Latest Cygwin: rl_getenv_hook problem

Hi All, I'm having a problem with Cygwin after I've upgraded to the latest version of most of the packages. I haven't found anything about the problem in the Net and on this mailing list, so I've decided to post it here. sh.exe won't start with the following error message: The procedure entry p

Re: Windows Vista and CygWin

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: McArdle, Christian wrote: This email message, including any attachments, may contain confidential and proprietary information for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, copying or disseminati

Re: vi / vim command

Dear Jason, I tried that, but didn't work. i have downloaded the vim-7.0.tar.bz2 file and put it in the bin file after extracting it but still didn't work. do you have the *.exe file for the vi / vim command? best regards, Shahed You should not just download the vim tar file. What you need

Re: Problem with cd in Cygwin scripts

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > David Bishop wrote: > > Last night I updated Cygwin, and I've had problems with my scripts > > afterwards. I tried on the web and found some similar issues from > > 2004, but with no resolutions. > > > > I am running: > > > uname -a > > CYGWIN_NT-

Re: vi / vim command

On 12/6/06, Shahed wrote: Dear All, I am a new user of cygwin to practice the linux/unix commands in the window. But i am unable to use the vi or vim command. I downloaded the vim-7.0.tar file. Now what should i do as there is no exe file Can anyone please help me? Best regards, Shahed

Re: Problem with cd in Cygwin scripts

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to David Bishop on 12/6/2006 9:06 PM: > I can manually use the "cd" command without problems, but when I try to > use it in a script, I just get: > : No such file or directory Sounds like a case of DOS line endings on a binary mount. http://

Re: vi / vim command

Shahed wrote: Dear All, I am a new user of cygwin to practice the linux/unix commands in the window. But i am unable to use the vi or vim command. I downloaded the vim-7.0.tar file. Now what should i do as there is no exe file Ah... WAG: Install it? -- Andrew DeFaria

Re: Windows Vista and CygWin

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vi / vim command

Dear All, I am a new user of cygwin to practice the linux/unix commands in the window. But i am unable to use the vi or vim command. I downloaded the vim-7.0.tar file. Now what should i do as there is no exe file Can anyone please help me? Best regards, Shahed -- View this message in con

Re: Problem with cd in Cygwin scripts

David Bishop wrote: Last night I updated Cygwin, and I've had problems with my scripts afterwards. I tried on the web and found some similar issues from 2004, but with no resolutions. I am running: > uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.1 davesxp 1.5.22(0.156/4/2) 2006-11-13 17:01 i686 Cygwin I can manuall

Re: getting scp to work

* /From/: René Berber Charles D. Russell wrote: I can't get scp to transfer files between two Windows computers on a home WLAN. When you test ssh, do you get some messages after successful log in? I think the prob

Problem with cd in Cygwin scripts

Last night I updated Cygwin, and I've had problems with my scripts afterwards. I looked on the web and found some similar issues from 2004, but with no resolutions. I am running: > uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.1 davesxp 1.5.22(0.156/4/2) 2006-11-13 17:01 i686 Cygwin I can manually use the "cd" comman

Problem with cd in Cygwin scripts

Last night I updated Cygwin, and I've had problems with my scripts afterwards. I tried on the web and found some similar issues from 2004, but with no resolutions. I am running: > uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.1 davesxp 1.5.22(0.156/4/2) 2006-11-13 17:01 i686 Cygwin I can manually use the "cd" command

[Avail for test] rxvt-20050409-4

This test release of rxvt is intended to correct the misbehavior reported here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-11/msg00282.html where using Alt-F4 or clicking the 'x' button on the rxvt window left behind a zombie bash process. Current rxvt users, please install and test this version -- in

Re: Bash process remains after I close rxvt in certain ways

Corinna Vinschen wrote: So there's something missing in the picture here... What does happen in rxvt when Alt-F4 is pressed. Nothing? rxvt-20050409-3 (e.g. the current version) behaves the same way in all three cases: kill -HUP alt-f4 when rxvt has the focus click on the 'x' button in th

