RE: bash not functional on laptop with wireless (VPN) Connection
Cisco VPN Client has a built-in firewall. Open VPN Client and uncheck Options - Stateful Firewall (Always On). HTW, --Lino Tinoco -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: bash not functional on laptop with wireless (VPN) connection
All: Moving my home directory to a local directory (I used /home/browning) fixed the problem. Thanks. Regards, Jeff -Original Message- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:04 PM To: Browning, Jeff Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: RE: bash not functional on laptop with wireless (VPN) connection Ugh, top posting... Reformatted. On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Browning, Jeff wrote: -Original Message- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:47 AM To: Browning, Jeff Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cygwin.com/acronyms/PCYMTNQREAIYR. Google on the acronym for possible fixes. Thanks. Subject: Re: bash not functional on laptop with wireless On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Browning, Jeff wrote: All: I have installed Cygwin Xfree on my T40 laptop and yesterday when in the office over a normal wired ethernet connection, it was working fine. Today, I am working from home over a wireless connection, and Cygwin has become completely non-functional. The bash shell shows nothing, basically it's just dead. [snip] Any clue what is going on here? The bash thing sounds like a general Cygwin problem, so you should take it to the main Cygwin list (redirecting and setting Reply-To:). Do you happen to run a VPN in addition to your wireless connection? Also, please review http://cygwin.com/problems.html to see how you can provide the relevant information about your system. All: Per the instructions on the web page referred to by Igor, below, my cygcheck.out file is attached. Yes, I am running the Cisco VPN client in addition to a wireless network connection. So I just tested it with the wireless on, but the VPN off. It works fine. Therefore, the problem is the VPN connection not the wireless connection. Your cygcheck output shows that your home directory is on a network share. Can you access that share with VPN connection on? What directory does bash normally start up in? Can you run bash -i from a command prompt (i.e., omit the --login flag, so that it doesn't try to access your home directory)? If not, does bash --norc -i work? Do any other Cygwin programs (e.g., ls) work? My Cisco VPN client is version 4.0.2. My Cygwin was downloaded yesterday, so it should be fairly up-to-date. My bash shell reports 2.05b. The Cygwin information, BTW, is all contained in the cygcheck output[*]. The fact that simply turning off the VPN (as opposed to uninstalling it) makes things work suggests that it's not messing with things like TCP/IP stack, etc. Could it be simply that the VPN client sets some environment variables that interfere with Cygwin? My question, then, is how to use Cygwin, including the X server, in conjunction with my VPN connection. You'll have to debug this, as I have no problem running Cygwin on my home Win98 machine (yes, pathetic, isn't it) even when connected using Cisco VPN used by my father (I don't recall the version at the moment). If you can get one of the commands suggested above to work, it may be simply that bash tries to access your home directory and fails. If that is the case, check whether you can access your home share using Windows mechanisms -- perhaps there's a Windows/network configuration error somewhere. If you get repeatable hangs with all Cygwin programs (i.e., the VPN affects the working of the main Cygwin DLL), you'll need to use something like strace to see where it hangs (and analyze the output yourself -- please don't send unsolicited strace output to the list). The man page for strace should contain enough info to get you started. HTH, Igor [*] As I keep telling people, your Cygwin installation is only as up-to-date as the mirror you're using. You did use a mirror that's updated regularly, so in your case this doesn't apply, but I thought I'd throw this in for good measure... -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: bash not functional on laptop with wireless (VPN) connection
All: Yes, I am running the Cisco VPN client in addition to a wireless network connection. So I just tested it with the wireless on, but the VPN off. It works fine. Therefore, the problem is the VPN connection not the wireless connection. My Cisco VPN client is version 4.0.2. My Cygwin was downloaded yesterday, so it should be fairly up-to-date. My bash shell reports 2.05b. My question, then, is how to use Cygwin, including the X server, in conjunction with my VPN connection. Regards, Jeff -Original Message- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:47 AM To: Browning, Jeff Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: bash not functional on laptop with wireless On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Browning, Jeff wrote: All: I have installed Cygwin Xfree on my T40 laptop and yesterday when in the office over a normal wired ethernet connection, it was working fine. Today, I am working from home over a wireless connection, and Cygwin has become completely non-functional. The bash shell shows nothing, basically it's just dead. Running the startxwin.bat file from a normal DOS window shows the usual start message. The X icon appears, but will display nothing. Eventually, the X icon vanishes, apparently a silent crash. Any clue what is going on here? The bash thing sounds like a general Cygwin problem, so you should take it to the main Cygwin list (redirecting and setting Reply-To:). Do you happen to run a VPN in addition to your wireless connection? Also, please review http://cygwin.com/problems.html to see how you can provide the relevant information about your system. ...and it bounced due to a keyword in the subject (presumably XFree). So I changed the subject. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: bash not functional on laptop with wireless (VPN) Connection
All: Per the instructions on the web page referred to by Igor, below, my cygcheck.out file is attached. Regards, Jeff -Original Message- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:47 AM To: Browning, Jeff Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: bash not functional on laptop with wireless On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Browning, Jeff wrote: All: I have installed Cygwin Xfree on my T40 laptop and yesterday when in the office over a normal wired ethernet connection, it was working fine. Today, I am working from home over a wireless connection, and Cygwin has become completely non-functional. The bash shell shows nothing, basically it's just dead. Running the startxwin.bat file from a normal DOS window shows the usual start message. The X icon appears, but will display nothing. Eventually, the X icon vanishes, apparently a silent crash. Any clue what is going on here? The bash thing sounds like a general Cygwin problem, so you should take it to the main Cygwin list (redirecting and setting Reply-To:). Do you happen to run a VPN in addition to your wireless connection? Also, please review http://cygwin.com/problems.html to see how you can provide the relevant information about your system. ...and it bounced due to a keyword in the subject (presumably XFree). So I changed the subject. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT cygcheck.out Description: cygcheck.out -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: bash not functional on laptop with wireless (VPN) connection
Ugh, top posting... Reformatted. On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Browning, Jeff wrote: -Original Message- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:47 AM To: Browning, Jeff Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cygwin.com/acronyms/PCYMTNQREAIYR. Google on the acronym for possible fixes. Thanks. Subject: Re: bash not functional on laptop with wireless On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Browning, Jeff wrote: All: I have installed Cygwin Xfree on my T40 laptop and yesterday when in the office over a normal wired ethernet connection, it was working fine. Today, I am working from home over a wireless connection, and Cygwin has become completely non-functional. The bash shell shows nothing, basically it's just dead. [snip] Any clue what is going on here? The bash thing sounds like a general Cygwin problem, so you should take it to the main Cygwin list (redirecting and setting Reply-To:). Do you happen to run a VPN in addition to your wireless connection? Also, please review http://cygwin.com/problems.html to see how you can provide the relevant information about your system. All: Per the instructions on the web page referred to by Igor, below, my cygcheck.out file is attached. Yes, I am running the Cisco VPN client in addition to a wireless network connection. So I just tested it with the wireless on, but the VPN off. It works fine. Therefore, the problem is the VPN connection not the wireless connection. Your cygcheck output shows that your home directory is on a network share. Can you access that share with VPN connection on? What directory does bash normally start up in? Can you run bash -i from a command prompt (i.e., omit the --login flag, so that it doesn't try to access your home directory)? If not, does bash --norc -i work? Do any other Cygwin programs (e.g., ls) work? My Cisco VPN client is version 4.0.2. My Cygwin was downloaded yesterday, so it should be fairly up-to-date. My bash shell reports 2.05b. The Cygwin information, BTW, is all contained in the cygcheck output[*]. The fact that simply turning off the VPN (as opposed to uninstalling it) makes things work suggests that it's not messing with things like TCP/IP stack, etc. Could it be simply that the VPN client sets some environment variables that interfere with Cygwin? My question, then, is how to use Cygwin, including the X server, in conjunction with my VPN connection. You'll have to debug this, as I have no problem running Cygwin on my home Win98 machine (yes, pathetic, isn't it) even when connected using Cisco VPN used by my father (I don't recall the version at the moment). If you can get one of the commands suggested above to work, it may be simply that bash tries to access your home directory and fails. If that is the case, check whether you can access your home share using Windows mechanisms -- perhaps there's a Windows/network configuration error somewhere. If you get repeatable hangs with all Cygwin programs (i.e., the VPN affects the working of the main Cygwin DLL), you'll need to use something like strace to see where it hangs (and analyze the output yourself -- please don't send unsolicited strace output to the list). The man page for strace should contain enough info to get you started. HTH, Igor [*] As I keep telling people, your Cygwin installation is only as up-to-date as the mirror you're using. You did use a mirror that's updated regularly, so in your case this doesn't apply, but I thought I'd throw this in for good measure... -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/