7 python requests?!

2025-01-20 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Today I had SEVEN python requests to OK? How can I stop this nonsense? Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

I'm getting 3 python requests to OK every morning?

2024-12-01 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Hi. I'm getting 3 python requests to OK every morning? Is there any way to stop these requests? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#

takes several attempts to get ssh prompt?

2024-11-16 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Hi. I also have 0patch installed. I will leave this installed (for awhile) until they address this issue. Thanks for confirming the problem. Sorry for the bad title. Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

0patch

2024-11-16 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Hi. I also have 0patch installed. I will leave this installed (for awhile) until they address this issue. Thanks for confirming the problem. Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/

takes several attempts to get ssh prompt?

2024-11-15 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Hi. It is taking several attempts to get an ssh prompt, the past few weeks? Has something changed in Cygwin, or is it just my PC? Thanks. Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.

same problem, reported 5 Sep 2024

2024-11-11 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Hi. I still would appreciate some help with Mintty. I recall there is a command for getting the info for a Mintty window, e.g., title, coordinates, etc. What is that command? Thanks. Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/

how to find coordinates?

2024-11-05 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
I forget the mintty command to find "coordinates", e.g., title, position, etc.? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simpl

Re: tried Setup (2.931), but failed

2024-03-10 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Marco: I moved my copy of ca-certificates.dash.done into /etc/postinstall/ just to keep track of common files. Thanks again. Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscr

Re: tried Setup (2.931), but failed

2024-03-10 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
After mv ca-certificates.sh ca-certificates.sh.done I did a reinstall and now everything looked fine. Will that persist? Thanks. Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Un

Re: tried Setup (2.931), but failed

2024-03-10 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
It was 0, so I did ca-certificates.sh ca-certificates.sh.done However, I then tried a reinstall of ca-certificates, and it failed the same way. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/doc

Re: tried Setup (2.931), but failed

2024-03-10 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
I note that on my PC I see in /etc/postinstall/ ca-certificates.dash.done ca-certificates.sh.done but in my wife's PC I only see ca-certificates.sh -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/d

Re: tried Setup (2.931), but failed

2024-03-10 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
I see: lingber@LouiseLG /etc/postinstall$ source ca-certificates.sh + source ca-certificates.sh ++ '[' '!' -e /etc/pki/ca-trust/ca-legacy.conf ']' ++ '[' -f /etc/pki/ca-trust/ca-legacy.conf -a -x /usr/bin/diff ']' ++ /usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/cache/setup/etc/pki/ca-trust ++ /usr/bin/rm -f /var/cache/

tried Setup (2.931), but failed

2024-03-10 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
I tried Setup (2.931) but it too failed to fix ca-certificates. Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: ca-certificates.sh cannot install?

2024-02-08 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Today, I installed the latest setup (2.930) and saw ca-ceterificates in the list to be installed -- on just my my wife's PC which does not have that installed yet, as I have noted in quite a few previous messages here. I went through that install, but I still see: Package: _/ca-certificates ca-cer

Re: ca-certificates.sh cannot install?

2024-02-05 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Brian: I did what you suggested: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.3007] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\cygwin64\home\ingber> C:\cygwin64\home\ingber> -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: ca-certificates.sh cannot install?

2024-02-03 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Apparently, I do not have permissions to send attachments?? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: ca-certificates.sh cannot install?

2024-02-02 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
I added letsencrypt as you suggested. I now see: Package: _/ca-certificates-letsencrypt ca-certificates-letsencrypt.sh exit code 1 Package: _/Unknown package ca-certificates.sh exit code 1 -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ D

[no subject]

2024-02-02 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Lester On 2024-02-01 08:40, Lester Ingber via Cygwin wrote: > Yes, a Reinstall is the first thing I tried. > I just tried that again after installing 3.5.0-1, with the same negative > result. Presumably you are installing the latest package versions? There used to be a problem

Re: ca-certificates.sh cannot install?

2024-02-01 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
I just tried deleting all ca-cert... with the same negative result. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: ca-certificates.sh cannot install?

2024-02-01 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Yes, a Reinstall is the first thing I tried. I just tried that again after installing 3.5.0-1, with the same negative result. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe in

Re: ca-certificates.sh cannot install?