Re: Lots of Vista32 problems

Unfortunately, the most recent threads on vista do not seem to be related to my problems and/or are for Vista64-bit. As far as the snapshots, no dice there either. When I run startxwin.bat, the "X" system tray icon appears, but xterm never starts. The only process running appears to be XWin.ex

Re: bash CRLF problems (I have read the recent announcement)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Dave Korn on 12/6/2006 4:54 PM: > > Actually, there was just /one/ more thing... I don't know if it's equally > as cross-platform as 'read', but it is defined by POSIX, and you kept on > mentioning that you can't use d2u because it's n

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: findutils-4.3.2-3

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A new release of findutils, 4.3.2-3, is available, replacing 4.3.2-2 as current. NEWS: = This is a minor patch release, fixing find -L as well as find on relative paths (4.3.2-2 only worked on absolute paths with -P). I apologize for the inconven

Re: How to run sh.exe without a console window

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to be able to run sh.exe from a dos environment (like Start->Run or the File Explorer) and not have it pop up a console window. For example, if I were to type this in the Start->Run window: c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe -c "c:/windows/notepad.exe" I would see two

RE: bash CRLF problems (I have read the recent announcement)

On 06 December 2006 23:44, Kevin Layer wrote: > Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kevin, please snip raw email addys when you reply - it gets people spammed. http://cygwin.com/acronyms#PCYMTNQREAIYR for more. >>> read version < foo1.out > > I prefer this to the echo -n, because the latte

Re: Lots of Vista32 problems

Michael J. Wheeler wrote: OK, I've been working on this problem for several days now and I'm about ready to give up all together. I'm really hoping someone can help me out. I used cygwin for years on XP and now that I've moved to Vista, I can't get anything to work. Whenever I try to run /usr/X1

How to run sh.exe without a console window

I want to be able to run sh.exe from a dos environment (like Start->Run or the File Explorer) and not have it pop up a console window. For example, if I were to type this in the Start->Run window: c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe -c "c:/windows/notepad.exe" I would see two windows--one for sh.exe an

Re: bash CRLF problems (I have read the recent announcement)

Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> read version < foo1.out I prefer this to the echo -n, because the latter isn't supported on all the platforms I run on (aix, for one). Thanks for the help. You guys rock. Kevin -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem

Re: Trouble with DLL and file (com port) IO

Dave Korn wrote: BTW, mixing MSVC-based code with cygwin-based is inherently unreliable and liable to fail unpredictably. I guess the vendor isn't likely to want to share their dll source with you so you could recompile it with gcc, but it might not be /too/ complicated to just take a look at

tar: Cannot hard link: No such file or directory

I seem to have the exact same problem as mentioned in an old message http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-01/msg00853.html specifically I'm trying to untar the arm-elf gnutools from ecos $ tar xjf ecoscentric-gnutools-arm-elf-1.4-2.cygwin.tar.bz2 tar: gnutools/arm-elf/arm-elf/bin/g++.exe: Cannot

Re: getting scp to work

Charles D. Russell wrote: > I can't get scp to transfer files between two Windows computers on a > home WLAN. > A log of scp -v is attached. There are no error messages > recognizable to me, but the log correctly reports that 0 bytes were > transferred. > ssh seems to be working ok, at least to

RE: Trouble with DLL and file (com port) IO

On 06 December 2006 17:01, R. Steve McKown wrote: > FWIW, I'm using dlopen()/dlsym() to link to the DLL. 'nm' on the > provided .lib file shows decorations on the function names, even though they ^^ > are C. Perhaps the vendor didn't use

RE: Binaries Don't Execute

On 06 December 2006 03:05, tbrowder wrote: > I have upgraded my cygwin installation and now some bibaries don't execute. > The ones I've noticed so far are ssh and diff. > > When I execute ssh, the binary is found on my path, and it shows as > executable, but it responds with nothing. Same thing

