Re: How to clean the local package directory?

2004-07-30 Thread fergus
The file /etc/setup/installed.db lists all the packages, and only the packages that you have currently installed, together with their version numbers. If you ara happy with that installation (and it sounds as though you are: your post does not mention any requirement for re-installation, it

Compiling a modified Xserver?

2004-07-30 Thread Amir Bukhari
Hi, I hope you know about the new Desktop Looking Glass (if not take a look at lg3d.dev.java.net). I try now to let it work on cygwin-xfree, theoretical should work, because we use the X Server from Xorg version and we have not modified hw/* files, we almost just work in DIX and mi code. I want

How do I delete old cygwin directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Don V Black
Hi Again - I have a couple of backup CYGWIN directories on my hard drive that I cannot remove even when I logon as Administrator. I had a disk crash and was forced to restore the W2K system onto a new harddrive. I used the old drive (120GB) as a data disk. The old drive contains the old CYGWIN

Re: How do I delete old cygwin directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Alexey N. Solofnenko
I think Linux will not honour Windows permissions, so you can try mounting the partition in Linux. - Alexey. Don V Black wrote: Hi Again - I have a couple of backup CYGWIN directories on my hard drive that I cannot remove even when I logon as Administrator. I had a disk crash and was forced to

Re: How do I delete old cygwin directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 09:28:23AM -0700, Alexey N. Solofnenko wrote: I think Linux will not honour Windows permissions, so you can try mounting the partition in Linux. That's one option. If that doesn't work, you'll probably get more opinions in the main cygwin list. This really is not

Re: How do I delete old cygwin directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Don V Black
Good idea, except that my dual boot version of RH Linux on that machine does not support the NTFS file structure that is on the 120GB HD. Can the person who wrote the CYGWIN install utility answer this question? - Don At 09:28 AM 7/30/2004 -0700, you wrote: I think Linux will not honour Windows

main Cygwin list?

2004-07-30 Thread Don V Black
At 12:31 PM 7/30/2004 -0400, you wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 09:28:23AM -0700, Alexey N. Solofnenko wrote: I think Linux will not honour Windows permissions, so you can try mounting the partition in Linux. That's one option. If that doesn't work, you'll probably get more opinions in the main

How do I delete crashed cygwin/x directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Don V Black
Hello Once More - I have a couple of CYGWIN/X directories on my hard drive that I cannot remove even when I logon as Administrator. This is a question for the person(s) who wrote the cygwin and cygwin/x Windows installation scripts. The directories and files were installed via the CYGWIN/X

Re: How do I delete crashed cygwin/x directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Earle F. Philhower III
For undeletable files first run chkdsk /f on the drive and make sure it's clean. Then try the steps listed in the MS KB article linked below, especially the subinacl command and the del \\?\ suggestions. You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume

Re: main Cygwin list?

2004-07-30 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Don V Black wrote: At 12:31 PM 7/30/2004 -0400, you wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 09:28:23AM -0700, Alexey N. Solofnenko wrote: Don V Black wrote: I have a couple of backup CYGWIN directories on my hard drive that I cannot remove even when I logon as Administrator.

Re: How do I delete old cygwin directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 03:06:42PM -0700, Don V Black wrote: Can the person who wrote the CYGWIN install utility answer this question? Probably not. cgf

Re: How do I delete crashed cygwin/x directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Don V Black
Earle - You were right, thanks. The solution is logged below so that it can be searched for in the archives. At 04:37 PM 7/30/2004 -0700, you wrote: For undeletable files first run chkdsk /f on the drive and make sure it's clean. Then try the steps listed in the MS KB article linked below,

cygwin/X 1.5.10.1 graphics/fonts problem

2004-07-30 Thread victoriahlau
I use cygwin/X to log in to a UNIX workstation (Solaris 8/HP-UX 11.0) running CDE environment from a PC with W2000. I had cygwin 1.4.3 running with no problem using the template script with the following changes: set REMOTE_HOST=147.17.19.26 start Xwin -indirect %REMOTE_HOST% -nodecoration

src/winsup/mingw ChangeLog include/string.h

2004-07-30 Thread dannysmith
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-07-30 08:19:58 Modified files: winsup/mingw : ChangeLog winsup/mingw/include: string.h Log message: * include/string.h: Revert 2004-07-26 additions of __ATTRIBUTE_PURE.