2024-01-31 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Assuming we are still in /etc/postinstall/ I see no file with that name? On my wife's system (the broken system) I see source ca-certificates.sh (line is blank) On my system, I see only ca-certificates.dash.done ca-certificates.sh.done Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/proble

Re: ca-certificates.sh cannot install?

2024-01-31 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
The outcome is 1. Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

ca-certificates.sh cannot install?

2024-01-31 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
I just installed the latest Cygwin on our two PCs. I was hoping this would take care of this problem, but it did not. On just one of the PCs, I see (in black): Package: _/Unknown package ca-certificates.sh exit code 1 The other PC is fine with all installations. -- Problem reports:

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] TeX Live 2023

2023-03-24 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
I think my attachments stopped this email, so I'm sending this without them: My install seems to fail with: texlive-collection-context.sh exit code 127 -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.

Python 3.9 requires daily OK?

2023-02-11 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Apparently, Python-3.9 requires a daily approval to run? On both of our independent PCs my wife and I have to do this daily?? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe in

dirsfile incorrect on startup?

2022-11-12 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
When I login to my cygwin I see /cygdrive/c/Users/ingber/My: Command not found. I have tried to edit my ~/.dirsfile (in /home/ingber/ which is where I wish to start) but those changes do not persist between login sessions? The problem likely stems from may of my files now in a G: drive (a virtual

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Re-Release: ca-certificates-2022.2.54-3

2022-09-08 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Achim: Hi. Whatever you did worked just fine. Now all PCs are updated just fine. Thanks. Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/

ca-certificates can't install as of about a week ago

2022-09-05 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
I tried sending this with an attached JPG, but that could not be posted. This posting simply records the main lines of that JPG. On one of our PCs (Windows 11 x64 Pro) ca-certificates can no longer be properly installed. Package: _/Unknown package ca-certificates.sh exit code 1 I tired

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Update: ca-certificates-2022.2.54-1

2022-08-17 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Hi. I need to restore the certs on one PC, which looks like the certs were not properly installed from the last update a few days ago. Now, on every update, I keep seeing on that PC: Package: _/Unknown package ca-certificates.sh exit code 1 How should I proceed? Thanks. Lester -

vim overflow for version < 9.0 ?

2022-07-12 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
This was just reported by US-CERT : We are running VIM - Vi IMproved version 8.2.4372. Medium Vulnerabilities vim -- vim Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0. 2022-07-01 6.8 CVE-2022-2264 MISC CONFIRM vim -- vim Heap-based Buffer Overflow in

setting up new PC under Windows 11?

2022-02-17 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
I just read in https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/new-preview-build-adds-microsoft-account-requirement-to-windows-11-pro/ that: "But tucked away toward the bottom of the changelog is one unwelcome addition: like the Home edition of Windows 11, the Pro version will now require an Internet con

ssh not working for past few months?

2020-07-18 Thread Lester Ingber via Cygwin
Is anyone else having problems with ssh -- a most basic tool? The past few months ssh has not been working for me. I have had to use WSL Bash. Lester -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/

mintty windows do not close

2019-12-29 Thread Lester Ingber
The last couple of weeks, with daily updated cygwin64, mintty windows opened from other mintty windows do not close, and they have to be crash-closed. I often open additional mintty windows called from a given mintty window, e.g., with script commands like mintty -o BackgroundColour=240,240,240 -s

sshd 2FA?

2019-01-18 Thread Lester Ingber
On a Virtual Private Server under Ubuntu, for the past few years, I have had 2-factor authentication (2FA) set up along the lines described in https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-multi-factor-authentication-for-ssh-on-ubuntu-16-04 Is this possible on Cygwin running the

Re: tar cygwin64/ from old to new computer?

2018-11-25 Thread Lester Ingber
Andrey: Hi. As I understand this now: On the new PC I use Powershell (as Admin) to run setup-x86_64.exe for the Base setup. >From the old PC I can use the /etc/setup/installed.db file in the new machine >at the same location. On the old machine, 5-6 years ago I used c:/cygwin64/ for the top di

tar cygwin64/ from old to new computer?

