ATTENTION;PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

2008-10-29 Thread PRINCE GBENGA OBASANJO
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Re: Cygwin

2008-10-29 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Greg Chicares wrote: On 2008-10-30 01:38Z, DrJeckyl wrote: It still does not work, I can run it on my laptop and it works fine, on the other laptop it does not work, any other ideas? Run 'cygcheck' in the manner suggested here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html on bot

Re: Cygwin

2008-10-29 Thread Greg Chicares
On 2008-10-30 01:38Z, DrJeckyl wrote: > > It still does not work, I can run it on my laptop and it works fine, on the > other laptop it does not work, any other ideas? Run 'cygcheck' in the manner suggested here: >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html on both machines, and c

Re: Cygwin

2008-10-29 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Reformatted. DrJeckyl wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> DrJeckyl wrote: >>> I've instlled cygwin on two laptops and it works fine, on another laptop >>> it >>> wont launch xterm >>> a. run starwin.bat >>> b. login to server (ssh -l >>> c. xterm >>> It wont

Re: Cygwin

2008-10-29 Thread DrJeckyl
Larry, It still does not work, I can run it on my laptop and it works fine, on the other laptop it does not work, any other ideas? Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > DrJeckyl wrote: >> I've instlled cygwin on two laptops and it works fine, on another laptop >> it >> wont launch xterm >> a. run st

Re: Cygwin

2008-10-29 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
DrJeckyl wrote: I've instlled cygwin on two laptops and it works fine, on another laptop it wont launch xterm a. run starwin.bat b. login to server (ssh -l c. xterm It wont launch the xterm window, can anybody give me some ideas? I really need some help Thanks First, make sure the X server is

Cygwin

2008-10-29 Thread DrJeckyl
I've instlled cygwin on two laptops and it works fine, on another laptop it wont launch xterm a. run starwin.bat b. login to server (ssh -l c. xterm It wont launch the xterm window, can anybody give me some ideas? I really need some help Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabbl

Re: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Will Parsons wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: mcbenus wrote: Thanks! Is that ok to change the Windows Home? what implications it may have on other software? For Cygwin, you shouldn't set HOME in the Windows environment unless you need Cygwin to see the same HOME as some other software (MKS i

Re: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread Will Parsons
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > mcbenus wrote: >> Thanks! Is that ok to change the Windows Home? what implications it may have >> on other software? > > For Cygwin, you shouldn't set HOME in the Windows environment unless you > need Cygwin to see the same HOME as some other software (MKS is one > exa

Re: RTLD_NEXT revisited

2008-10-29 Thread Gustavo Seabra
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:10:43PM -0400, Gustavo Seabra wrote: >>Hi all, >> >>I'm trying to compile a program in Cygwin that needs RTLD_NEXT >>defined. From what I could find, this is present only on GNU >>extensions of /ucr/include/dlfc

Re: RTLD_NEXT revisited

2008-10-29 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:10:43PM -0400, Gustavo Seabra wrote: >Hi all, > >I'm trying to compile a program in Cygwin that needs RTLD_NEXT >defined. From what I could find, this is present only on GNU >extensions of /ucr/include/dlfcn.h, but is not part of the POSIX >standard. I was wondering if th

RTLD_NEXT revisited

2008-10-29 Thread Gustavo Seabra
Hi all, I'm trying to compile a program in Cygwin that needs RTLD_NEXT defined. From what I could find, this is present only on GNU extensions of /ucr/include/dlfcn.h, but is not part of the POSIX standard. I was wondering if the GNU headers are available in some Cygwin package that I may have ove

Re: Execute permission not set when creating files

2008-10-29 Thread John Cooper
Matthew Woehlke wrote: > Does adding a+x really fix the problem? If so that seems... surprising. Also surprising is that the problem no longer occurs today. When I create a file using `ls > b.txt', I *can* now read it on my wife's desktop (and it just has the default permissions -rw-r--r--). So

RE: Problems with 'tail -n *'

2008-10-29 Thread Dave Korn
Gustavo Seabra wrote on 29 October 2008 17:39: >> The "-NNN" form is an abbreviation for "-n NNN". If you write it out >> in full, it works: >> >> $ tail -n 2 *.dat >> > > OK, I see that now. Thanks. But is there a reason why the abbreviation > is not working in cygwin? It works just fine in

Re: Problems with 'tail -n *'

2008-10-29 Thread Eric Blake
Gustavo Seabra gmail.com> writes: > >> $ tail -2 *.dat > > OK, I see that now. Thanks. But is there a reason why the abbreviation > is not working in cygwin? It works just fine in a different system... It may be due to how many files that glob expands to, as the obsolete syntax works when *.d

Re: Problems with 'tail -n *'

