mksnt sh is invoked when executing cygwin icon;

2015-11-25 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; It seems that a 32bit Windows server with a pre-existing MKS Toolkit installation prevents an interactive Cygwin window (mintty) from starting properly. If the c:\mksnt directory (where MKS Tookkit is installed) is renamed to c:\NOTmksnt, then double-clicking the Cygwin icon results in:

Re: Mintty 2.2.2: possible hang when breaking (CTRL+C) out of pinging unresponsive host

2015-11-25 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 25.11.2015 um 23:44 schrieb Ken Brown: On 11/25/2015 4:03 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 25/11/2015 20:52, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: [LTDENA-REISERT:~] $ which ping /usr/bin/ping [LTDENA-REISERT:~] $ ls -l `which ping` -rwxr-xr-x 1 reisert Domain Users 13824 May 3 2014 /usr/bin/ping you have

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: binutils-2.25-4 (x86_64)

2015-11-25 Thread JonY
Built against master 3f8a753391fbd7807d6e4ef33a5b48b7bc43086b, now for 64bit Cygwin. This version should fix the "nm -l" slowdown problem, including incorporating all previous patches. Dwarf Errors were also happening for 64bit, but was less noticeable. There is no -3 release, to match the x86 ve

Re: Mintty 2.2.2: possible hang when breaking (CTRL+C) out of pinging unresponsive host

2015-11-25 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/25/2015 4:03 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 25/11/2015 20:52, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: [LTDENA-REISERT:~] $ which ping /usr/bin/ping [LTDENA-REISERT:~] $ ls -l `which ping` -rwxr-xr-x 1 reisert Domain Users 13824 May 3 2014 /usr/bin/ping you have an alias somewhere Not necessarily. He

RE: Ability to specify /cygdrive mount value in setup

2015-11-25 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
cyg Simple sent the following at Wednesday, November 25, 2015 3:59 PM >>> Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:39:08 Andrey wrote: >> >> You can precreate fstab, I think. >> >>> Yes I do this all the time. If, for example, C:\cygwin64\etc\fstab already >>> exists >>> when you run setup-x86_64.exe the first ti

Re: Mintty 2.2.2: possible hang when breaking (CTRL+C) out of pinging unresponsive host

2015-11-25 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 25/11/2015 20:52, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: [LTDENA-REISERT:~] $ which ping /usr/bin/ping [LTDENA-REISERT:~] $ ls -l `which ping` -rwxr-xr-x 1 reisert Domain Users 13824 May 3 2014 /usr/bin/ping you have an alias somewhere $ /cygdrive/c/windows/System32/ping 2.2.2.2 Pinging 2.2.2.2 with

64bit cygwin 2.4.0-0.4 hangs when pinging unresponsive host

2015-11-25 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 25/11/2015 12:03, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 25/11/2015 08:06, Thomas Wolff wrote: Am 24.11.2015 um 23:29 schrieb Marco Atzeri: ... I assume it is an interaction with mintty. Many problems of that kind attributed to mintty are actually problems with cygwin or especially pty. Please test a

Re: Ability to specify /cygdrive mount value in setup

2015-11-25 Thread cyg Simple
n 11/25/2015 3:25 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Charlie! > >> Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:39:08 Andrey wrote: > > You can precreate fstab, I think. > >> Yes I do this all the time. If, for example, C:\cygwin64\etc\fstab already >> exists >> when you run setup-x86_64.exe the first time, setu

Re: Mintty 2.2.2: possible hang when breaking (CTRL+C) out of pinging unresponsive host

2015-11-25 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Jim Reisert AD1C! > [LTDENA-REISERT:~] $ which ping > /usr/bin/ping > [LTDENA-REISERT:~] $ ls -l `which ping` > -rwxr-xr-x 1 reisert Domain Users 13824 May 3 2014 /usr/bin/ping Well, try again with native ping. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, November 25, 2015 23:22

Re: Ability to specify /cygdrive mount value in setup

2015-11-25 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Charlie! > Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:39:08 Andrey wrote: You can precreate fstab, I think. > Yes I do this all the time. If, for example, C:\cygwin64\etc\fstab already > exists > when you run setup-x86_64.exe the first time, setup will use that /etc/fstab. > So all the links will be

Re: Mintty 2.2.2: possible hang when breaking (CTRL+C) out of pinging unresponsive host

