Re: sundry using rootfs as cygwin-root

I have found that giving cygwin its own partition and setting / to the root of the volume gives the best of all worlds for me. I have also used systems with a LETTER:/cygwin and experienced no unexpected or inconvenient behaviour. Cheers Don Sharp Max Bowsher wrote: linda w wrote: Since some

tar reports octal value 63747150716 is out of time_t range

two's complement I have attached my cygcheck.out Cheers Don Sharp Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Thu Aug 19 11:25:57 2004 Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 Path: G:\usr\local\bin G:\\bin G:\usr\X11R6\bin G:\bin j

setup shows categories not packages in partial view

else seeing this effect? Cheers Don Sharp -- 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: setup shows categories not packages in partial view

Silly me! That will teach me to run setup at full screen in future. The default edge cuts off the package column. Sorry for the noise Cheers Don Sharp Don Sharp wrote: Hi Everyone Have I missed something? I am running setup and when I look at the Full or Partial views the version

Re: stty under cygwin

info stty over and over again until you've got it memorized! Suggest you look at the -g option to stty $ stty -g 50e:9:b0:d1f:0:f:0:0:4:8:3:15:16:1:1c:12:11:13:1a:0:0:17 Cheers Don Sharp #5: At a guess, you want to turn those hex numbers into actual bytes sent out the serial port

Re: Keypress anomaly: maybe locality specific

I can confirm Fergus' results with bash and show below that sh is free from the fault. G:\\bin\sh $ echo £ £ $ 789£ 789£: not found $ I attach my cygcheck.out Cheers Don Sharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Windows XP. The anomaly happens in Cygwin 1.5.6 and 1.5.5 and maybe earlier still, but I

cygcheck -c gives an Application Error

reported by cygcheck -s -r -v whose output is attached in cygcheck.out. Cheers Don Sharp$ cygcheck -c Cygwin Package Information Package VersionStatus _update-info-dir00223-1OK ash 20031007-1 OK astyle 1.15.3-3

Re: cygcheck -c gives an Application Error

See inline comments below Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Don Sharp wrote: I ran cygcheck -c this morning and the result, copied from the screen, is attached in cygfail.out. It resulted in an Application Error popup reporting The instruction at 00406cfe

Re: Info versus Man

Try pinfo. If it doesn't find an info page it'll look for a man page. HTH Don Sharp Brian Dessent wrote: zzapper wrote: Hi Ya All Is INFO just a viewer for Man Pages, or does it have it's own database? Is INFO preferred to MAN ?? (Sorry for hogging this NG recently

cp /dev/zero filename creates large files

to a considerable size in a short time. Can anyone else reproduce this? Attaching cygcheck.log Cheers Don Sharp cygcheck.log Description: application/unknown-content-type-txtfile -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com

Re: cp /dev/zero filename creates large files

Thanks to everyone that replied pointing out that it was /dev/null that I needed NOT /dev/zero. Thanks again Don Sharp Peter J. Acklam wrote: Don Sharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I carried out the following sequence of commands $ for i in `cat /tmp/d`; do if [ -f $i.idx ]; then ls -l

Re: need help

be an easier choice. Cheers Don Sharp -- 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: Question regarding problem during uninstall using setup.exe

Hi Alan Bear in mind that some of the mount points might include Cygwin packages. For instance my /usr/X11R6 is mounted from a separate partition for space reasons. So it couldn't be unmounted and still be updated. Cheers Don Sharp Alan Miles wrote: Rob, Sorry it has been a looong week

Re: Ideas re problem reporting

of those that have inadvertently inlined their cygcheck.out I would appreciate finding out how to dissuade Netscape 4.78 from inlining text attachments. Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

ls -l gets the dates wrong on CD

but in that case it seemed to apply to the root of FAT partitions. Cheers Don Sharp Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Tue Jul 15 16:17:23 2003 Windows NT Ver 4.0 Build 1381 Service Pack 6 Path: G:\usr\local\bin G:\\bin n:\X11R6\bin G:\bin j:\mksnt

Re: make from cvs file

the makefile? Try just typing make HTH Don Sharp -- 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: Does cygwin do find a little bit differently?