Lots of Vista32 problems

OK, I've been working on this problem for several days now and I'm about ready to give up all together. I'm really hoping someone can help me out. I used cygwin for years on XP and now that I've moved to Vista, I can't get anything to work. Whenever I try to run /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat , it

getting scp to work

I can't get scp to transfer files between two Windows computers on a home WLAN. A log of scp -v is attached. There are no error messages recognizable to me, but the log correctly reports that 0 bytes were transferred. ssh seems to be working ok, at least to log in remotely and to run pwd and

Re: cygwin-email utility clipping attached zips

zzapper wrote: >> I'm using the following to send attachments from the cli, works fine >> except for word Docs etc but zip files loose a few bytes >> >> eg >> >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 davidr None 161792 Dec 2 12:47 ../aaa/am4mar.doc >> (RECEIVED) -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 davidr None 161792 Feb 14 2006 am4mar.doc

RE: Resources not freed

On 04 December 2006 14:38, fergus wrote: > Some Cygwin sessions (specifically those using "find" or "diff", and > when the task is very great, as in say "diff -rq /largedisk1 > /largedisk2"*) I find that hogged resources are not freed when Cygwin is > exit-ed. The egg-timer churns away on rather s

Re: printf '\377\376h\000\r\000\n\000'|file - #wrong result?

On Dec 6 14:34, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Tom Rodman wrote: > >Maybe not a new problem, but this older (flame me) cygwin version works > >better: No, not "better", "different". Newer versions of file happen to know about new file types which older versions of file don't. file-4.16 recogniz

Re: printf '\377\376h\000\r\000\n\000'|file - #wrong result?

Tom Rodman wrote: On Mon 12/4/06 14:47 CST cygwin@cygwin.com wrote: --snip ~ $ date;uname -a Mon Dec 4 14:31:38 CST 2006 CYGWIN_NT-5.0 OurServer121 1.5.22(0.156/4/2) 2006-11-13 17:01 i686 Cygwin ~ $ printf '\377\376h\000\r\000\n\000'|file - /dev/stdin: MPEG ADTS, layer I, v1, 1

Re: printf '\377\376h\000\r\000\n\000'|file - #wrong result?

On Mon 12/4/06 14:47 CST cygwin@cygwin.com wrote: --snip >~ $ date;uname -a >Mon Dec 4 14:31:38 CST 2006 >CYGWIN_NT-5.0 OurServer121 1.5.22(0.156/4/2) 2006-11-13 17:01 i686 Cygwin >~ $ printf '\377\376h\000\r\000\n\000'|file - >/dev/stdin: MPEG ADTS, layer I, v1, 192 kBits, 3

Re: undo (C-/) for terminal version of emacs not working

Mark Edgar wrote: C-/ is a key sequence, but it is not a character sequence. The character sequence Emacs expects is the single character with octal value 037. Almost all terminals send this character when the key sequence C-_ is typed. Many terminals also send this sequence when typing C--

Re: undo (C-/) for terminal version of emacs not working

C-/ is a key sequence, but it is not a character sequence. The character sequence Emacs expects is the single character with octal value 037. Almost all terminals send this character when the key sequence C-_ is typed. Many terminals also send this sequence when typing C-- (unshifted _) or C

Re: Problem with gzipped packages on setup

Priscila wrote: Hi When I install packages compressed with bzip2, setup works fine. But when I try to install packages compressed with gzip, it crashes. This occurs with all compressed gzip packages like: scrollkeeper, startgnome. All others packages of gnome are alright. I have tried to use

Re: setting up a local mirror

OK, I couldn't resist answering one last question before unsubscribing from the list... On 12/5/06, Nathan Moore wrote: > Cygwin is used extensively within my school's physics department, > and I'd like to set up a local mirror for packages. I assume this > entails writing a bash script which d

Trouble with DLL and file (com port) IO

Ouch! Sorry, my last posting included an attachment with build products. Here's the correct attachment; see message with same subject. cp210x_rt.tgz Description: application/tgz -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems

RE: Windows Vista and CygWin

>On Dec 6 07:31, Jeremy T. Harrison wrote: >> Please direct me if the following question has been answered - I searched the archives and did not find anything. >> >> I recently converted my Windows XP box to Windows Vista.? I am beyond RC1. >> >> I have tried multiple times to install Cygwin, ne