2018-11-25 Thread Lester Ingber
I'd like to simply transfer my cygwin64/ directory from my old Thinkpad to my new Thinkpad, both running Win 10 x64 Pro. E.g., I would put my old c:/cygwin64/ onto a flash SSD USB drive e:/ . cd c:/ tar cfp - cygwin64 > e:/cygwin64.tar & Then e:/cygwin64.tar would be mounted on my new computer. I

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] ghostscript 9.25-0.1

2018-09-12 Thread Lester Ingber
Ken: Thanks. Lester -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] ghostscript 9.25-0.1

2018-09-12 Thread Lester Ingber
I haven't downloaded from the Test setting for quite awhile. How can I select just * ghostscript-9.25-0.1 * libgs9-9.25-0.1 * libgs-devel-9.25-0.1 Thanks. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwi

Re: annoying ghostscript output in recent v9.24

2018-09-12 Thread Lester Ingber
I simply used ps2pdf file.ps and did not change the version line in ps2pdf (now "version=14"). The specific file I tested can be download https://www.ingber.com/ingber_CV.ps.gz but that should not be relevant as I have been having this warning message on all other .ps files since the update. --

Re: annoying ghostscript output in recent v9.24

2018-09-12 Thread Lester Ingber
I was using ps2pdf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: annoying ghostscript output in recent v9.24

2018-09-12 Thread Lester Ingber
The reply got messed up: Yes, I also have /usr/share/ghostscript/9.24/iccprofiles/default_rgb.icc but I keep getting /home/kbrown/src/cygghostscript/ghostscript-9.24-1.x86_64/src/ghostscript-9.24/base/gsicc_manage.c:1244: gsicc_open_search(): Could not find default_rgb.icc | /home/kbrown/src/cy

References: <20180912150856.ga15...@ingber.com>

2018-09-12 Thread Lester Ingber
Yes, I also have /usr/share/ghostscript/9.24/iccprofiles/default_rgb.icc but I keep getting /home/kbrown/src/cygghostscript/ghostscript-9.24-1.x86_64/src/ghostscript-9.24/base/gsicc_manage.c:1244: gsicc_open_search(): Could not find default_rgb.icc | /home/kbrown/src/cygghostscript/ghostscript-9

annoying ghostscript output in recent v9.24

2018-09-12 Thread Lester Ingber
I'm just reporting some annoying ghostscript output in the recent to 9.24: /home/kbrown/src/cygghostscript/ghostscript-9.24-1.x86_64/src/ghostscript-9.24/base/gsicc_manage.c:1244: gsicc_open_search(): Could not find default_rgb.icc | /home/kbrown/src/cygghostscript/ghostscript-9.24-1.x86_64/s

whois stopped working?

2017-12-17 Thread Lester Ingber
Since my last cygwin update I can't use /bin/whois anymore: % /home/ingber: whois google.com getaddrinfo(whois.verisign-grs.com): Servname not supported for ai_socktype -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

RE: Please explain how to add to a thread in this mailing list

2016-12-21 Thread Lester Ingber
Since gmail inserts extra characters that are not recognized as text, I am using mutt. mutt does not permit adding References: headers. Instead, I seem to be OK getting "Message-ID: <...>" from the Raw link, and changing this to "In-Reply-To: <...>" Is there a better/different way of replying to

Re: can't access /cygdrive/c/Windows/Sysnative ?

2016-12-21 Thread Lester Ingber
So, I guess that I should have seen that the Windows 10 Ubuntu bash.exe is actually written as a 32 bit code (they didn't use the 64-bit code as on my other true Ubuntu x64 platform?) from the PE32+ info?: 12:08:44pm ingber@lesterX1:/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32# ls -l bash.exe -rwxr-x---+ 2 Truste

can't access /cygdrive/c/Windows/Sysnative ?

2016-12-21 Thread Lester Ingber
In some older cygwin posts, I see cygwin use of Sysnative for 64-bit access to System32 files. In my Cygwin64 installation on my Thinkpad Windows 10 x64 Pro PC I cannot see Sysnative at all under cygwin. However, for example, using windows opened by Malwarebytes I can access this directory just fi

gcc -c -Wall -g -fsanitize=leak fails using gcc-5.3.0

2016-03-25 Thread Lester Ingber
I just tries to use the memory-leak detection built into gcc. I have the latest v5.3.0 from the regular x64 setup. I get: /bin/ld: cannot find -llsan collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status I do not see any lsan (or tsan) in my cygwin64 directories. Lester -- Problem reports: http://c

two cygwin1.dll files?