Hi Steve It is almost certain that you have MS Windows paths prior to cygwin/bin in your PATH and so you are picking up MS' find rather than the Cygwin find. Try which find HTH Don Sharp Steve wrote: Hi; I am on windows 2000 with cygwin. My apologies if this isn't a cygwin issue

Re: Reading a Solaris tape created by ufsdump

refused I probably need some Cygwin service to run to service the request, but which one? inetd is the service you need. Remember to read /usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-1.3.2.README HTH Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http

invisible mouse in fvwm2

to work I'd appreciate them. Please CC [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I am not currently subscribed to this list. TIA Don Sharp

Re: non network install

to ensure that the nominated local package directory is CD:\newtop HTH Don Sharp B Thomas wrote: Hi, Thank you for responding. But it doesn't seem like I have some thing missing , here is the listing of my top level CD-ROM directory : directory - total 1116 -r--r--r--1 bt bt

Re: non network install

. The path should be to the directory containing release. In your case My Documents\temp\Cygwin HTH Don Sharp Even this gave the same errors as I originally posted. It was then we decided to make the effort to get his computer to my place. Please

Re: sshd, ftpd telnetd starts, but says incorrect passwd

Are you running the inetd daemon to start ftpd and telnetd? If you aren't make sure you look at /usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-1.3.2.README. I run ftpd and telnetd all the time via inetd. Ensure your /etc/passwd and /etc/group are up to date. HTH Don Sharp Malghan, Ravi wrote: Please let me know

Re: testing accessibility to sources.redhat.com

Dear Cygwinners Thanks to David, Elfyn and Chris for replying. The correspondence has led me to finding the rule in my firewall which was blocking the ICMP echo reply request from sources.redhat.com. Access has been restored. Thanks again Don Sharp Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Feb 07

Re: testing accessibility to sources.redhat.com

Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 08:44:47PM +, Don Sharp wrote: Elfyn McBratney wrote: This is a somewhat off topic item. I have been trying for the last three weeks to update my cygwin installation with setup.exe. Unfortunately I can't establish

testing accessibility to sources.redhat.com

in the USA and then falls down a black hole. MY ISP says it's not his problem because he's passed the packets onward. Has anyone else, (particularly customers of blueyonder.co.uk), had any trouble reaching sources.redhat.com? Until recently I have had no difficulties updating. TIA Don Sharp

Re: testing accessibility to sources.redhat.com

have had no difficulties updating. Well I use blueyonder broadband, BT ADSL and B... Freeserve dial-up. I have no problems connecting from either service to s.r.c . Thanks for letting me know it works for you. Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml

Re: how to be superuser on W98 ?

but the mount points don't have to be real directories. HTH Don Sharp Even though I know that W98 has problem with security. the result of ls / is : bin cygwin.bat cygwin.ico etc home lib sbin tmp usr var and ls /usr writes : X11R6doci686-pc-mingw32 info man share ssl var

Re: No /dev Files for Tape Backup to Use?

rather than a DLT. Try mt -f /dev/st0 status If you get a reasonable status report you are in business. See the Cygwin User Guide which should have a section on special device names. HTH Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting

Re: GCC 2.96 for new cygwin?

for sure because I explicitly acquired both versions some while ago. 2.) Or how could I reinstall my old version from cygwin (installed about 8 months ago) where the gcc was 2.95 ?? HTH Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http

Re: pico and nano: number of lines displayed

unknown Seems you might have a flaky installation. Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: pico and nano: number of lines displayed

unknown Seems you might have a flaky installation. Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: rxvt, stty and login

by telnetd etc. If I don't type login in an rxvt window I don't run into the problem. Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http

Re: gawk not taking redirected input under command.com

Is it possible that cmd.exe (and command.com) redirections and pipes are not acceptable whereas bash.exe uses Cygwin implemented redirections? Cheers Don Sharp Barry Buchbinder wrote: It's definitly cygwin's gawk doing it. C:\ c:\cygwin\bin\gawk -f t autoexec.bat GAWK: t:3: fatal

