but, somehow, not
correctly




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Re: Resizing a terminal window

[J. David Boyd]

Andy Koppe  writes:

> J. David Boyd wrote:
>> I'm using Cygwin to provide my own X server, and using Xterms locally,
>> and to connect to remote servers.
>>
>> Locally, I can use the mouse to resize a window, and the $COLUMNS and
>> $LINES variables are automatically filled in.
>>
>> On many remote xterm sessions, they aren't.
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea where to start figuring out what is wrong, and
>> what I can do to correct it?
>>
>> My quick work-around is to resize the window, then call "eval `resize`",
>> but I would like it to be automatic.
>
> Any particular reason to think that this is an issue with Cygwin
> rather than your remote systems?
>
> Resizing is working fine here when connected to a Debian box either
> via ssh or telnet running in a local xterm. If you're running xterm on
> the remote system with only its display forwarded to your Cygwin/X
> server, then Cygwin doesn't have anything to do with the terminal
> resize notifications.
>
> Andy

I don't think it is a Cygwin issue at all.  And, I'm certain it is a
remote server problem, as it works on many boxes.  I re-discovered the
shopt parameter of checkwinsize, which is what controls Bash monitoring
the window size from my prior message.   

I was just looking for some help and ideas, and the Cygwin list seemed a
good place to start since I use Cygwin.   But I never meant to cast
disparagements on Cygwin, it is a great piece of software...

Dave


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Resizing a terminal window

[J. David Boyd]

I'm using Cygwin to provide my own X server, and using Xterms locally,
and to connect to remote servers.

Locally, I can use the mouse to resize a window, and the $COLUMNS and
$LINES variables are automatically filled in.

On many remote xterm sessions, they aren't.

Does anyone have any idea where to start figuring out what is wrong, and
what I can do to correct it?

My quick work-around is to resize the window, then call "eval `resize`",
but I would like it to be automatic.

TIA,

Dave in Largo, FL


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Re: Using cmd.exe as an emacs shell

[J. David Boyd]

"Gary ."  writes:

> If this isn't enough for me to lose my non-kook status I don't know
> what is, but...
>
> Instead of / as well as using emacs' eshell, I occasionally need to do
> stuff from a "DOS" command line. Is it possible to get cygwin's emacs
> to do this?

Anything DOS can do, cygwin do better

Anything cygwin do, better than dos





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Re: Show window for BASH script run with /bin/run

[J. David Boyd]

JPMcGrath  writes:

> I am running a bash script under cygwin from within another (non-cygwin)
> program.  The script normally does not interact with the user, so I use
> /usr/bin/run when running the script to avoid having a bash window
> constantly popping up and going away.  However, if the script encounters an
> error, I need to show the user what went wrong.  What I am looking for is a
> way for the script to show the hidden window if it encounters an error. 
> Does anyone know how to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance.

Write the error output of the hidden script to a file that was removed
before the script ran.  If the file exists after the script exits, pop
it up and show the contents to the user.  If the file doesn't exist
after the script exits, everything is fine.


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Re: Emacs info files

[J. David Boyd]

Ken Brown  writes:

> On 3/31/2010 4:54 AM, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote:
>> On 2010.03.31 10:21, Gary . wrote:
>>> I have a new cygwin installation on which I have also installed
>>> emacs. I have an older installation in which I also have emacs
>>> installed. On the newer install I don't appear to have any info
>>> pages for emacs, but do on the older one (I think, I can't
>>> actually check right now). Why would I not have them, and how can
>>> I get them? One difference is that the new installation has
>>> emacs-nox whereas the older one has emacs-X11 (although I
>>> actually only ever use it from the console, I don't use X).
>>>
>>> Oh. C-h i in emacs shows the info page *confuzzed*
>>>
>> Tip from my NOTE file for native Emacs under Windows:
>>
>> ** Setup INFOPATH.
>>
>> To browse info file inside Emacs set INFOPATH like this:
>>
>>
>> INFOPATH=e:/bin/gnutls/share/info;e:/bin/gnuwin32/info;e:/bin/gnuwin32/share/info;e:/bin/MinGW/info;e:/bin/MinGW/share/info;e:/bin/wget/info:
>>
>> for MinGW or
>>
>> INFOPATH='~/usr/share/info;d:/opt/cygwin/usr/share/info:'
>>
>> for Cygwin.
>
> The OP has just reported that his problem has disappeared.  But to
> correct the record for the sake of the archives, your INFOPATH is not
> appropriate for Cygwin's emacs.  The emacs info files are in
> /usr/share/info.
>
> Ken

Unless you have built it yourself from source, then they will be in
/usr/local/share /info.



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Re: Very strange response when starting Cygwin

[J. David Boyd]

Gregg Levine  writes:

> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:05 PM, J. David Boyd <> wrote:
>> Gregg Levine <> writes:
>>
>>> Hello!  I brought up the Cygwin prompt with the intentions of checking
>>> on a program I had written, and I saw this stuff surface amongst the
>>> fortune program output: 2 [main] bash 2648 child_copy: linked dll data
>>> write copy failed, 0x33D000 ..0x3414A4, done 0, windows pid 2648,
>>> Win32 error 487
>>>
>>
>> If you're on Vista, definitely needs a rebaseall.
>>
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> Hello!
> But I am on Windows Seven. And the problem went away sometime later.
>
> -
> Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com
> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."


