Re: Cygwin slow on x64 systems

2010-09-25 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 20:36 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 07:22:27PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > >cygserver starts but other services (messagebus, syslog-ng) do not with > >20100919 snapshot. > > Ok, I'm back in "WJFFM" territory then. I can start sshd, cygserve

Re: cdargs usage

2010-09-25 Thread Robert Mark
Hi All, > Well, I worked out this much thanks to man cdargs: > > I can construct my own functions to "mark" a cdargs directory and then > "cdb" into it. > > function cdb() { >   cdargs "$1" && cd "`cat "$HOME/.cdargsresult"`" ; > } > > function mark() { >   cdargs --add=:$1:` cygpath -u -a .` > }

Re: cdargs usage

2010-09-25 Thread Robert Mark
Hi All, > I am confused about how to use cdargs. I have been reading these two pages: > http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/332972-cdargs-brings-bookmarks-to-the-linux-command-line > http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/114073 > > They reference things that don't seem to work on Cygwin. > > For

My bash shell suddenly has "X-ray vision"

2010-09-25 Thread SJ Wright
Or is it just the difference in encodings? In scripts and config/convenience files like .bashrc or .bash_aliases, it can see *through* "crunches" (#), which are supposed to make a line of text invisible to a shell Could it be because I added a LANG variable and have been turning out not-qui

Re: 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) - Cannot change mode of file, and other permission issues on a Windows fileshare

2010-09-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Sep 24 15:21, Keith Christian wrote: > Corinna, sorry, no change after loading the new cygwin1.dll. Here is > command output and a trace file as I sent earlier this morning. The trace file shows the exact same result as before. NtCreateFile still returns STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED when trying to op

Re: 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) - Cannot change mode of file, and other permission issues on a Windows fileshare

2010-09-25 Thread Marco Atzeri
--- Sab 25/9/10, Christopher Faylor ha scritto: > On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 12:52:10PM > +, Marco Atzeri wrote: > >I noticed on XP SP2, Xserver (1.8.2) crashing on start > with snapshot > >20100924 while it runs fine with 20100923. > > Please send the stackdump here. > > cgf > of course try

Re: 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) - Cannot change mode of file, and other permission issues on a Windows fileshare

2010-09-25 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 12:52:10PM +, Marco Atzeri wrote: >I noticed on XP SP2, Xserver (1.8.2) crashing on start with snapshot >20100924 while it runs fine with 20100923. Please send the stackdump here. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: htt

Re: simplifying rebaseall

2010-09-25 Thread Al
> I wonder if there could be a more simple way, i.e. putting it into a > *.bat script and binding it to an task icon. > > I am thinking of something in this sense: > > P:/cygwin/bin/ash --exec /bin/rebaseall > > As a longterm Linux user I have few experience with windows scripts. > Would be nice to

Re: Have idea for titlebar tweak -- need help with syntax

2010-09-25 Thread SJ Wright
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 05:15:38AM -0400, SJ Wright wrote: I haven't given up totally on rxvt: mintty has more than a few shortcomings imo, but I suspect a large part of that is that I'm not used to using an xterm variant outside of X or GNOME. Anyway, all of that

Re: 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) - Cannot change mode of file, and other permission issues on a Windows fileshare

2010-09-25 Thread Marco Atzeri
--- Ven 24/9/10, Corinna Vinschen ha scritto: > On Sep 24 08:49, Keith Christian > wrote: > > > Does a call to chmod fail as well?  If so, can > you create an strace of > > > such a chmod, like this: > > > > > >  $ touch foo > > >  $ strace -o chmod.trace chmod 444 foo > > > > > > and send the ch

Re: Cygwin instabilities

2010-09-25 Thread Al
>> What are the reasons? Will this be better with Windows 7? Can Cygwin >> become "server stable"? > > Windows 7 was not better for me. More system DLL's and footprint, much > more rebase problems. > Sometimes I can only stop MSIE and MS Outlook to continue to work in > my mintty shells. :-( I alw

Re: Cygwin instabilities

2010-09-25 Thread Reini Urban
2010/9/13 Al wanted stability stories: > I run Cygwin on a double core machine with Vista. I estimate that 1 of > 20 of my compilations break and need to be repeated. One weak point is > the compression of man pages. I routinely run my perl compiler smokes on cygwin and linux machines. This involv

cdargs usage

2010-09-25 Thread Robert Mark
Hi All, I am confused about how to use cdargs. I have been reading these two pages: http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/332972-cdargs-brings-bookmarks-to-the-linux-command-line http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/114073 They reference things that don't seem to work on Cygwin. For example, the