Problem with gzipped packages on setup

Hi When I install packages compressed with bzip2, setup works fine. But when I try to install packages compressed with gzip, it crashes. This occurs with all compressed gzip packages like: scrollkeeper, startgnome. All others packages of gnome are alright. I have tried to use the setup on sna

RE: Windows Vista and CygWin

> Thanks for the tip - I will see if preloading the dll makes a > difference. I am using the 32 bit version; so this may not do anything. It will have no effect on the 32 bit version. Do you have administrator privileges? > It sounds like you had issues after the install. Is that correct? > Co

RE: Windows Vista and CygWin

>-Original Message- > >> Has anyone successfully installed Cygwin onto a Windows Vista box? Are >> there any tips which can be provided for the less fortunate of us? > >Mine is working fine now. There is an issue with 64 bit versions, which >require you to install the cygwin1.dll from the f

Re: Vista 64 users, please test snapshot

Danny wrote: Corinna Vinschen cygwin.com> writes: I've applied a patch to Cygwin which should workaround what appears to be a compatibility bug in WOW64 on Vista 64. If you want details, see the huge comment in the sources, file dcrt0.cc, get_cygwin_startup_info(). http://cygwin.com/acronyms

Re: Vista 64 users, please test snapshot

On Dec 6 08:14, Danny wrote: > as for that vista32 issue i was having, i let it sit around for a while, and > got this: > > 5 [main] zsh 5996 C:\cygwin\bin\zsh.exe: *** fatal error - unable to > remap C:\cygwin\lib\zsh\4.3.2\zsh\zutil.dll to same address as parent > (0x29) != 0x36

Re: Vista 64 users, please test snapshot

Corinna Vinschen cygwin.com> writes: > > I've applied a patch to Cygwin which should workaround what appears to > be a compatibility bug in WOW64 on Vista 64. If you want details, see > the huge comment in the sources, file dcrt0.cc, get_cygwin_startup_info(). > > http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#W

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: findutils-4.3.2-2

Rodrigo Medina cantv.net> writes: > > There is the following extrange behavior when a new rxvt window is opened. > > --- > /bin/find: could not change to directory profile.d: No such file or > directory Ugh. I neglected to test find -L. -3 coming up soon... -- Eric Blake volunteer

Error for Kornshell in /etc/profile

Not sure who to send this to, but there's a minor error in the /etc/profile file when setting PS1 for Kornshell. Line 99 contains several instances of the literal "^[" when it should be an actual (which is a ). It looks the same in VI, but it doesn't quite work when attempting to execute. -- D

Re: Windows Vista and CygWin

On Dec 6 07:31, Jeremy T. Harrison wrote: > Please direct me if the following question has been answered - I searched the > archives and did not find anything. > > I recently converted my Windows XP box to Windows Vista.  I am beyond RC1. > > I have tried multiple times to install Cygwin, never

RE:[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: findutils-4.3.2-2

Hi, I have just updated findutils-4.3.2-2 from findutils-4.2.27 There is the following extrange behavior when a new rxvt window is opened. --- /bin/find: could not change to directory profile.d: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ Instead with findutils-4.2.27

RE: Windows Vista and CygWin

> Has anyone successfully installed Cygwin onto a Windows Vista box?  Are > there any tips which can be provided for the less fortunate of us? Mine is working fine now. There is an issue with 64 bit versions, which require you to install the cygwin1.dll from the following link: http://cygwin.com

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: bash-3.2.5-8

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A new release of bash, 3.2.5-8, has been uploaded, replacing 3.2.3-7 as current. NEWS: = This is a minor patch release. It adds a workaround for the bug in bash's replacement asprintf (which in turn works around a bug in cygwin's asprintf in any

Windows Vista and CygWin

Please direct me if the following question has been answered - I searched the archives and did not find anything. I recently converted my Windows XP box to Windows Vista.  I am beyond RC1. I have tried multiple times to install Cygwin, never with success. In short, here is the problems I've run