src/winsup/mingw ChangeLog include/dirent.h

2004-07-30 Thread dannysmith
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-07-30 08:27:30 Modified files: winsup/mingw : ChangeLog winsup/mingw/include: dirent.h Log message: * include/dirent.h (struct _wdirent): Remove obsolete comment. Patches:

src/winsup/cygserver ChangeLog bsd_mutex.cc

2004-07-30 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-07-30 14:48:19 Modified files: winsup/cygserver: ChangeLog bsd_mutex.cc Log message: * bsd_mutex.cc (_msleep): Reset event object and close it before entering mutex. Turn order of

Re: Fix dup for /dev/dsp

2004-07-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Hi Guys, do we have any further news? Corinna On Jul 26 21:33, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: At 12:04 PM 7/24/2004 -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: snip But the current code seems to assume a shared memory. Otherwise setting the owner to the current PID is completely useless (except perhaps

Socket problem w/ apache perl cgi

2004-07-30 Thread David A. Rogers
I have a snippet of perl code that runs fine at the bash prompt but fails when run under apache as a cgi app. === #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use IO::Socket; print Content-type: text/plain\n\n; my $socket = IO::Socket::INET-new(PeerAddr = 127.0.0.1,

Re[2]: Automated Installation on Multiple Machines

2004-07-30 Thread 3APA3A
Dear Tennis Smith (tennis), --Thursday, July 29, 2004, 11:45:20 PM, you wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: TSt Cool! Thanks. Does it work with NT or XP as well? Yes. You can easily deploy Cygwin or whatever you want with sysdiff (it can be found in deploy.cab on Windows 2000/2003 Server CD).

Installing expect from sources and problem with tclconfig

2004-07-30 Thread Ariel Burbaickij
Hello dear maling list memebers, I have following situation with installation of expect from sources: while trying to configure the package I get the error tcl config not found, even though I provide the explicit reference to the location of the tclConfig.sh file, which is present even twice on

Re: text/binmode endless loop

2004-07-30 Thread Alexander Gottwald
Christopher Faylor wrote: This shows write() being called repeatedly. The fact that setmode_helper shows up a bunch of time doesn't mean that it is caught in a loop. You can't infer that from strace. You'd need to confirm that with gdb. But why does it change repeatedly from text to bin

Re: text/binmode endless loop

2004-07-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jul 30 09:33, Alexander Gottwald wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: This shows write() being called repeatedly. The fact that setmode_helper shows up a bunch of time doesn't mean that it is caught in a loop. You can't infer that from strace. You'd need to confirm that with gdb.

Re: cygwin 1.4.0 - fork stops working (permission denied)

2004-07-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jul 29 11:45, George Morin wrote: I am currently running an application which uses fork/exec to run various background jobs. Every once in a while (less than .5%) I've found that fork fails and with strerror have received a permission denied error. From that point on, all subsequent forks

Re: cygserver - Postgres Multiple connection Load Testing - Inifinte Loop

2004-07-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jul 28 20:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $ postgres --version postgres (PostgreSQL) 7.4.3 $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.0 sbellan-nb 1.5.10(0.116/4/2) 2004-05-25 22:07 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin While doing Load testing using DOTS, after 5 to 6 connections the machine starts to slow down

Re: text/binmode endless loop

2004-07-30 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 12:14:54PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jul 30 09:33, Alexander Gottwald wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: This shows write() being called repeatedly. The fact that setmode_helper shows up a bunch of time doesn't mean that it is caught in a loop. You

Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Volker Bandke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, This msg relates to an earlier one at http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-04/msg00223.html with title Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines I have a ASUS P4-P800E DELUXE Motherboard in my PC, with an Intel

Re: How to configure Korn shell (having MKS installed) for the latest Cygwin version (just recently downloaded)?

2004-07-30 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Povolotsky, Alexander wrote: Hi Igor , Could (in general) Cygwin be configured for Korn shell instead of bash shell ? I have MKS Unix emulation on Windows, installed (it is Korn shell based) - what would be the procedure in that case for configuring Korn shell for

Re: Socket problem w/ apache perl cgi

2004-07-30 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, David A. Rogers wrote: I have a snippet of perl code that runs fine at the bash prompt but fails when run under apache as a cgi app. === #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use IO::Socket; print Content-type: text/plain\n\n; my $socket

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 03:30:20PM +0200, Volker Bandke wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, This msg relates to an earlier one at http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-04/msg00223.html with title Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines I

Clarifications RE original qustions posted in : How to configure Korn shell (having MKS installed) for the latest Cygwin version (just rec ently downloaded)?

2004-07-30 Thread Povolotsky, Alexander
Hello, Igor - thanks for the info on the configuring Cygwin to use Korn shell (ksh). Further, would you by any chance know whether cross-compiling/building Linux work in Cygwin, configured with Korn ksh shell (instead of bash shell) ? As for your last question, ISTR that someone did

Re: Clarifications RE original qustions posted in : How to configure Korn shell (having MKS installed) for the latest cygwin version (just rec ently downloaded)?

2004-07-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 10:23:35AM -0400, Povolotsky, Alexander wrote: Igor - thanks for the info on the configuring Cygwin to use Korn shell (ksh). Further, would you by any chance know whether cross-compiling/building Linux work in Cygwin, configured with Korn ksh shell (instead of bash

Re: Socket problem w/ apache perl cgi

2004-07-30 Thread David A. Rogers
uname -a = CYGWIN_NT-5.1 Thor 1.5.10(0.116/4/2) 2004-05-25 22:07 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin I run apache from the command line like this: /usr/sbin/apachectl start cygwin=ntsec Windows-wise I have administrator priviledges. I have attached cygcheck dar On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Igor

Re: [Bug] wget and files 2GB

2004-07-30 Thread Chris Herborth
Max Bowsher wrote: On attempting to wget a DVD image, wget ended the transfer at 2GB. Could the maintainer look into this, please? As an alternative, you could try using lftp; it supports a wide range of protocols and features (sort of like a mutant cross between ncftp, wget, and sftp). --

how about providing Sniff+ support out of Cygwin (thus elliminati ng need of MKS use) ?

2004-07-30 Thread Povolotsky, Alexander
We really don't want to go down the road of trying to figure out how to integrate a competing product's shell with cygwin. Then - how about providing Sniff+ support out of Cygwin (thus elliminating need of MKS use) ? -Original Message- From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how about providing Sniff+ support out of cygwin (thus elliminati ng need of MKS use) ?

2004-07-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:35:05AM -0400, Povolotsky, Alexander wrote: We really don't want to go down the road of trying to figure out how to integrate a competing product's shell with cygwin. Then - how about providing Sniff+ support out of Cygwin (thus eliminating the need for MKS) ? I am not

Re: Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Chuck McDevitt
Volker Bandke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/30/2004 09:30 AM To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise) -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, This msg relates to an earlier one at

Re: Clarifications RE original qustions posted in : How to configure Korn shell (having MKS installed) for the latest Cygwin version (just rec ently downloaded)?

2004-07-30 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Alex, Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To header -- I set it for a reason. Also, http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Thanks. Secondly, asking people to help you use Cygwin to later use a competing product is bordering off-topic for this list. However, I would be

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:41:39AM -0400, Chuck McDevitt wrote: I've also been trying to convince my company to donate a hyperthreaded machine to someone on the cygwin project, but so far, management's reaction is How do we know anyone will work on the problem, even if we give them a machine? And

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Chuck McDevitt
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:41:39AM -0400, Chuck McDevitt wrote: I've also been trying to convince my company to donate a hyperthreaded machine to someone on the cygwin project, but so far, management's reaction is How do we know anyone will work on the problem, even if we give them a machine? And

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 12:03:16PM -0400, Chuck McDevitt wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:41:39AM -0400, Chuck McDevitt wrote: I've also been trying to convince my company to donate a hyperthreaded machine to someone on the cygwin project, but so far, management's reaction is How do we know

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Volker Bandke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 FWIW, I have a multi-cpu machine and have, in the past, run the supposedly failing tests for days without problem. On my single-CPU, Hyperthreading machine the error occurs within 30 minutes, latest, even if no other activity is going on...