2015-11-25 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
[LTDENA-REISERT:~] $ which ping /usr/bin/ping [LTDENA-REISERT:~] $ ls -l `which ping` -rwxr-xr-x 1 reisert Domain Users 13824 May 3 2014 /usr/bin/ping -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/f

Re: Mintty 2.2.2: possible hang when breaking (CTRL+C) out of pinging unresponsive host

2015-11-25 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 25.11.2015 um 19:51 schrieb Jim Reisert AD1C: On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 4:03 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: you are right is not a mintty only issue. Same happens in xterm $ which ping /usr/bin/ping $ ping 2.2.2.2 PING 2.2.2.2 (2.2.2.2): 56 data bytes It sticks here forever, CTRL+C ineffective.

RE: Ability to specify /cygdrive mount value in setup

2015-11-25 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Andrey Repin sent the following at Wednesday, November 25, 2015 11:39 AM >On 11/25/2015 10:56 AM, cyg Simple wrote: >> I find /cygdrive/ just unbearable and I always change it to / after an >> install. The issue with this is that post install activities will >> create symlinks using /cygdrive moni

Re: Ability to specify /cygdrive mount value in setup

2015-11-25 Thread Charlie
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:39:08 Andrey wrote: >>> You can precreate fstab, I think. Yes I do this all the time. If, for example, C:\cygwin64\etc\fstab already exists when you run setup-x86_64.exe the first time, setup will use that /etc/fstab. So all the links will be created during initial installat

Re: Mintty 2.2.2: possible hang when breaking (CTRL+C) out of pinging unresponsive host

2015-11-25 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 4:03 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > you are right is not a mintty only issue. > Same happens in xterm > > > $ which ping > /usr/bin/ping > > $ ping 2.2.2.2 > PING 2.2.2.2 (2.2.2.2): 56 data bytes > > It sticks here forever, CTRL+C ineffective. Worked fine for me using Cygwin64

Re: Ability to specify /cygdrive mount value in setup

2015-11-25 Thread Roger Wells
On 11/25/2015 10:56 AM, cyg Simple wrote: > Friends, > > I find /cygdrive/ just unbearable and I always change it to / after an > install. The issue with this is that post install activities will > create symlinks using /cygdrive moniker so I must go change those if I > find them. Would it be po

Re: [h-e-w] cygwin-64 2.3.1. bash fails when running under FSF emacs 24.5

2015-11-25 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:37:15 +0100 > From: Dominique de Waleffe > > bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device > bash: no job control in this shell > 1 [main] bash 9588 c:\s\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error in forked > process - fork: can't reserve mem

Re: Ability to specify /cygdrive mount value in setup

2015-11-25 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, cyg Simple! > I find /cygdrive/ just unbearable and I always change it to / after an > install. The issue with this is that post install activities will > create symlinks using /cygdrive moniker so I must go change those if I > find them. Just which activities? I haven't seen any. And

Re: Ability to specify /cygdrive mount value in setup

2015-11-25 Thread Eliot Moss
On 11/25/2015 10:56 AM, cyg Simple wrote: I find /cygdrive/ just unbearable and I always change it to / after an install. The issue with this is that post install activities will create symlinks using /cygdrive moniker so I must go change those if I find them. Would it be possible for setup to

Ability to specify /cygdrive mount value in setup

2015-11-25 Thread cyg Simple
Friends, I find /cygdrive/ just unbearable and I always change it to / after an install. The issue with this is that post install activities will create symlinks using /cygdrive moniker so I must go change those if I find them. Would it be possible for setup to ask for the value and setup the /e

Re: Symlink targets dereferenced when winsymlinks:native

2015-11-25 Thread David Macek
Can you describe what purpose does your C:\proc serve? I'm not currently arguing for or against Corinna's proposal, I'm just curious. -- David Macek smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature

Re: Mintty 2.2.2: possible hang when breaking (CTRL+C) out of pinging unresponsive host

2015-11-25 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 25/11/2015 08:06, Thomas Wolff wrote: Am 24.11.2015 um 23:29 schrieb Marco Atzeri: ... I assume it is an interaction with mintty. Many problems of that kind attributed to mintty are actually problems with cygwin or especially pty. Please test also with another terminal (xterm, rxvt, ...)