Re: Executing a perl script from Windows 7

Peter Holsberg wrote: Hi, I have a perl script that I would like to execute simply by double-clicking on its name from a Windows filemanager window. I tried using this: #!C:\cygwin64\bin\perl.exe as the first line in the script but when I double-click the script, Windows opens it in a text e

Re: Errors when installing 64 bit cygwin -- apparently result of drive out of space. Request better checking / reporting?

On 3/19/2014 8:23 PM, Patrick Spinler wrote: Hi, TLDR: cygwin install apparently doesn't check for adequate space prior to starting the install, and if it runs out during install spams misleading error dialogs while corrupting c:\cygwin. I'm attempting to install a 64 bit cygwin. Unfortunatel

Re: sox - package is broken

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 08:46:51PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >On 2014-03-19 19:39, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 08:14:16PM +, David Stacey wrote: >>> AUDIODRIVER=ao play ding.wav >>> >>> This is playing the audio through sox, which is where this whole thread >

Re: Errors when installing 64 bit cygwin -- apparently result of drive out of space. Request better checking / reporting?

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 07:23:55PM -0500, Patrick Spinler wrote: > >Hi, > >TLDR: cygwin install apparently doesn't check for adequate space prior >to starting the install, and if it runs out during install spams >misleading error dialogs while corrupting c:\cygwin. > > > >I'm attempting to install

Re: sox - package is broken

On 2014-03-19 19:39, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 08:14:16PM +, David Stacey wrote: AUDIODRIVER=ao play ding.wav This is playing the audio through sox, which is where this whole thread started. No sound at all, and no output to the console to indicate that sox is a

Re: libao: patch for wmm backend

Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > FYI, the wmm backend in libao can be built with the attached patch. Thanks, Yaakov. I'll look into rebuilding this weekend. -- David Rothenberger daver...@acm.org "Hello again, Peabody here..." -- Mister Peabody -- Problem reports: http:/

Re: sox - package is broken

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 08:14:16PM +, David Stacey wrote: >On 18/03/2014 23:16, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 03:32:18PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> Ok. I see a SEGV with "cat >". Investigating. >> Should be fixed in the current snapshot. > >Thank you for takin

Errors when installing 64 bit cygwin -- apparently result of drive out of space. Request better checking / reporting?

Hi, TLDR: cygwin install apparently doesn't check for adequate space prior to starting the install, and if it runs out during install spams misleading error dialogs while corrupting c:\cygwin. I'm attempting to install a 64 bit cygwin. Unfortunately, I can't attach a cygcheck since I haven't

libao: patch for wmm backend

David, FYI, the wmm backend in libao can be built with the attached patch. Yaakov For KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_PCM in src/ao_wmm.c --- origsrc/libao-1.1.0/configure.ac2011-02-22 10:25:13.0 -0600 +++ src/libao-1.1.0/configure.ac2013-11-19 23:20:49.921179600 -0600 @@ -228,7 +228,

Re: sox - package is broken

On 2014-03-19 15:14, David Stacey wrote: AUDIODRIVER=ao play ding.wav This is playing the audio through sox, which is where this whole thread started. No sound at all, and no output to the console to indicate that sox is attempting to play the file. The command exits (with return code 0) af

find_fast_cwd Error Using DS9 with Cygwin 1.7.28 (Windows 8.1)

Hi, Has anyone else seen the error below when using the imaging program DS9 from Cygwin's bash terminal? 0 [main] ds9 6644 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list I have actually used DS9 through Cygwin before without thi

Re: Silently configure sshd fails via system account

Greetings, PolarStorm! >> I attached a new incarnation of the ssh-host-config script to this >> mail. >> ... >> - The "UsePrivilegeSeparation" setting in /etc/sshd_config now takes into >> account that the default setting is "sandbox", which doesn't make >> sense on Cygwin. >> ... >> I also tw

Re: Public key authorization problem with latest snapshot

Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! > The code is now practically equivalent to what is in 1.7.28. Only the > VectoredContinueHandler, which was the reason Cygwin's exception handler > could be called twice, is not called anymore. Instead there's a vectored > exception handler which is only called duri