Re: undo (C-/) for terminal version of emacs not working

James Bigler skrev: > Bengt-Arne Fjellner wrote: >> James Bigler skrev: >>> I use the emacs in terminal mode (-nw) quite a bit, and I haven't be >>> able to figure this out. >>> >>> When I run emacs in either the cmd.exe or the rxvt window I can't get >>> the terminal to send a C-/ character. Man

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: findutils-4.3.2-2

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A new release of findutils, 4.3.2-2, is available, replacing 4.3.2-1 as current. NEWS: = This is a minor patch release. It fixes the behavior of "find -execdir cmd {} +" to run in the correct directory (thanks to David Rothenberger for the bug re

Re: undo (C-/) for terminal version of emacs not working

Bengt-Arne Fjellner wrote: James Bigler skrev: I use the emacs in terminal mode (-nw) quite a bit, and I haven't be able to figure this out. When I run emacs in either the cmd.exe or the rxvt window I can't get the terminal to send a C-/ character. Many other C- functions work (like C-space in

Re: cygwin opengl problem

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > From the information you've given, it sounds to me like the code is > suspect. I'd start by getting this to work as it should with portability > in mind. The fact that it works on one system/compiler/whatever is not > an indication that the code is correct. Elim

RE: Vista 64 users, please test snapshot

> I've applied a patch to Cygwin which should workaround what appears to > be a compatibility bug in WOW64 on Vista 64. If you want details, see > the huge comment in the sources, file dcrt0.cc, get_cygwin_startup_info(). It's looking good here! Now, I just need to get Visual Studio 2003 cl.exe

Re: Bash process remains after I close rxvt in certain ways

On Dec 6 03:57, Charles Wilson wrote: > [nothin' like resurrecting a month-old thread...] > > Christopher Faylor wrote: > > >This is handled in dcrt0.cc:do_exit(). I'm wondering if rxvt is not > >dealing with the SIGHUP that cygwin should be sending to it on > >CTRL_CLOSE, though. > > Well, rx

Re: cygwin-email utility clipping attached zips

zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Hi > I'm using the following to send attachments from the cli, works fine > except for word Docs etc but zip files loose a few bytes > > eg > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 davidr None 161792 Dec 2 12:47 ../aaa/am4mar.doc > (RECEIVED) -rwxrwxrwx

Re: undo (C-/) for terminal version of emacs not working

James Bigler skrev: > I use the emacs in terminal mode (-nw) quite a bit, and I haven't be > able to figure this out. > > When I run emacs in either the cmd.exe or the rxvt window I can't get > the terminal to send a C-/ character. Many other C- functions work > (like C-space in rxvt as discussed

Re: Setting vim to nocompatible by default in Cygwin [Attn base-files maintainer]

Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Dec 5 22:39, Eric Blake wrote: >> Is it worth the base-files maintainer providing a default .vimrc file that >> gets installed alongside all the other default .*rc files for new users? > > Sure! It shouldn't contain too esoteric stuff, though, just a few basic > sett

Re: Bash process remains after I close rxvt in certain ways

[nothin' like resurrecting a month-old thread...] Christopher Faylor wrote: This is handled in dcrt0.cc:do_exit(). I'm wondering if rxvt is not dealing with the SIGHUP that cygwin should be sending to it on CTRL_CLOSE, though. Well, rxvt *does* respond to SIGHUP: $ ps -eaf # output snipped

Re: Setting vim to nocompatible by default in Cygwin [Attn base-files maintainer]

On Dec 5 22:39, Eric Blake wrote: > Is it worth the base-files maintainer providing a default .vimrc file that > gets installed alongside all the other default .*rc files for new users? Sure! It shouldn't contain too esoteric stuff, though, just a few basic settings like, say, autoindent, nocomp

Re: fontconfig: no symbols in libfontconfig.dll.a (2.4.1-3)

> Yaakov S writes: > Subject says it all; it appears that libfontconfig.dll.a may have been > stripped, which (AFAIK) works for static libs but kills import libs. Ping. This also prevents compilation of latest Xemacs beta 21.5.27. > Yaakov Ciao Volker -- Unsubscribe info: