Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: postgresql-7.4-1

Volker, On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 11:53:26AM +0100, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > Is it by intention that the python dll's are missing relative to the > latest version ? No, it appears that interfaces/python is no longer part of the standard PostgreSQL source distribution: $ tar -tzf postgresql-7.3

Re: running cygwin on mutiple operating systems

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > P.P.S. Speaking of Linux, did you know that Cygwin runs under > WINE? :-D Really ? Everything, including compiling ? -- How to contact me - http://www.pervalidus.net/contact.html -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: [CYGWIN] Updated Cygwin Package: postgresql-7.4-1

Markus, On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 11:50:58AM +0100, Markus Seibold wrote: > > Please read the README file: > > > > /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.4.README > > I just installed postgresql-7.4-1 using the cygwin setup.exe. > > On my PC, the postgresql-7.4.README is not located in /usr/doc/Cygwin/

Re: Cwd::cwd() bug??? on Cygwin

On 11/15/2003 10:56 AM, Randy W. Sims wrote: Ok, this might in fact be a Cygwin problem. Cygwin & Cwd. The following produces the error "Usage: Cwd::cwd() at Module.pm line 6." under Cygwin Ok, I finally had a chance to look into this one. Finding the problem was easy, but I don't know the prope

Re: Crontab does not run

I definitely installed Cygwin on my Windows 2k machine as "All Users". The crontab I am creating is under my individual user name. When I remove my crontab file and type the command "./crontab -l" it lists my username in the "no cronfile" response, which by the way is on the network domain, not

Ignore my 00:18 posting

Please ignore my 00:18 posting. I tried to send that message yesterday, but I guess it got lost on its way. Go figure... Thx _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgm

Crontab does not run, Windows 2000

Crontab will not run on my Cygwin platform. I am using Cygwin 1.5.5 under Windows 2000 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4. I want to schedule some bash scripts using crontab. Each script runs perfectly fine on its own. I created the following crontab from the bash shell, located at /bin/bash: # DO NOT

Re: Crontab does not work, Windows 2000

Igor, I did not run the cygrunsrv utility. I searched my hard drive and it does not exist. I just created a crontab under my username from the "crontab -e" command. Is cygrunsrv a trivial part of running cron tasks? Also, I ran cron_diagnose and it is getting stuck on the mounts. I'm pretty su

Re: running cygwin on mutiple operating systems

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Marty Leisner wrote: > I'm going to dual boot a system with win xp and win 2k (and of course > linux). > > I assume I'll make two smallish partitions to boot from (one each for > xp and 2k on one disk) and one larger partition...they'll all be > ntfs... > > What's the best way

running cygwin on mutiple operating systems

I'm going to dual boot a system with win xp and win 2k (and of course linux). I assume I'll make two smallish partitions to boot from (one each for xp and 2k on one disk) and one larger partition...they'll all be ntfs... What's the best way to have cygwin shared between the two operating systems

ssh

Hi, connect.exe is working, but ssh is not. I can connect to my server from my local network, but not remotely. This is from my sshd log Nov 20 07:09:55 [sshd] Did not receive identification string from :::xxx.123.110.69 the error I get in cygwin is: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection

Re: Crontab does not work, Windows 2000

Tim, Umm, sorry, I meant just the underlined lines, but I guess no dice... Did you try running Mark Harig's cron_diagnose.sh (Google for it) on your system? Does it report any errors? Does the "date" example produce any messages in syslog (i.e., Windows Event log)? An obligatory silly question

Re: Crontab does not work, Windows 2000

Igor, The output I displayed in my last posting was from the event log. It is not what my script is supposed to output. My script uses the lynx utility to download specific data files from an http site and echoes some progress statements back to the shell. I have tried what you suggested below

windows SIGTRAP

Hi all, I've ported an old dos application to compile in cygwin under mingw. It does its own context switching via traps. I'm not about to say the port is correct just yet, but I need a bit of guidance here. Unfortunately, when I try and run the application now, it goes a bit, but then crashes

Strange problem linking Windows DLL - 'Error: 0-bit reloc in dll'

I am building a Python 2.3 extension module in Cygwin using gcc version 3.3.1 (cygming special) with binutils version 2.14.90. There do not appear to be any unresolved symbols, but I get the error: Error: 0-bit reloc in dll This DLL is a port of Solaris code and links in Sybase OpenClient Window

Re: Fw: *** CreateFileMapping, Win32 error 5. Terminating.