Glad to hear it, but Windows 7 is just (Vista)^2



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Re: Very strange response when starting Cygwin

[J. David Boyd]

Gregg Levine  writes:

> Hello!  I brought up the Cygwin prompt with the intentions of checking
> on a program I had written, and I saw this stuff surface amongst the
> fortune program output: 2 [main] bash 2648 child_copy: linked dll data
> write copy failed, 0x33D000 ..0x3414A4, done 0, windows pid 2648,
> Win32 error 487
>

If you're on Vista, definitely needs a rebaseall.


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Problem with XP Pro at work.

[J. David Boyd]

This is killing me, and I need some help trying to find out what is
happening.

I'm using XP pro at work, and I've installed Cygwin on my computer
(Lenovo laptop).

Lately, when I reboot, the computer gets as far as "Applying computer
settings", and sits there.  For hours.  Tech Support takes it, destroys
my old profile, creates a new profile, and it works.

Then, my cygwin Xserver can't be started.  (I didn't realize that the
cygwin installer wrote anything to my profile.  Hardware settings,
maybe?).

So, then I run setup.exe again on the Xserver parts, and everything is
fine and dandy.

Until I reboot again.

Wet hair, lather, rinse, repeat.

I don't think it is cygwin, because there is other software that I have
installed.

How do I prove 'conclusively' that it is NOT cygwin causing this
behavior.  Without going back to tech support multiple times to
re-profile my computer.

To me, this machine is worthless without cygwin running on it.   It is
really only being used to read my mail (Outlook Exchange), and
administer remote linux machines.

Any ideas?  Any at all (well, non-destructive, please).

Dave


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Re: Cygwin portable bash

[J. David Boyd]

Andy Holt  writes:

> Hey everyone,
>
> I installed cygwin on my laptop (domain andy-laptop), and it works
> great from here. I installed in a special folder ("My Dropbox") which
> uses the free dropbox service online to synchronize the folder accross
> multiple machines (my other machine is andy-desktop). On the desktop
> machine (also username Andy), I can run cmd and CD to the cygwin
> directory, I can go into the /bin directory and run most of the
> programs just fine for some simple stuff, but it won't load bash
> correctly.
>
> When I installed cygwin on the laptop, I chose to install only for the
> single user (not the whole machine) and tried to make it avoid any
> registry tampering.
>
> So basically I think I need to figure out how to run bash as the andy
> from andy-laptop on andy-desktop... Or something? I can't figure this
> out and most of the stuff I've read online isn't helping and has to do
> with bash scripting instead of running bash as a user on a different
> domain or something. I'm just kind of confused where to go.
>
> I appreciate any help you can offer, thanks a bunch,
> -Andy

Have you checked the simple things first?  Did all the cygwin files get
copied over?  Check file sizes on the directories, and see if you really
have everything.

You might try installing cygwin onto your laptop and desktop first, then
synchronizing them, or maybe only synchronizing your home directory, and
manually keeping the rest updated.

My 2 cents...

I have cygwin running on, oh, about 6 machines, and all I really keep
synchronized is my home directory.  That way I can run emacs gnus
anywhere, or check emacs erc, or whatever, and be happy.

Dave


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Re: ssh and a particular client

[J. David Boyd]

"Brett Serkez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 
>
>> So, it almost seems as if the ^Q is the problem.  Except that ^Q means start
>> transmission, not stop, and no key presses get me out of being stuck, except
>> for ^D to exit the session.
>>
>> Any ideas of where I should start looking?
>
> Try adding -v's to your ssh command line for more details.  You can
> add multiple -v switches to increase verbosity.

I've had up to 3 -v's, with much attendant verbosity, but the program still
hangs at the same exact spot everytime.  I'll do it again, and capture the
output, and see if it makes any difference in what I see.

>
> Are you using -X ot -Y?
>

No, I'm not.  But for arguments sake, I'm going to try them and see if I get
any difference.



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ssh and a particular client

[J. David Boyd]

I'm having trouble using cygwin and ssh, connecting to a particular client of 
ours.

I can connect okay using ssh clients from remote machines, including my linux
box at home, and PUTTY connects okay from a dos shell also, but, when I
connect with ssh under cygwin, I see this:


Last unsuccessful login: Wed Apr 19 15:40:46 GRNLNDST 2006 on ssh from 
b$"$ð=ôð(  p
Last login: Wed Apr 19 15:55:05 GRNLNDST 2006 on ssh from ("
ð=
And the terminal just hangs.

When I've captured this to an output file, I see:

Last unsuccessful login: Wed Apr 19 13:35:33 GRNLNDST 2006 on ssh from 
b$"$ð=ôð(—  pp
Last login: Wed Apr 19 15:33:13 GRNLNDST 2006 on ssh from ˆ("„ð=˜

So, it almost seems as if the ^Q is the problem.  Except that ^Q means start
transmission, not stop, and no key presses get me out of being stuck, except
for ^D to exit the session.

Any ideas of where I should start looking?

TIA,

Dave in Largo, FL


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Re: when is using cygserver recommended? (thx)

[J. David Boyd]

"Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 10 April 2006 13:47, J. David Boyd wrote:
>
>> Christopher Faylor  writes:
>
>> To me, this sounds like it controls the 'fork'ing of items, but I can't
>> argue (too much), as I don't know for certain.
>
>   Then it's damn silly to argue (any at all) with someone who does know for
> certain!
>
>

Hmm, too true.  I guess I'll stop!  Have a great day...

Dave


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Re: when is using cygserver recommended? (thx)

[J. David Boyd]

Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>
> Just to state the obvious again: cygserver has nothing to do with fork
> -- superstitious assertions to the contrary not withstanding.
>
> cgf


>From the CYGSERVER Readme:
--
What is Cygserver?

  Cygserver is a program which is designed to run as a background service.
  It provides Cygwin applications with services which require security
  arbitration or which need to persist while no other cygwin application
  is running.

  The implemented services so far are:

  - Control slave tty/pty handle dispersal from tty owner to other
processes without compromising the owner processes' security.
--

To me, this sounds like it controls the 'fork'ing of items, but I can't argue
(too much), as I don't know for certain.

Or, could it be that something we (us that have had the problem) call from our
.bashrc or .profile might be calling something that bounces off the cygserver
controlling mechanism?

Dave




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Re: when is using cygserver recommended? (thx)

[J. David Boyd]

Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>
> In that case, my previous reply is even more pertinent; especially given
> that Igor mentioned that the problem has nothing to do with cygserver.
>
> cgf

Strange then, that my 'fork' problem has now gone away, after adjusting my
cygserver.conf file

Dave


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Re: fork problem [Attn: cygserver maintainer]

[J. David Boyd]

Igor Peshansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Not all mailers have this option.  That doesn't give us the right of
> reposting people's email addresses all over the internet.  You could try
> to demand that a broken mailer be fixed, or use a different mailer...
> Someone on the cygwin-talk list may be able to supply a GNUS-specific
> solution.
>

I'll ask around.



> Heh.  What I should have said (and forgot) is that I don't think changing
> this cygserver parameter would help at all.  The problem has nothing to do
> with cygserver.
>
>> I manually added the line in, and rebooted, and it works fine now.  But
>> I'll try your suggestion later.
>
> I have a hunch that your problem was fixed by a reboot (i.e., stopping all
> Cygwin processes), rather than changes to the cygserver configuration.
> 

I don't know.  I had actually rebooted many times before, after trying
different things.  It was only after changing the setting in the .conf file
that the problem disappeared.  However, time will tell.  I don't recall having
done anything to make it show up, so maybe it will be back.

Dave


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Re: fork problem [Attn: cygserver maintainer]

[J. David Boyd]

Igor Peshansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, J. David Boyd wrote:
>
>> "Luis P Caamano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > On 6 Apr 2006 03:44:22 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >
>> >> fork problem
>> >> 120469 by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J. David Boyd)
>
> Again, <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Let's stop this
> spamfest.  Thanks.

I don't see that option anywhere in GNUS, but maybe it is.  I can always do
that manually, though, which works also.  Thanks for the heads up, I never
thought about it before.


>
>> > I started using cygserver and edited its config file to use 310 procs
>> > instead of 62.  In /etc/cygserver.conf, I edited the following:
>> >
>> > # kern.srv.process_cache_size: No. of concurrent processes which can be
>> > # handled by Cygserver concurrently.
>> > # Default: 62, Min: 1, Max: 310, command line option -p, --process-cache
>> > kern.srv.process_cache_size 310
>> >
>>
>> Hmm, that is not an available option in my etc/cygserver.conf.
>>
>> Strange, no?  I'm running the latest version of everything.
>
> Yeah, I got caught off-guard by this at first as well.  Usually, if the
> config file in /etc doesn't exist, there is a postinstall script that
> copies the default version in /etc/defaults/etc/ into /etc.  There is also
> a mechanism for removing the config file on update if it's identical to
> the default config file.
>
> Apparently, cygserver isn't using this mechanism.  I've no idea how
> /etc/cygserver.conf gets created.  However, copying
> /etc/defaults/etc/cygserver.conf to /etc/cygserver.conf should get you the
> latest version.
>

I manually added the line in, and rebooted, and it works fine now.  But I'll
try your suggestion later.

Thanks to all for the help.

Dave in Largo, FL


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Re: fork problem

[J. David Boyd]

"Luis P Caamano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 6 Apr 2006 03:44:22 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>
>> fork problem
>>     120469 by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J. David Boyd)
>
> I started using cygserver and edited its config file to use 310 procs
> instead of 62.  In /etc/cygserver.conf, I edited the following:
>
> # kern.srv.process_cache_size: No. of concurrent processes which can be 
> handled
> #  by Cygserver concurrently.
> # Default: 62, Min: 1, Max: 310, command line option -p, --process-cache
> kern.srv.process_cache_size 310
>

Hmm, that is not an available option in my etc/cygserver.conf.  

Strange, no?  I'm running the latest version of everything.


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Re: fork problem

[J. David Boyd]

"Luis P Caamano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 6 Apr 2006 03:44:22 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>
>> fork problem
>>     120469 by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J. David Boyd)
>
> I started using cygserver and edited its config file to use 310 procs
> instead of 62.  In /etc/cygserver.conf, I edited the following:
>
> # kern.srv.process_cache_size: No. of concurrent processes which can be
> # handled by Cygserver concurrently.
> # Default: 62, Min: 1, Max: 310, command line option -p, --process-cache
> kern.srv.process_cache_size 310
>
> I also set the CYGWIN var like this:
>
> $ echo $CYGWIN
> server ntsec
>
> I believe I set that variable in the Windows XP environment, that is, System
> Properties dialog, Advance Tab, Environment Variables button.  Let me check
> ... yes, I did.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
>
>
> --
> Luis P Caamano
> Atlanta, GA USA


Thanks!  I'll have to try this after I get done working for the day.

Dave


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fork problem

[J. David Boyd]

Since yesterday, (and, _of course_, I vehemently deny changing anything in my
system), I've been plagued with

bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable

and an unadorned bash prompt.  

If I type exit: 

Sometimes it continues on to show my regular bash prompt, which leads me to
think that some call in my .profile failed.

Sometimes, though, typing exit actually exits.

Sometimes, if I just wait, the startup continues and my expected prompt shows
up.

What would cause a fork to be temporarily unavailable?

Dave





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Re: create subkeys with regtool

[J. David Boyd]

angel bosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> hi!
>
> i want to create a key a set a value for it:
>
> regtool.exe -v set
> \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\Wallpaper'
> c:\brujula\imatges\tux3.bmp'
>
> this gives an error if parent keys don't exist, so i must create all
> inexistent keys. is there a way to create all path in a single
> command? something like 'mkdir -p' for real paths.
>
>

You might want to try _add_ rather than _set_.

Dave in Largo, FL



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convert PDF to html

[J. David Boyd]

Are there any utilities in Cygwin to convert PDF to html?

We are print legacy word perfect documents to PDF files, but would like to
convert them to html, preserving all layouts and embedded graphics, of course.

TIA,

Dave in Largo, FL


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Re: SSH problem after upgrade - SOLVED

[J. David Boyd]

Ed Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Ed Brady wrote:
>
>> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
>>> IIRC, the Windows dynamic loader will first look for DLLs in the
>>> application directory, and only then in the PATH.  Here's a WAG: do you
>>> have a copy of winsock.dll or ws2_32.dll in /usr/bin?
>>>
>>>   
>>
> The problem is now solved.
>
> The culprit is due to the installation of the cmake-2.2.3-1 package.
> (Located in development).   This package, copies three Microsoft
> Windows specific dll's to /usr/bin.  Specifically, mfc71.dll,
> msvcp71.dll, and msvcr71.dll.  Once I uninstalled this package ssh,
> telnet, and ftp, worked as intended.
>
> As a sanity check, I unzipped the package and manually copied the dlls
> to /usr/bin and the problem returned.
>
> Igor P., it looks like your WAG pretty much nailed it.
>
> Thanks to all who had input
>
> Ed

Very strange.  I have all those files.  I upgrade to the latest version of
everything.  My ssh, telnet, and ftp all work just fine.  I wonder what the
difference is...

Dave


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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: vim-6.4-4

[J. David Boyd]

Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I have updated the version of vim on cygwin.com to 6.4-4.
>
> This version switches from the vim "normal" feature set to the vim
> "huge" feature set, so there are a couple of features enabled by
> default now, which weren't before (see ":version" in vim).  Other
> than that, nothing has changed in this release.
>

Thank you very much! I've been recompiling myself to get the huge feature set.

Dave


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Re: System Tray

[J. David Boyd]

Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> "J. David Boyd" wrote:
>
>> This is for tooltips, not the system tray...
>
> The poster was asking how to put an XP-style notification in the system
> tray, which is described precisely in the section "Balloon ToolTips for
> Status Bar Icons" about 3/4 down the page.
>
> Brian


Oops, sorry.  Didn't notice that when I skimmed the article.  My apologies.

Dave


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Re: System Tray

[J. David Boyd]

Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Lst Recv wrote:
>
>> Gary, could you post a few links to some of those libraries?
>
> Everything you need is documented in the PSDK on MSDN:
> 
>
> Brian

This is for tooltips, not the system tray...


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Re: PerlTk under Cygwin?

[J. David Boyd]

Andrew DeFaria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I tried to install Tk for Perl using CPAN by:
>
> $ perl -MCPAN -e "install Tk"
>
> However it fails with:
>
> In file included from ../pTk/tkWinPort.h:19,
>  from ../pTk/tkPort.h:28,
>  from Xlib.xs:7:
> ../pTk/mTk/xlib/X11/Xlib.h:1206:35: ../pTk/tkIntXlibDecls.h: No such
> file or directory
> make[1]: *** [Xlib.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/dev/p/.cpan/build/Tk-804.027/Xlib'
> make: *** [subdirs] Error 2
>   /bin/make  -- NOT OK
> Running make test
>   Can't test without successful make
> Running make install
>   make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
>
> Has anybody managed to install Tk for Perl running under Cygwin?
> -- 
> There's too much blood in my caffeine system.


I don't think this has worked since Cygwin went from XOrg to XFree, or vice
versa, which ever it was, as I used to be able to build it, but no longer
could, right after the switch.