2008-10-29 Thread Gustavo Seabra
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gustavo Seabra wrote on 29 October 2008 14:33: > >> I just noticed this one thing when using 'tail' in cygwin. For some >> reason, when using a '*' so as to 'tail' multiple files at once, the >> '-n' option to tail doesn't wor

ssh strangeness

2008-10-29 Thread David Nicol
ps ax | grep ssh 160832161608 16320 400 11:02:31 /usr/bin/ssh 2600 0 0 26000 400 Dec 31 /usr/bin/ssh I saw this after a ssh hung (possibly due to routing issues) I killed 1608 and 2600 went away too -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com

Re: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
mcbenus wrote: I did so and it worked! I am still a little concerned about what other software on my PC will be effected by this modification. Also, when I open cmd and type 'set HOME' , I still get the previous HOME directory. Does that make sense? Not for a new cmd.exe window opened after

Re: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
mcbenus wrote: Thanks! Is that ok to change the Windows Home? what implications it may have on other software? For Cygwin, you shouldn't set HOME in the Windows environment unless you need Cygwin to see the same HOME as some other software (MKS is one example I know of that likes to set HOME i

RE: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread mcbenus
I did so and it worked! I am still a little concerned about what other software on my PC will be effected by this modification. Also, when I open cmd and type 'set HOME' , I still get the previous HOME directory. Does that make sense? isn't it supposed to show me the new HOME? Thanks, BK Man

RE: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread mcbenus
Thanks! Is that ok to change the Windows Home? what implications it may have on other software? BK Manning, Sid wrote: > > > Try this: > - Right click My Computer and goto Properties > - Click on the "Advanced" Tab > - At the bottom click Environment Variables > - You will probably see

RE: Problems with 'tail -n *'

2008-10-29 Thread Dave Korn
Gustavo Seabra wrote on 29 October 2008 14:33: > I just noticed this one thing when using 'tail' in cygwin. For some > reason, when using a '*' so as to 'tail' multiple files at once, the > '-n' option to tail doesn't work anymore. > $ tail -2 *.dat > tail: option used in invalid context -- 2

Problems with 'tail -n *'

2008-10-29 Thread Gustavo Seabra
Hi All, I just noticed this one thing when using 'tail' in cygwin. For some reason, when using a '*' so as to 'tail' multiple files at once, the '-n' option to tail doesn't work anymore. Note that I tried without the '-n', and it works just as it should, i.e., 'tail *.dat' actually gives teh last

Re: bash: Strange behavior when a program crashes

2008-10-29 Thread Frank Redeker
Dave Korn schrieb: > Frank Redeker wrote on 29 October 2008 12:54: > >> Setting the CYGWIN environment variable don't work here. Did i make any >> mistake. >> >> $ echo $CYGWIN >> proc_retry:1 > > Looks right to me, but maybe it's one of those ones like (no)tty that you > have to specify in you

RE: bash: Strange behavior when a program crashes

2008-10-29 Thread Dave Korn
Frank Redeker wrote on 29 October 2008 12:54: > Setting the CYGWIN environment variable don't work here. Did i make any > mistake. > > $ echo $CYGWIN > proc_retry:1 Looks right to me, but maybe it's one of those ones like (no)tty that you have to specify in your windows environment before any

RE: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread Manning, Sid
Try this: - Right click My Computer and goto Properties - Click on the "Advanced" Tab - At the bottom click Environment Variables - You will probably see HOME set someplace there and should be able to modify it. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: bash: Strange behavior when a program crashes

2008-10-29 Thread Frank Redeker
Greg Chicares schrieb: > On 2008-10-29 12:23Z, Frank Redeker wrote: >> When I execute a non-cygwin executable from the bash and the program >> crashes with an exception raised (e.g. access violation), the bash >> doesn't return immediately. Instead the crashed program is executed 4 >> more times be

Re: bash: Strange behavior when a program crashes

2008-10-29 Thread Greg Chicares
On 2008-10-29 12:23Z, Frank Redeker wrote: > > When I execute a non-cygwin executable from the bash and the program > crashes with an exception raised (e.g. access violation), the bash > doesn't return immediately. Instead the crashed program is executed 4 > more times before the bash finally retu

bash: Strange behavior when a program crashes

2008-10-29 Thread Frank Redeker
Operating System: Windows XP SP 3 with DEP enabled $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.1 TYR 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin $ bash --version GNU bash, version 3.2.39(20)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. When I execute a non-cygwin executable from th

cygwin-1.7 : cygpath broken

2008-10-29 Thread Marco Atzeri
on latest snapshots 20081012: strace /usr/bin/cygpath.exe "The procedure entry point _Unwind_SjLj_RaiseException could not be located in the dynamic library cyggcc_s.dll" That is obvious as SjLj exception are not any more used on gcc-4.3.2 Regards MArco Unisciti alla community di Io