Hi. As suggested in a previous message, I give here more details of what my problem is in order it would be (hopefully) more easy to help me. I connect by a RemoteDesktop Connection fromWindows XP to a Win2000 server. When logged in, I open a command prompt (in the cygwin main directory), and then

Re: For masochists: the leap o faith

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 21:56, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:10:08AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > > We have two choices (no particular order of preference): > > a) make MAX_PATH and posix friends the maximum length path cygwin will > > accept/return. Return ENAMETOOLONG on pa

Re: ghostscript on Windows and cygwin path style

Yes, it does help. Thank you very much, Igor, for taking the time and the effort to solve the problem that quickly and for providing the solution complete and concrete. Nevine - Original Message - From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nev Bis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMA

Re: ghostscript on Windows and cygwin path style

Nevine, Ah, that explains it. The script I suggested earlier will look at the whole parameter. If you want to transform parts of parameters, you'd have to do something a bit more sophisticated, like #!/bin/sh PARAMS="" for i in "$@"; do case "$i" in -*=/*) i="`echo "$i" | \

Variables in Makefiles

Cygwin folks, I'm having trouble getting makefiles to work in the cygwin environment. They work perfectly fine in Linux. I've checked the mailing list archives, google, google groups, and the faq for help but haven't found the solution. Any help would be appreciates. Please CC me on responses as

Re: Fw: *** CreateFileMapping, Win32 error 5. Terminating.

At 03:03 PM 11/20/2003, Fabrice Larribe you wrote: >Hi. > >I'm not a computer guy, so forgive me if my question is awkward ! > >I use cygwin by the intermediate of a Windows XP remote Desktop >Connection, and I connect to Win2000 server. I use cygwin mainly to compile >and run c++ code (to

Re: installer chokes on unix line endings

On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 07:00:11AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 06:54, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 06:33:37AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >>>That said, it's probably easy enough to tweak the parser, and I'll >>>review a patch happily. >> >>I'm confuse

Fw: *** CreateFileMapping, Win32 error 5. Terminating.

Hi. I'm not a computer guy, so forgive me if my question is awkward ! I use cygwin by the intermediate of a Windows XP remote Desktop Connection, and I connect to Win2000 server. I use cygwin mainly to compile and run c++ code (to do scientific simulations). I have used Cygwin in this co

Re: installer chokes on unix line endings

On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 06:54, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 06:33:37AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >That said, it's probably easy enough to tweak the parser, and I'll > >review a patch happily. > > I'm confused. As I mentioned, setup.ini is built on linux and the setup.ini

Re: installer chokes on unix line endings

On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 06:33:37AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 02:52, Neal Becker wrote: >> Ironic, isn't it? If you download setup.ini with unix line endings, the >> installer fails to parse it. I'm guessing this can't be too hard to fix. > >Fix what? Setup is responsible

Re: Crontab does not work, Windows 2000

Tim, Replies inline below. On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Tim Ashman wrote: > Igor > > I have attached the windows event log. Can you help? Thanks. > > Event Type: Information > Event Source: ./crontab > Event Category: None > Event ID: 0 > Date: 11/18/2003 > Time: 10:37:29

Re: installer chokes on unix line endings

On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 02:52, Neal Becker wrote: > Ironic, isn't it? If you download setup.ini with unix line endings, the > installer fails to parse it. I'm guessing this can't be too hard to fix. Fix what? Setup is responsible for doing it's own downloads. If you use an external tool - presumab

Re: installer chokes on unix line endings

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 10:52:47AM -0500, Neal Becker wrote: >Ironic, isn't it? If you download setup.ini with unix line endings, >the installer fails to parse it. I'm guessing this can't be too hard >to fix. Huh? setup.ini is generated on UNIX so it normally does have UNIX line endings. cgf

Re: Crontab does not work, Windows 2000

Igor I have attached the windows event log. Can you help? Thanks. Event Type: Information Event Source: ./crontab Event Category: None Event ID: 0 Date: 11/18/2003 Time: 10:37:29 AM User: ECPACIFIC\ashmant Computer: TAYLORBILL Description: The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( ./cront

Re: ghostscript on Windows and cygwin path style

Yes, It does. I got the echo Before I sent the last reply, I tried invoking gs from cygwin's command prompt with the switch -sOutputFile=/tmp/somefile.pcx and got the same error. Thanks, Nevine --- Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nev, > > Please make sure your mailer respects Re