2016-03-19 Thread Lester Ingber
I just noticed that I have two cygwin1.dll files. Do I need both of them?: -rwxr-xr-x 1 ingber ingber 3406908 Jan 24 02:27 /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/bin/cygwin1.dll -rwxr-xr-x 1 ingber ingber 3493539 Feb 12 11:33 /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/usr/i686-pc-cygwin/sys-root/usr/bin/cygwin1.dll -- Problem rep

problems mounting C drive from macrium image

2015-09-22 Thread Lester Ingber
I used the following line in a Cygwin script: Reflect.exe -e -inc "C:\cygwin64\usr\local\bin\Reflect.xml" where Reflect.xml was generated in the Macrium GUI. This performed the backups just fine on our two Thinkpad Carbon X1 Windows 10 Pro x64 PCs. I then went to the Macrium GUI to mount the new i

can we see details of dependencies before committing to an install?

2015-08-08 Thread Lester Ingber
I do not see any way we can see details of dependencies before committing to an install? For example, if I want to install Cygwin Octave, I can click on several packages. When I continue to install, I have a page of dependencies, like a lot of libs,that should also be installed. That would be O

permissions differ depending on use of /cygdrive

2015-08-03 Thread Lester Ingber
I'm up to date with my cygwin64 running Version 2.2.0-1. I just noticed this inconsistent behavior depending on the use of /cygdrive under both the latest tcsh or bash: 7:38:28am ingber@lesterX1:~% ls -l /cygdrive/d/lesterX1 total 50426948 -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 ingber Users 50108441600 Aug 2 03:35 Archiv

latest tcsh build has problems completing ln -s

2015-07-02 Thread Lester Ingber
Since the newest tcsh build on Cygwin (i'm using cygwin64), version tcsh 6.19.00 (Astron) 2015-05-21 (x86_64-unknown-cygwin) options wide,nls,dl,al,kan,sm,rh,color the completion of files using TAB does not work anymore. It works fine under bash. I've inserted [TAB] where I have pressed Tab. On t

OK to update cygwin32 & cygwin64 simultaneously?

2015-03-08 Thread Lester Ingber
Is it OK to update cygwin32 & cygwin64 simultaneously, e.g., without any conflicts from two rebase utilities running at the same time? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubs

Re: wish: setup.exe should remember the desktop icon setting

2015-02-22 Thread Lester Ingber
Roland Illig gmx.de> writes: > > Hi, > > when I run setup.exe for the first time, it shows a checkbox somewhere > at the end of the wizard, allowing me to create a Cygwin icon on the > desktop. > > I don’t want this icon, so I uncheck that box. But when I later run > setup.exe again, the check

Re: top and free fail as of 21 Aug

2014-08-23 Thread Lester Ingber
Also note that the same files I saw dated "Aug 21" are now dated "Aug 23"; see below. So, yes, dates on these files do matter. (Other utils like pkill also were failing, etc.) Lester /bin% ls -l |grep "Aug 23" -rwxrwxr-x 1 ingber ingber 21543 Aug 23 10:34 free.exe -rwxrwx

Re: top and free fail as of 21 Aug

2014-08-23 Thread Lester Ingber
The problem was with the recent update of procps. Just now a newer version for x32 was available -- it fixed the problems. Lester -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscri

Re: top and free fail as of 21 Aug

2014-08-23 Thread Lester Ingber
Andrey: Good idea to try, but using the latest x32 cygwin1.dll snapshot did not help. Lester On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: > > > As of 21 Aug 2014, under cygwin, top and free return a blank line. Under > > cygwin64 they work just fine. This happens on both of our Thinkpa

top and free fail as of 21 Aug

2014-08-23 Thread Lester Ingber
As of 21 Aug 2014, under cygwin, top and free return a blank line. Under cygwin64 they work just fine. This happens on both of our Thinkpad Carbon X1 PCs under Windows 8.1. I see several files under /bin that were changed that date, e.g., /bin% ls -l |grep "Aug 21" Under setup, I do not see top

Re: cannot open mintty as adminstrator

2014-03-11 Thread Lester Ingber
Well, that problem happened all day yesterday. Today there is no such problem. I have not done anything on the system since then, but that is the situation today. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http

texlive not set up for updates?