Dave


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Re: Starting cygwin processess at reduced priority?

[J. David Boyd]

"Herb Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> You can also use renice to re-prioritize a running process 
>

I have no renice.  Did you compile this yourself?

Dave


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Re: Sould . (current dir) be in the PATH

[J. David Boyd]

"Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Original Message
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: 15 September 2005 18:35
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> '.' is not in the PATH due to security reasons on most business setups.
>> I do not know if this is due to security against external threads or the
>> user himself...
>
>
>   Both, kind of.
>
>   Imagine what would happen if
>
> 1)  The root user has '.' in $PATH
> 2)  The root user wants to see what files are in /tmp, so issues the
> commands
>cd /tmp
>ls
> 3)  Ten minutes earlier, some other user ran
>echo "rm -rf / &" >/tmp/ls ; chmod a+x /tmp/ls
>
>   Not having '.' in your $PATH means that when you run ls, you always get
> the real ls.  (Assuming you haven't given world write perms to /bin).
>

Sure, a totally valid point on Unix or Linux.  But on most cygwin installs
that I know of, there is only one user, and if that user (me, for instance),
did something that stupid, oh well...



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Re: Sould . (current dir) be in the PATH

[J. David Boyd]

Larry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> At 11:10 AM 9/15/2005, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I just discovered that . (current directory) is in my PATH. I installed
>>cygwin on my new laptop some weeks ago. I don't think . was in my PATH on
>>my old PC. First I thought it came from my windows PATH, but it does not.
>>
>>Is . normally in the PATH (it was not on a few solaris systems I just
>>checked, but that does not prove anything).
>>
>>It is even twice in my PATH, as the last entry, and just after
>>/cygdrive/c/Infoprint.
>>
>
> '.' is typically not put in the path by default for security reasons.
>
>

But then again, this is Cygwin, and how many _other_ people are going to be on
this machine?  I have '.' in my path, as I like to keep different scripts that
apply to certain directories in the affected directory.

Dave


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Re: more in insert and copy from clipboard

[J. David Boyd]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1

From: Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: more in insert and copy from clipboard
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:47:18 -0400 (EDT)

>
> Ah, so you're using an xterm.  This makes the question off-topic for this
> list.  I've redirected my reply to the right list, and set the Reply-To:
> accordingly.  Please remove  from further
> discussion of this, unless it veers back to something relevant to Cygwin
> at large, and not just Cygwin/X.


Okay, thanks, I'll start hanging out on the Cygwin/Xfree location.


>
> This has nothing to do with Cygwin settings -- it's an internal setting of
> the X server.  My guess would be that either the clipboard thread isn't
> starting properly, or you need to run xwinclip instead of using the
> -clipboard parameter.  Looking at (and posting) /tmp/XWin.log would help.
>
> The X clipboard settings are generally confusing -- they have at least 4
> clipboards, only one of which corresponds to the system clipboard.  As far
> as I know, the recent X servers are pretty good at doing the copy/paste
> with the system clipboard, but there's always the possibility of
> misconfiguration or some other factor that affects this.  Perhaps the
> people on the Cygwin/X list will have more helpful comments.

Makes sense, now I know where to start looking.



> That's why we prefer it attached to the message, rather than included
> inline.  At first glance[*], nothing looks wrong.

Actually, I was under the impression that these lists didn't like or allow
attachments.  It must be list dependent.

Thanks for the info,

Dave
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more in insert and copy from clipboard

[J. David Boyd]

Is there some setting that tells Cygwin to use/not use the windows clipboard.

For the longest time, I have been merryly cutting and pasting between firefox,
notepad, a bash shell, emacs, etc, all using ctrl-insert and shft-insert.

Sometime in the recent past, this no longer works.  I can cut and paste
between all of my cygwin programs no problem, but there is no communication
with the windows side of things.

Did I turn off something somewhere.  I've perused the docs some, but haven't
found anything worthwhile yet.

Dave


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Re: X11 icons without stripes?

[J. David Boyd]

Torsten Bronger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hallöchen!
>
> I use Cygwin under Win2k.  When I start X11 apps remotely on a Linux
> box through an "ssh -X" tunnel, their icons (e.g. in the taskbar)
> have black horizontal stripes.  Is there a way to get rid of them?
>

I use Cygwin under WinXP, and when I start X11 apps remotely off of my
Mandriva Linux, I get no black stripes.  Is it all the programs you start, or
just some?

What kind of connection are you using?

Dave


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Re: Required your help

[J. David Boyd]

Phanisekhar Gorti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi -
>
> Good Morning!
>
> We have Unix servers where in we have installed application. Now we
> have to configure this application. It is required to use X window
> config tool to get that. I have tried but could able to do it through
> CYGWIN. Could you please provide me the steps that i have to follow.
>
> Thank alot for your help.
>
>  
> Regards,
> Phanisekhar Gorti


You aren't running the cygwin x-server, probably.

It is in the \cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin folder, and you start it from the command
line with startxwin.bat.

You might need to modify it before it opens an xterm to add in an xhost
command, but it seems to work right out of the box for me.

I use the cygwin xserver 8-9 hours a day, five days a week, while others in my
office use Reflection-X, etc, and other costly programs.

I think cygwin xserver works faster than anything I've seen, so give it a try.

I made an icon on my desktop that calls C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat,
modified to open 4 xterms, and it works great.

Dave in Largo, FL


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Re: How does one set aliases for Cygwin for XP Prof Windows?

[J. David Boyd]

"Patrick Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I looked around and couldn't find out (from user guide or FAQs) how to
> set my own alias settings for Cygwin.
>
> I have Cywin installed on my PC (running Windows XP Professional).
> There has to be a file somewhere, where I can add the alias settings,
> but I am not sure where it is.  Does anyone know where the file is for
> putting personal alias settings?
>

You can always make your own .aliases file, and source it from within .bashrc.

Dave in Largo, FL


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Re: Cron is running but jobs are not being executed

[J. David Boyd]

"Ruzomberka, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 /dev/console


This doesn't do anything in my cygwin, unless I add a '>' before the
/dev/console, such as

echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 >/dev/console





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Re: Help with Berkeley DB

[J. David Boyd]

Manuel Tejada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hello Everybody.
>
> In order to learn the basic of the Sleepycat Berkeley
> DataBase recently I downloaded and installed
> libdb4.3-4.3.28-1.tar.gz  and db-4.3.28-1.tar.bz2
> using setup.exe.
>
> But really I don't know in which Directory has it been
> installed. I was looking for it in the cygwin's
> directory tree but the only things related to it that
> I have found are the db4.3.lst.gz and libdb4.3.lst.gz
> files boths in /etc/setup plus the documentation
> located in /usr/share/doc. No directory nor files with
> db_* or libdb* names.
>
> Forgive me my Ignorance but this is the first time I
> am going to use this kind of database and perhaps the
> db4.3.lst.gz and libdb4.3.lst.gz are all I need and
> just I don't know how to start using it. Or I need an
> aditional library?
>
> If anyone can tell me what to do I will appreciate the
> help.
>
>


take a look in /usr/share/doc/db-4.3.28 for some help files.



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Re: strtoumax could not be located in...cygwin1.dll

[J. David Boyd]

Michael Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi there,
>
> i have just (7/12/2005) installed the latest (1.5.18) version of cygwin on
> my machine at work. this machine has not had cygwin installed before, but i
> personally have installed it many times on different machines without
> hassle.
>
>
> the machine is running windows XP, and when starting the cygwin bash shell,
> the error above is reported. i have checked the dll out with MS dependency
> walker, and cannot see that function listed in there, although dependency
> walker does indicate that:
>
> Warning: At least one module has an unresolved import due to a missing
> export function in a delay-load dependent module.
>
>
> has anyone else come across this issue? i would appreciate any suggestions
> on how to resolve this.
>
>
> thanks
>
> Mike


I had this problem on my home machine over the weekend.  I went into setup and
told it to re-install everything.

When I was done, it worked.

Certainly not an elegant solution, but I had the time to let it re-install
everything.

Dave


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Re: 7/12/2005 .. install doesn't work

[J. David Boyd]

Matthew Lenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I've tried installing a few times (cleaned system: removal of all cygwin
> directories/files plus regedit key removals) and each time i launch the
> cygwin.bat i just end up at a bash prompt in the /usr/bin directory.
> 'ls' is unavailable along with a few other commands.  Is the install
> repo horked right now?  One of the packages broken?  Its not creating a
> home tree like it used to.


What's in your cygwin.bat?

Mine has the following...
--

@echo off
set cygwin=tty notitle glob
C:
chdir C:\cygwin\bin

bash --login -i

--


And, you mean that you don't have a c:\cygwin\home\ directory?

Dave


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Re: print problem

[J. David Boyd]

Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> On Jun  6 15:32, J. David Boyd wrote:
>> I'm using the latest cywin, and running under WinXP SP2.
>> 
>> What docs do I look in to set this up so I can print a window 
>> to my HP Laserjet?
>> 
>> I've found various things, such as exporting 
>> PRINTER to my printer path, etc, but no go.
> 
> That's a bug introduced in 1.5.17 *again*.  Try the most recent
> snapshot from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/
> 
> 
> Corinna
> 

And, after this insanely long timeout, a get a message on my 
console saying 

lpr: no printer specified



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Re: print problem

[J. David Boyd]

Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> On Jun  6 15:32, J. David Boyd wrote:
>> I'm using the latest cywin, and running under WinXP SP2.
>> 
>> What docs do I look in to set this up so I can print a window 
>> to my HP Laserjet?
>> 
>> I've found various things, such as exporting 
>> PRINTER to my printer path, etc, but no go.
> 
> That's a bug introduced in 1.5.17 *again*.  Try the most recent
> snapshot from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/
> 
> 
> Corinna
> 

I got the lastest snapshot, dumped it all into /, overwriting 
what was there, but I see no changes in printing. 

Where are the docs on this?  

What I'm doing is ctrl-leftclick in the window, and then 
select Print Window.  I read somewhere, I believe, that I 
needed to have my PRINTER environent var set to point to my 
printer on the network.  I'd like to validate my assumptions, 
by reading the correct docs on this. 


TIA,

Dave


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print problem

[J. David Boyd]

I'm using the latest cywin, and running under WinXP SP2.