Re: Public key authorization problem with latest snapshot

On Mar 19 18:05, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mar 19 12:46, Ken Brown wrote: > > On 3/19/2014 12:09 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > >On Mar 19 11:37, Ken Brown wrote: > > >>Here's some more weirdness involving the recent changes to exception > > >>handling on 64-bit Cygwin. > > >> > > >>I have an o

Re: Silently configure sshd fails via system account

On Mar 19 12:35, PolarStorm wrote: > Corinna Vinschen-2 wrote > > I attached a new incarnation of the ssh-host-config script to this > > mail. > > ... > > - The "UsePrivilegeSeparation" setting in /etc/sshd_config now takes into > > account that the default setting is "sandbox", which doesn't mak

Re: sox - package is broken

On 18/03/2014 23:16, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 03:32:18PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: Ok. I see a SEGV with "cat >". Investigating. Should be fixed in the current snapshot. Thank you for taking another look at this. I've tried with the latest snapshot, dated 20

Re: Silently configure sshd fails via system account

Corinna Vinschen-2 wrote > I attached a new incarnation of the ssh-host-config script to this > mail. > ... > - The "UsePrivilegeSeparation" setting in /etc/sshd_config now takes into > account that the default setting is "sandbox", which doesn't make > sense on Cygwin. > ... > I also tweaked t

Re: Silently configure sshd fails via system account

On 03/18/2014 09:24 PM, PolarStorm wrote: > Paul Griffith wrote >> ... >> /usr/bin/ssh-host-config --yes --cygwin ntsec --user cyg_server --pwd blah >> ... > > Just a few things... > > 1) Don't do that (manually). > First of all, "ntsec" is deprecated. Second, there are a lot of strange > issues

Re: Public key authorization problem with latest snapshot

On Mar 19 12:46, Ken Brown wrote: > On 3/19/2014 12:09 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Mar 19 11:37, Ken Brown wrote: > >>Here's some more weirdness involving the recent changes to exception > >>handling on 64-bit Cygwin. > >> > >>I have an ordinary user kbrown and an administrator user > >>kbrow

Re: Public key authorization problem with latest snapshot

On Mar 19 11:37, Ken Brown wrote: > Here's some more weirdness involving the recent changes to exception > handling on 64-bit Cygwin. > > I have an ordinary user kbrown and an administrator user > kbrown-admin. I use the following command to simulate "su": > > ssh kbrown-admin@$(hostname) . >

Re: Silently configure sshd fails via system account

On Mar 19 11:54, Paul Griffith wrote: > On 03/18/2014 09:24 PM, PolarStorm wrote: > > Paul Griffith wrote > >> ... > >> /usr/bin/ssh-host-config --yes --cygwin ntsec --user cyg_server --pwd blah > >> ... > > > > Just a few things... > > > > 1) Don't do that (manually). > > First of all, "ntsec" i

Re: Public key authorization problem with latest snapshot

On 3/19/2014 12:09 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Mar 19 11:37, Ken Brown wrote: Here's some more weirdness involving the recent changes to exception handling on 64-bit Cygwin. I have an ordinary user kbrown and an administrator user kbrown-admin. I use the following command to simulate "su":

Public key authorization problem with latest snapshot

Here's some more weirdness involving the recent changes to exception handling on 64-bit Cygwin. I have an ordinary user kbrown and an administrator user kbrown-admin. I use the following command to simulate "su": ssh kbrown-admin@$(hostname) . With the current (2014-03-18) x86_64 snapshot,

Cannot SSH To One Server behind proxy and firewall whereas able to access another one.

Hello, I am behind a firewall and a proxy. The setup is like I enter the proxy and the port to connect to the Internet which is then again filtered. Now, I did some research for this and found how to do it. I was successfully able to tunnel to the Amazon EC2 instance on port 443, but due to bandwi

Re: 1.7.25, Windows 7: dumper doesn't generate core file

On Mar 19 16:54, Sam lia...@constrainttec.com wrote: > > You're write Corrina I tried you're suggested test and it clearly > proved ALL file sections are loaded. > > I found a great memory visualiser tool VMMap here: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/dd535533.aspx > > I then re-r

Re: Silently configure sshd fails via system account

On Mar 18 18:24, PolarStorm wrote: > 3) Check your /etc/sshd-config for: "UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox" which > is > the new default. The ssh-host-config script has a bug on line 169 that > attempts > to set this to "no", but where the regex fails. (I told people in THIS >