Re: 1.7.7: PATH in Bash shells

2011-02-06 Thread Dirk Sondermann
On 02/06/11 21:43, Gerry Reno wrote: > bash-4.1$ cat /Cygwin.bat > @echo off > > C: > chdir C:\cygwin\bin > > REM bash --verbose --login -i > bash -i Your Cygwin.bat doesn't start bash as a login shell. -Dirk -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ

Re: Please add 'AVG Internet Security 2011' to the BLODA list (and cygport also :-) ).

2011-02-06 Thread David Arnstein
My experience with AVG was very good, as long as I disabled all of its continuous protection features. I mean, I just used it as a scanner. Cygwin worked fine for me in this arrangement. I switched to Microsoft's free MSE because it is good enough for my purposes. But I did not find AVG to be bad.

Please add 'AVG Internet Security 2011' to the BLODA list (and cygport also :-) ).

2011-02-06 Thread L Anderson
While trying to diagnose another problem, I decided to build the 'coreutils' package so I could check a few things out. I followed the 'coreutils' build instructions...'cygport coreutils-8.8-1 all' and things went swimmingly up to the point where the messages displayed read: ...

Re: How to make "ls" as quick as a Windows "dir"?

2011-02-06 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 2/6/2011 4:37 PM, Paul Maier wrote: Hello, for my cygwin installation (cygwin-1.7.7-1, downloaded 2010-11-02, on a Windows XP SP 3), the time for a "ls -l" to complete is much slower than the time for a "cmd /C dir", although similar information gets displayed. Does anybody know a setting, m

Re: cd slows down on local drive when another network drive gets connected

2011-02-06 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 2/6/2011 4:17 PM, Paul Maier wrote: Hello, can I do some setting to work around this immense slow down? Any cd command on local hard disk drive slows extremely down when I connect another drive letter to a network drive. Could it be a driver issue? -- Larry __

Re: Cygstart through SSH tunnel

2011-02-06 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 2/5/2011 2:31 PM, davej1983 wrote: Thanks for your help, and I will definitely look into Cygwin/X. However, from the way you explained it, I'm not sure if I clearly explained what I was trying to do. I'm not actually trying to get the file to open on my local computer, rather I am trying to

Re: 1.7.7: PATH in Bash shells

2011-02-06 Thread Gerry Reno
On 02/06/2011 07:55 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > On 02/06/2011 07:36 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > >> On 02/06/2011 07:33 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >> >> >>> On 02/06/2011 06:23 PM, David Sastre wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 03:43:42PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: >

Re: 1.7.7: PATH in Bash shells

2011-02-06 Thread Gerry Reno
On 02/06/2011 07:36 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > On 02/06/2011 07:33 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > >> On 02/06/2011 06:23 PM, David Sastre wrote: >> >> >>> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 03:43:42PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 02/06/2011 02:16 PM, David Sastre wrote:

Re: 1.7.7: PATH in Bash shells

2011-02-06 Thread Gerry Reno
On 02/06/2011 07:33 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > On 02/06/2011 06:23 PM, David Sastre wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 03:43:42PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: >> >> >>> On 02/06/2011 02:16 PM, David Sastre wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:33:37PM -0500, Gerry Reno wro

A bug with UTF-8 output in a console

2011-02-06 Thread Bengt Larsson
I think I have found a bug with UTF-8 output in a console in a UTF-8 locale ("C.UTF-8"). If an UTF-8 character straddles a write() boundary, then the output gets garbled. An example program is attached. buftest.c Description: Binary data -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Re: 1.7.7: PATH in Bash shells

2011-02-06 Thread Csaba Raduly
Hi Gerry On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > David, thanks for the response.   I put my responses inline... > > On 02/06/2011 02:16 PM, David Sastre wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:33:37PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: >> >>> What is the proper method to set the PATH variable on a

Re: 1.7.7: PATH in Bash shells

2011-02-06 Thread David Sastre
On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 03:43:42PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: > On 02/06/2011 02:16 PM, David Sastre wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:33:37PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: > > > >> What is the proper method to set the PATH variable on a system-wide > >> basis in Cygwin? > >> > > First off, I'

1.7.7: Postgresql 8.2: no postgres user

2011-02-06 Thread Gerry Reno
I installed PostgreSQL 8.2. I want to run PostgreSQL as a service. Usually I would expect that the user 'postgres' was created by the package installation. However, after installing PostgreSQL 8.2 in Cygwin I find no user 'postgres' on the system: bash-4.1$ grep postgres /etc/passwd bas

How to make "ls" as quick as a Windows "dir"?

2011-02-06 Thread Paul Maier
Hello, for my cygwin installation (cygwin-1.7.7-1, downloaded 2010-11-02, on a Windows XP SP 3), the time for a "ls -l" to complete is much slower than the time for a "cmd /C dir", although similar information gets displayed. Does anybody know a setting, maybe a flag to "ls", to make the ls as

cd slows down on local drive when another network drive gets connected

2011-02-06 Thread Paul Maier
Hello, can I do some setting to work around this immense slow down? Any cd command on local hard disk drive slows extremely down when I connect another drive letter to a network drive. Look at how I took the time: Example 1: Drive Q: is connected to a network drive, connection is via a slow V

Re: 1.7.7: PATH in Bash shells

2011-02-06 Thread Gerry Reno
David, thanks for the response. I put my responses inline... On 02/06/2011 02:16 PM, David Sastre wrote: > On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:33:37PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: > >> What is the proper method to set the PATH variable on a system-wide >> basis in Cygwin? >> >> Right now in the Cygwin B

Re: 1.7.7: PATH in Bash shells

2011-02-06 Thread David Sastre
On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:33:37PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: > What is the proper method to set the PATH variable on a system-wide > basis in Cygwin? > > Right now in the Cygwin Bash shell the PATH is set to: > > bash-4.1$ echo $PATH > > /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/c

1.7.7: PATH in Bash shells

2011-02-06 Thread Gerry Reno
What is the proper method to set the PATH variable on a system-wide basis in Cygwin? Right now in the Cygwin Bash shell the PATH is set to: bash-4.1$ echo $PATH /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wb em:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microso

Re: "Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key"

2011-02-06 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 6 09:49, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote at about 11:09:57 +0100 on Sunday, February 6, 2011: > > sshd tries to load this key by default, but it's missing in your setup, > > that's why you get a warning from sshd. > > > > Re-run the latest ssh-host-config script fro

Re: "Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key"

2011-02-06 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Corinna Vinschen wrote at about 11:09:57 +0100 on Sunday, February 6, 2011: > On Feb 5 22:02, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote at about 21:54:13 -0500 on Saturday, February 5, > > 2011: > > > Just loaded a fresh version of Cygwin-1.7 on a new machine and ran > > > s

Cygwin mutt doesn't recognize smpt_url

2011-02-06 Thread redstun
Error in ~/.muttrc, line 5: smtp_url: unknown variable looks like it should be compiled with --enable-smtp option, as in the following script google returned: #!/bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/sw --with-curses --with-regex --enable-locales-fix \ --enable-pop --enable-imap --enable-hcache --enabl

Re: "Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key"

2011-02-06 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 5 22:02, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote at about 21:54:13 -0500 on Saturday, February 5, > 2011: > > Just loaded a fresh version of Cygwin-1.7 on a new machine and ran > > ssh-host-config without any problems. > > > > However it keeps failing to start up. > >