Re: startx hanging - startup problem located

2005-04-29 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, martouf . wrote: in reference to my earlier message http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2005-03/msg00048.html and the following message http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2005-04/msg00152.html I can state I am -not- having a personal firewall problem. With the help

Re: startx hanging - startup problem located

2005-04-29 Thread martouf .
I don't have ZoneAlarm. I get past the xkbcomp problem by disabling keyboard extensions, at which point 'cat' spins at 90% CPU on .Xauthority instead of 'sh' spinning on xkbcomp. I did not have this problem with an older cygwin.dll (see my earlier message).

Re: startx hanging - startup problem located

2005-04-29 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, martouf . wrote: I don't have ZoneAlarm. I get past the xkbcomp problem by disabling keyboard extensions, at which point 'cat' spins at 90% CPU on .Xauthority instead of 'sh' spinning on xkbcomp. maybe /tmp mounted in textmode? strace will show unlimited cycles of

Re: startx hanging - startup problem located

2005-04-29 Thread martouf .
uhh, don't you mean System(), Popen() and Pclose() ? They're contained within and entire #if !defined(WIN32) stanza and I'm not sure what that means with respect to Cygwin. Did something change in fork(), exec() or exit() between 1.5.12 and 1.5.13 ? On 4/29/05, Alexander Gottwald [EMAIL

Re: startx hanging - startup problem located

2005-04-29 Thread martouf .
I don't have /tmp mounted as anything. / is mounted in binmode. $ mount C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) c: on /cygdrive/c type system (binmode,noumount) On 4/29/05, Alexander Gottwald [EMAIL

Re: startx hanging - startup problem located

2005-04-29 Thread Alexander Gottwald
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, martouf . wrote: uhh, don't you mean System(), Popen() and Pclose() ? No. I mean Fopen. This is the only place where /bin/cat is mentioned. They're contained within and entire #if !defined(WIN32) stanza and I'm not sure what that means with respect to Cygwin. WIN32

ssh -Y is not an option

2005-04-29 Thread ab2540
Hi I'm trying to run some apps on our unix server remotely from a windows XP box running cygwin/X. I have read and re-read all the posts and troubleshooting guides. First ssh -Y is not accepted as an option in the openssh I have installed second even following all the instructions I get the

ssh -Y is not an option

2005-04-29 Thread ab2540
Sorry the second paragraph should have read As I said ssh -Y just gives $ DISPLAY=windows-jferrera:0.0 ssh -Y nimbus ssh: unknown option -- Y Usage: ssh [options] host [command] regards Anna

Re: startx hanging - startup problem located

2005-04-29 Thread martouf .
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Alexander Gottwald wrote: uhh, don't you mean System(), Popen() and Pclose() ? No. I mean Fopen. This is the only place where /bin/cat is mentioned. oh yes, ok, I see now. thanks. They're contained within an entire #if !defined(WIN32) stanza and I'm not sure what

read bug in Cygwin xterm window only

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Farley
Hi all, The following program demonstrates what looks to me like a bug in the read function in an xterm (as opposed to a Cygwin console window). To run the test, compile with: gcc -g -o xtermbug.exe xtermbug.c When you run it in a console window, you can enter normal keyboard characters, then