What docs do I look in to set this up so I can print a window 
to my HP Laserjet?

I've found various things, such as exporting 
PRINTER to my printer path, etc, but no go.

TIA

Dave in Largo, FL


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Re: to cygdrive, or to not cygdrive!

[J. David Boyd]

Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 08:19:19PM +, J. David Boyd wrote:
>>I have two windows xp pro machines.
>>
>>On one machine, my desktop at work, I can use a command line like:
>>cd /c/xfer
>>without needing cygdrive.
>>
>>On my laptop at home, I have to type in
>>cd /cygdrive/c/xfer
>>
>>I don't remember ever changing anything to allow my desktop to operate
>>the way it does.
> 
> And, yet, you did.  /cygdrive is (obviously?) the default.
> 

Oh, I have no doubts that I did.  I just don't remember what I did, or 
when.  I've used cygwin on my desktop for 5 years or so, I guess, and 
what tweaks I did way back are lost in the haze.


>>Any clues from anyone?  I would like my laptop to work the same way...
> 
> "man mount" should be pretty useful in determining how to
> --change-[the]cygdrive-prefix . 
> 

Ah, thank you very much.  I can see a mount as /c for the c: drive, so 
that must be what I did.  I'll make a note this time.

Have a great night, and thanks for the help.

Dave


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to cygdrive, or to not cygdrive!

[J. David Boyd]

I have two windows xp pro machines.

On one machine, my desktop at work, I can use a command line like:
cd /c/xfer
without needing cygdrive.

On my laptop at home, I have to type in
cd /cygdrive/c/xfer

I don't remember ever changing anything to allow my desktop to operate the 
way it does.

Any clues from anyone?  I would like my laptop to work the same way...

Dave


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Re: setup.exe and column dividers

[J. David Boyd]

On 06 May 2005, you wrote in gmane.os.cygwin:

> "J. David Boyd" wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone know where, in what file, the information for setup.exe
>> is stored as it pertains to the column dividers?
>> 
>> At some point in the past, I did 'something' so that all I see in the
>> window is the current version.  I have to move FAR to the right, and
>> drag back the column divider, 6 or 7 times, until I can see all the
>> pertinent fields at once in the program window.
> 
> Check your /etc/setup/installed.db for a package with a long string of
> repeating version numbers, e.g. "foo-1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2" or something
> like that.  At some point in the past there was a packaging error that
> named a package with an improper version, and for whatever reason
> setup got confused by this and recored this malformed version number. 
> The columns adjust their size to fit the widest element in the column,
> and if you have this bogus package number that would cause it.
> 
> Alternatively, if you just switch to the Full view and page through
> the list you should be able to find the package that is causing the
> column to be so wide.  Uninstall/reinstall that package.
> 
> Brian
> 

Thank you very much, that was indeed the problem.

Dave 


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Re: setup.exe and column dividers

[J. David Boyd]

Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> "J. David Boyd" wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone know where, in what file, the information for setup.exe
>> is stored as it pertains to the column dividers?
>> 
>> At some point in the past, I did 'something' so that all I see in the
>> window is the current version.  I have to move FAR to the right, and
>> drag back the column divider, 6 or 7 times, until I can see all the
>> pertinent fields at once in the program window.
> 
> Check your /etc/setup/installed.db for a package with a long string of
> repeating version numbers, e.g. "foo-1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2" or something
> like that.  At some point in the past there was a packaging error that
> named a package with an improper version, and for whatever reason
> setup got confused by this and recored this malformed version number. 
> The columns adjust their size to fit the widest element in the column,
> and if you have this bogus package number that would cause it.
> 
> Alternatively, if you just switch to the Full view and page through
> the list you should be able to find the package that is causing the
> column to be so wide.  Uninstall/reinstall that package.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 

Thanks very much, I will check this out...

Dave


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setup.exe and column dividers

[J. David Boyd]

Does anyone know where, in what file, the information for setup.exe is 
stored as it pertains to the column dividers?

At some point in the past, I did 'something' so that all I see in the 
window is the current version.  I have to move FAR to the right, and drag 
back the column divider, 6 or 7 times, until I can see all the pertinent 
fields at once in the program window.

I've tried looking through the source code, but didn't have any luck, as I 
only had time to give it a quick perusal.

Any ideas how to fix this problem?

TIA,

Dave in Largo, FL


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Re: .bashrc not working (and yes I've read the FAQ etc as you'll see)

[J. David Boyd]

"Steve Mayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> Forgive the defensive addendum but I've no wish to be either flamed or
> ignored when I've tried available pathways to solving this.
> 
> Situation:
> 
> .bashrc not working and yes my $home variable is correctly defined but I
> put a copy of .bashrc into / anyway just in case.
> The --login and -i switches are used.
> I even used the --rcfile switch and pointed it directly to my .bashrc
> file at which point cygwin just bombs out.
> 
> .bashrc file contains only the line
> 
> Alias ls='ls -al --color=auto'
> 
> I even made .bashrc executable using the command chmod +x (just in case)
> but this changed none of the behaviour.   What am I missing.
> 
> Steve

I remember having some problem like this.  To get around it (I am the only
user on this machine), I added the line

. $HOME/.bashrc

to the very end of /etc/profile.  It's probably not the 'right' way to do it,
but who cares.  It works fine.