Re: ghostscript on Windows and cygwin path style

Nev, Please make sure your mailer respects Reply-To:. Does your gs script get invoked by xfig? Try putting an "echo 'gs...'" in the beginning of your script and see if it shows up in the output. Igor On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Nev Bis wrote: > Thank you very much for your help and prompt res

Re: ghostscript on Windows and cygwin path style

Thank you very much for your help and prompt response. Now gs responds correctly to this command from cygwin's command prompt: gs /c/somefile.ps But the problem is that xfig specifies the output file to be /tmp/somefile.pix. gs tries to look for a \tmp directory and does not realize that this is

Re: Crontab does not work, Windows 2000

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Tim Ashman wrote: Crontab will not run on my Cygwin platform. I am using Cygwin 1.5.5 under Windows 2000 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4. I want to schedule some bash scripts using crontab. Each script runs perfectly fine on its own. I created the following crontab from the bash sh

Re: ghostscript on Windows and cygwin path style

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Nev Bis wrote: > I have cygwin version 1.32 running on Windows XP Pro. FYI, there is no such version. Your cygcheck.out shows version 1.3.22. The latest is 1.5.5. I'd recommend upgrading. > I have ghostscript 8.11 installed in > C:\gs\gs8.11\bin

Cygwin I18N issues and CJK (DBCS UTF-8) issues

Hi All: Could any one give me any information about how Cygwin support I18N and CJK(DBCS - double byte characters, such as Japaness, Chinese, Korean)? Currently I want to set up Cygwin to execute lots of bash through SSH on target machine. But I don't see any document about Cygwin setup with I1

Crontab does not work, Windows 2000

Crontab will not run on my Cygwin platform. I am using Cygwin 1.5.5 under Windows 2000 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4. I want to schedule some bash scripts using crontab. Each script runs perfectly fine on its own. I created the following crontab from the bash shell, located at /bin/bash: # DO NOT

1.5.5: SEGV in calloc before start of main

In a program that has been running on cygwin (and other Unix platforms) for many years, I have started getting a SEGV in calloc: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x6103ee0e in cygwin1!calloc () from /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll This occurs even if I set a breakpoint at the start of my

ghostscript on Windows and cygwin path style

I have cygwin version 1.32 running on Windows XP Pro. I have ghostscript 8.11 installed in C:\gs\gs8.11\bin. Under this same directory, I have a file called "gs", containing this line: gswin32c $* I also have XFree86 installed and xfig 3.2.4 Xfig has a problem invoking gs to convert a eps file i

Re: Problem with noninteractive bash initialization

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > Don't know, WFM: > > $ echo '#!/bin/bash > echo "Hellow"' > xyz > $ bash -x xyz > + echo Hellow > Hellow > $ bash --version > GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) > Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > $ > > BTW, the

Re: latex and lyx

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003, koorapati, koundinya wrote: > The thing is that MikTex should be used instead of the the default > tetex/latex that gets installed with cygwin. There are instructions to > uninstall tetex. Am I right in assuming so ? Some of the installation instructions for the cygwin port

RE: Problem with noninteractive bash initialization

Hi Wirawan, the section "Invoked non-interactively" of "http://www.gnu.org/manual/bash-2.05a/html_mono/bashref.html#SEC62"; describes the differences to the other forms of invoking bash. There is no reference to the .bashrc startup script. That states only that there is no other invoking of sta

installer chokes on unix line endings

Ironic, isn't it? If you download setup.ini with unix line endings, the installer fails to parse it. I'm guessing this can't be too hard to fix. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http:

RE: Problem with noninteractive bash initialization

Perhaps. But it's more likely to be something local in your environment. As stated in , your problem is not reproducible generally so you're going to need to dig a little deeper to find its source. Larry At 10:38 AM 11/20/2003, Wirawan Purwa

RE: Problem with noninteractive bash initialization

Yes, BUT I suppose that the shell used for executing a script is a NON-interactive shell, because it doesn't take _commands_ from the user, rather from the script. Isn't this right? Therefore it does not agree with the prescribed behavior in the documentation. Wirawan On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Morche

Re: unable to open the display on local machine

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 08:12:56AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello, > >I have installed cygwin localy on a W2K PC. >I have installed the package ghostview, using the setup.exe utility. >Now, if I try to start ghostview, I type: >$ gv & >I get the error message: >gv: Unable to open the displa

Re: ssh: Permission denied

If AdminCCRD is really an account created to run sshd and has been properly privileged to allow switching users, then this is really not a good account to log into with ssh. Why not use a "regular" account without all these security risks? I guess I'm not communicating well, though I'm not sure h

1.5.5: 'date', 'ls -la' are too slow (2-3 secs on a powerfull PC!)