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Larry Hall
At 12:17 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 FWIW, I have a multi-cpu machine and have, in the past, run the supposedly failing tests for days without problem. On my single-CPU, Hyperthreading machine the error occurs within 30 minutes, latest, even if no

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Volker Bandke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Larry, this may be a language thing - English is not my native language) - but the script I provided does show the stated behaviour -it provides enough load in and of itself. As I said, it sometimes fails after 50 or so iterations, sometimes

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:10 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Larry, this may be a language thing - English is not my native language) - but the script I provided does show the stated behaviour -it provides enough load in and of itself. As I said, it sometimes fails after

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Volker Bandke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is it fair to assume that you've run the same thing with HT turned off and that you don't see the problem? It is. I cancelled the script the next morning, don't remember the number of iterations displayed, though

Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise)

2004-07-30 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:42 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is it fair to assume that you've run the same thing with HT turned off and that you don't see the problem? It is. I cancelled the script the next morning, don't remember the number of iterations displayed,

Re: [Bug] wget and files 2GB

2004-07-30 Thread Hack Kampbjorn
Max Bowsher wrote: On attempting to wget a DVD image, wget ended the transfer at 2GB. Could the maintainer look into this, please? No, I cannot wget has never supported 2 Gbyte files. Some Linux distributions have written their own Large File support, but never in a portable way. You are welcome

Re: [Bug] wget and files 2GB

2004-07-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Hack Kampbjorn wrote: Max Bowsher wrote: On attempting to wget a DVD image, wget ended the transfer at 2GB. Could the maintainer look into this, please? No, I cannot wget has never supported 2 Gbyte files. Thanks for the info, I was not aware of this. Some Linux distributions have

Re: cygserver - Postgres Multiple connection Load Testing - Inifinte Loop

2004-07-30 Thread sarbx-cygwin6344
On Jul 28 20:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $ postgres --version postgres (PostgreSQL) 7.4.3 $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.0 sbellan-nb 1.5.10(0.116/4/2) 2004-05-25 22:07 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin While doing Load testing using DOTS, after 5 to 6 connections the machine starts to slow down and cygserver

RE: [Bug] wget and files 2GB

2004-07-30 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)
OT One possibility: Try a native Windows tool. Internet Explorer or the ftp that comes with Windows might be able to handle it. There are other free (as in $0, not necessarily OS) possibilities. As much as one might like to use open source tools that one is familiar with, sometimes it may be

Re: [Bug] wget and files 2GB

2004-07-30 Thread Robert Pendell
Sorry but that won't work either. Reason being is that even most windows download managers have this problem. Getright is one and I think that there are several others. Most don't support beyond 2GB. On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:43:23 -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote: OT One

Re: [Bug] wget and files 2GB

2004-07-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote: OT One possibility: Try a native Windows tool. Internet Explorer or the ftp that comes with Windows might be able to handle it. There are other free (as in $0, not necessarily OS) possibilities. As much as one might like to use open source tools that

How do I delete crashed cygwin/x directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Don V Black
Hello Once More - I have a couple of CYGWIN/X directories on my hard drive that I cannot remove even when I logon as Administrator. This is a question for the person(s) who wrote the cygwin and cygwin/x Windows installation scripts. The directories and files were installed via the CYGWIN/X

Re: [cygwin tipstricks] Shortcut to vim in Send to folder

2004-07-30 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Tomasz, On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, Tomasz Rojek wrote: Hi all, I would like to share with this tip with any cygwin newbie (all the cygwin developers know it for sure :) Apparently not... I use a few text editors in my daily work, today I finally ;) came to idea to have a shortcut pointing to

Re: [cygwin tipstricks] Shortcut to vim in Send to folder

2004-07-30 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Resending a copy since the previous one was apparently silently dropped by the SPAM filter. Apologies in advance if both make it through. On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: [snip] ... It also showed me a way to properly implement vi.bat and vimdiff.bat (attached) which allow one to

STL std::random_shuffle behavior fails with lrand48

2004-07-30 Thread Jim Kleckner
Attached is a simple test case of std::random_shuffle() that gives different answers on cygwin and RH Linux. Note that the output looks like a simple circular rotation on cygwin but works correctly on RH 7.2. The problem appears to be the implementation of lrand48(). If you undefine: #undef

Re: STL std::random_shuffle behavior fails with lrand48

2004-07-30 Thread Arturus Magi
Jim Kleckner wrote: Version of cygwin is current (see attached file for all version stamps) gcc 3.3.1-3 gcc-g++ 3.3.1-3 version of gcc/g++ on Linux is 2.96. The test program is attached as is cygcheck output. To run it just type (note that -mno-cygwin is *not*