Updated rxvt-2.7.2-13 disturbs vim's colours

. It soon happened again while editing with vim. Normal command line behaviour is OK. Reverting to the previous 2.7.2-12 lets me edit in peace. Just thought I better mention it! Cheers Don Sharp Steve O wrote: Hi, rxvt is a replacement for the Windows command window. This version fixes

problems if dot in front of bash CDPATH

of the CDPATH $ export CDPATH=/dosh/avalon/src/src:/dost/avalon/src $ cd dbase/.. /dosh/avalon/src/src Doesn't happen on the Unix systems I have access to. Is this unexpected behaviour for bash? Cheers Don Sharp Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Wed Sep 18 12:10:15 2002

Re: Cygrunsrv and backups

disabled. i couldnt find no info on the net on how to enable it. is this some kind of hardware thing, as in my drive does not support it or is it just a software preference? and if it is how do i set to yes, do you know? Sorry no. I suspect its a hardware capability. Cheers Don Sharp

Re: Cygrunsrv and backups

as /dev/[n]st[01..] if present on the system. Look it up in the archives around early to mid-November last year. Cheers Don Sharp cheers! -Original Message- From: Don Sharp [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 April 2002 06:09 To: gnuwin32 Subject: Re: Cygrunsrv and backups

Re: Cygrunsrv and backups

haven't include them. Hope that helps Don Sharp Craveiro, Marco wrote: Huh, before I starting getting flamed, may I just add that there is plenty of documentation about ssh and cron on the mailing list, I just made the mistake of using google instead of searching the mailing list directly

Re: IO Redirection

is that not obvious ? This is why: Robert Mark Bram@DIJONG ~ $ ls errors script1 script2 temp Robert Mark Bram@DIJONG ~ $ ls temp bash: syntax error near unexpected token `' try ls temp 21 Cheers Don Sharp Robert Mark Bram@DIJONG ~ $ Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com

Re: Telneting/ftping to cygwin

click OK on the pop-up, at which point it exits. running cygcheck I get $ cygcheck -r -s -v /tmp/cyg.txt cygcheck: dump_sysinfo: GetVolumeInformation() failed: 1005 but the output seems OK otherwise and appears below Cheers Don Sharp Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System

cygpath doubles backslashes

: on /cygdrive/e type system (binmode,noumount) k: on /cygdrive/k type system (binmode,noumount) l: on /cygdrive/l type system (binmode,noumount) All software latest available yesterday Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http

Re: cygpath doubles backslashes

Lapo Luchini wrote: $ mount G:\\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) G:\\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) From this it seems that is a setup.exe issue: you probably installed in G:\ and it didn't strip last backslach... Lapo has the right of it TVM Cheers Don Sharp

Re: at + bash

,noumount) /tmp is created by setup.exe. cgf Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

setup-2002-01-27-1.exe clips text

Using setup-2002-01-27-1.exe I have noticed that the text in the selection dialog is clipped. i.e. there appear to be ~3 pixels missing from the top of the displayed text on my 1280x1024 display. Haven't seen it reported so I thought I'd mention it. Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info

Re: named colour list

\USER32.dll C:\WINNT\System32\GDI32.dll C:\WINNT\System32\ADVAPI32.dll C:\WINNT\System32\RPCRT4.dll Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html

Re: Again Undefined Reference to WinMain

Recently, while trying to compile bcpp, I had exactly that message. My hair was becoming scarcer by the minute until I saw that I had a missing module. Adding the missing module to the link and lo and behold everything was fine! Hope that helps Don Sharp Prashant Kharche wrote: Hello

ftp can't set uid

with everything. Any joy making ftp work anyone? Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: ftp can't set uid

Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 04:14:08PM +, Don Sharp wrote: I found the following message during a google search, but no resolution. www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-05/msg01199.html Today I stopped inetd, removed as service, reinstalled inetutils, installed