There are some strange delays happenning in some commands. Below the output of 'date' and 'ls -la' on an empty directory and the slow calls found by strace. Thank you in advance for giving a feedback. Regards, Andrei ~t> date;date;date;date;date

RE: latex and lyx

The thing is that MikTex should be used instead of the the default tetex/latex that gets installed with cygwin. There are instructions to uninstall tetex. Am I right in assuming so ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thorsten Kampe Sent: Thursd

Re: latex and lyx

* Demmer, Thomas (2003-11-20 10:07 +0100) > Thorsten Kampe wrote: >>* koorapati, koundinya (2003-11-20 09:24 +0100) >>> Has anyone got lyx to work under cygwin with latex (one which is >>> packaged under cygwin ?. >> >>Yes, works like a charm. There's s package for Cygwin on their >>website

RE: Problem with noninteractive bash initialization

> From: Igor Pechtchanski > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:15 PM > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Wirawan Purwanto wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > How should a noninteractive bash begin (i.e. for executing a script)? > > Should bash read init files like ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, or > > /etc/profile? Accor

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: postgresql-7.4-1

> "Jason" == Jason Tishler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jason> New News: Jason> === Jason> I have updated the version of PostgreSQL to 7.4-1. The tarballs should Jason> be available on a Cygwin mirror near you shortly. Is it by intention that the python dll's are missing

RE: FW: OpenSSH Problem

Thanks, All looks good now. Regards Martin Liffe @ London -Original Message- From: Larry Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 November 2003 19:01 To: Martin Jones; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Eric Hanchrow Subject: RE: FW: OpenSSH Problem ---INTERNET EMAIL NOTIFICATION--- This email

Re:Cygwin binary works but not from a cygwin shell

> Now I've built an nedit binary with 1.5.5 and it works fine, only I > can't start it from the bash or another cygwin shell. I get a > segfault and a signal 11. However, when I export HOME to a > directory *outside* the cygwin tree (which I usually do - I have a > sh script starting up nedit and s

Re: latex and lyx

Thorsten Kampe wrote: >* koorapati, koundinya (2003-11-20 09:24 +0100) >> Has anyone got lyx to work under cygwin with latex (one which is >> packaged under cygwin ?. > >Yes, works like a charm. There's s package for Cygwin on their >website. > >Thorsten Thorsten, there is no cygwin packag

Re: ssh: Permission denied

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 09:02:08AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > AdminCCRD is also the account I configured for the sshd demon when setting > up the Windows service. He has local admin rights. Local Admins don't have the right to do this. You must run sshd under LocalSystem account to do this

installing kinput2 and canna with cygwin

Dear Cygwin users, I am trying to install kinput2 (Version 3.1) and canna (Version 3.6) in order to input Japanese characters into XFIG, which runs on my copy of Cygwin/XFree86 on a Windows XP PC. I downloaded both tar files from the Debian web site and successfully installed and compiled both of

Re: latex and lyx

* koorapati, koundinya (2003-11-20 09:24 +0100) > Has anyone got lyx to work under cygwin with latex (one which is > packaged under cygwin ?. Yes, works like a charm. There's s package for Cygwin on their website. Thorsten -- Content-Type: text/explicit; charset=ISO-8859-666 (Parental A

latex and lyx

Cygwin users, Has anyone got lyx to work under cygwin with latex (one which is packaged under cygwin ?. Thanks Koundinya -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.

Re: ssh: Permission denied

Sorry, my info was too sparse. Here is what I could find: /var/log/sshd.log: no entries on both sides Windows event log: The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( sshd ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messag

Re: unable to open the display on local machine

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hello, | | I have installed cygwin localy on a W2K PC. | I have installed the package ghostview, using the setup.exe utility. | Now, if I try to start ghostview, I type: | $ gv & | I get the error message: | gv: Unable to open

unable to open the display on local machine

Hello, I have installed cygwin localy on a W2K PC. I have installed the package ghostview, using the setup.exe utility. Now, if I try to start ghostview, I type: $ gv & I get the error message: gv: Unable to open the display. I tried to set the DISPLAY variable: $setenv DISPLAY localhost:0.0 But