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Re: Setting Enviroment Variables

[J. David Boyd]

Nemes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>
> Can anyone help with any of the above queries ???
>
> Thanks in advance to all those with the patience to compose a reply
>
> Nemes


If no one has replied to this before I get to my work machine, where I have
been running Cygwin for years, I can send you a reply, and show you what my
.profile and .bashrc are set to, as well as some of my aliases.

Quickly though:

The two environment variable settings in XP are ones that are global, for all
users, and user specific.

If you have installed software that everyone that logs on to that machine can
use, you set the environment in the global section.

Conversely, if software has been installed that only one can use, you set the
environment in the specific user section.

Anything you have set in the XP environments (global or user) will be
inherited when you start Cygwin.

You can set environment variables in the cygwin.bat file, or you can put them
in .profile or .bashrc.

Sometimes, there are some funny rules about the system reading .profile and
.bashrc, but for the most part, I set almost all of my environment in .bashrc,
and I don't have any problems.

Dave


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Re: Cygwin startup problem

[J. David Boyd]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> Hi,
>
> Problem:
> I click on the Cygwin icon and Win 2k Pro brings up the "open with"
> window.  I have just reinstalled Win 2K and have remnants of the
> earlier Win 2k which I could not repair and which I have been trying
> to eliminate step by step.  Anyway I did a reinstall of Cygwin and it
> still will not run.
>

Right click on the icon and check the properties.  Make sure that the shortcut
really points to the c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat file, and optionally, that the start
in directory points to c:\cygwin.

Dave


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Re: ssh: Connection to host closed.

[J. David Boyd]

I was having this problem, and couldn't get around it.  I rolled my openssh
back to the prior version, and ran the ssh-config (sp?) script again, and it
works fine.  I'm just being certain not to update openssh everytime I update
cygwin.

Dave


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Re: Perl Tk Compilation

[J. David Boyd]

Yaakov Selkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 06:39:32PM +0530, Vijay Kiran Kamuju wrote:
> > 
> >>has any body successfully installed latest Perl/Tk without any break
> >>downs/errors?
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/cygwin-ports/
> 
> I have version 800.025 with either Win32 or X11 interfaces (separate
> packages) and 804.027 with only X11 (haven't got Win32 working with
> that version; Gerrit?).
> 
> 
> Yaakov

No, from what I can gather, it hasn't worked since Cygwin switched
from XFree86 to XOrg (sp?).

There must be some header file differences...

Dave


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Re: special install

[J. David Boyd]

"Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > -Original Message-
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of J. David Boyd
> > Sent: 23 September 2004 18:16
> 
> > "Calman, Jack" writes:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > >  Our group is interested in installing cygwin on a group of 
> > classified
> > > computers that are not connected to the internet. Would you 
> > please tell me
> > > how to download what I need from the internet. Then I'll 
> > put it on a CD,
> > > carry it into the classified room, and then install on the 
> > computers there.
> > > 
> > >  Thanks,
> > >  - Jack Calman
> > > Johns Hopkins University
> > > Applied Physics Lab
> > > Laurel, MD
> > 
> > 
> > After you have a working installation on any computer, you can zip and
> > copy the C:\CYGWIN directory.  It is totally self contained, and
> > should work fine anywhere.
> 
>   Nonsense!  That method won't create any mount points in the registry, nor
> will it run any post-install scripts.  The correct method is to run
> setup.exe, select 'Download from internet', download everything, burn the
> temporary storage directory to cd along with a copy of setup.exe, then on
> each enduser machine you run setup.exe and tell it to 'Install from local
> directory', pointing at the download dir that you burnt to CD.
> 
> cheers, 
>   DaveK
> -- 
> Can't think of a witty .sigline today

Oops, you are absolutely 100% right.  

I knew that, as that's what I've done in the past.

I didn't mean install, I meant download, and then zip and burn, and
then install.

Good thing there's many sets of eyes here!

Thanks,

Dave


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Re: special install

[J. David Boyd]

"Calman, Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi,
> 
>  Our group is interested in installing cygwin on a group of classified
> computers that are not connected to the internet. Would you please tell me
> how to download what I need from the internet. Then I'll put it on a CD,
> carry it into the classified room, and then install on the computers there.
> 
>  Thanks,
>  - Jack Calman
> Johns Hopkins University
> Applied Physics Lab
> Laurel, MD


After you have a working installation on any computer, you can zip and
copy the C:\CYGWIN directory.  It is totally self contained, and
should work fine anywhere.

Be forewarned, the CYGWIN directory can be very large, if you install
everything.

Dave


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Re: ed for cygwin

[J. David Boyd]

John Proffitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I have just loaded cygwin on my computer and it looks great.  I have started 
> to experiment with my unix script files to see what modifications will be 
> needed.  Many of my script files use the ed editor to manipulate files and 
> cygwin does not include the ed editor.
> 
> Is there a line editor that I can use under cygwin?
> What text editors are supplied with cygwin?
> 
> Also, I have many perl scripts, how do I load the perl package?
> 
> Thank you very much for your help.
> 
> John Proffitt

ed is postively included with Cygwin.  It is just not in the default install.

Start setup, and go look in the editors section.

Dave


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