2012-12-14 Thread Lester Ingber
TeXLive runs OK for preparation of my manuscripts. However, I'd like to expand its use, e.g., to include uspatents packages, etc. When I try to run tlmgr: /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/share/texmf/scripts/texlive% tlmgr.pl Can't locate TeXLive/TLConfig.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ./../../texmf/scripts/t

Re: untarring symlinks with ../ fails randomly

2011-04-27 Thread Lester Ingber
Dan Grayson math.uiuc.edu> writes: > > Here is a patch to tar that fixes the problem by using mtime instead of ctime. > Yes, it's not a problem with cygwin or tar, but I see no way for users to > figure out, under Windows, which processes are changing the status of their > files. > > diff -ur t

Re: untarring symlinks with ../ fails randomly

2011-04-25 Thread Lester Ingber
Corinna Vinschen cygwin.com> writes: > > On Apr 24 17:14, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > Dear all, > > reposting, as the message did not get through to the mailing list yesterday: > > > > The issue I have is exactly as described in > > http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2011-04/msg00299.html > > I can

Re: regular tcsh crashes

2010-12-12 Thread Lester Ingber
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Lester Ingber wrote: >> On 12/10/2010 8:22 PM, Lester Ingber wrote: >>> I have been having tcsh crashes for some time.  I have tried the >>> latest snapshot of cygwin1.dll but that does not help.  I attach the >>> output of my cygc

Re: regular tcsh crashes

2010-12-12 Thread Lester Ingber
> On 12/10/2010 8:22 PM, Lester Ingber wrote: >> I have been having tcsh crashes for some time.  I have tried the >> latest snapshot of cygwin1.dll but that does not help.  I attach the >> output of my cygcheck-svr.txt. >> >> The crashes typically output,

Re: queries on Environment and Services before 1.5 -> 1.7 upgrade

2010-04-29 Thread Lester Ingber
I appreciate the feedback from Jeremy Bopp and Corinna Vinschen. Just after Jeremy's email I did the upgrade and it went very smoothly. Thanks very much. Lester Original Message Subject: queries on Environment and Services before 1.5 -> 1.7 upgrade From: Lester In

queries on Environment and Services before 1.5 -> 1.7 upgrade

2010-04-28 Thread Lester Ingber
I have some questions prior to upgrading from 1.5.25-15 to 1.7 (currently 1.7.5-1) with respect to Environment and Services. I already am aware that after the upgrade I should run /bin/copy-user-registry-fstab presumably in my first console shell. Under My Computer -> Advanced -> Environment Vari

how to update /etc/alternatives

2009-03-03 Thread Lester Ingber
The default for many files under /bin is linked to /etc/alternatives. I wanted to update by default gcc and g++ to v4, so instead of changing the .exe links in /bin, I wanted to have these changes made in /etc/alternatives. Instead of doing this one file at a time, I tried re-installing all gcc/g+

environment problems mixing mintty and xterm

2009-01-22 Thread Lester Ingber
I find mintty very useful. I can bring it up as a standalone window or I can run run additional windows from xterm running under X. If I do the latter then mintty inherits the environment from the xterm window I'm running, e.g., including additional path entries set in ~/.tcshrc, etc. However, i

printing from gvim

2008-10-07 Thread Lester Ingber
I cannot seem to get the Cygwin gvim-7.2 to print to my HP Officejet. I keep getting E365: Failed to print Postscript file. However, I have also installed from ftp.vim.org//pub/vim/pc that version of gvim-7.2 under Program Files and I can print just file from that gvim. Thanks. Lester -- Unsub

Re: Does anyone use insight on cygwin?

2008-08-06 Thread Lester Ingber
I've starting using insight. I think it's a very useful quick debugging tool. I tried compiling UPS (ups.sf.net), which I've used for years on SPARC machines, but couldn't get it work under windows. Lester -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

bash.exe: ***fatal error

2008-04-30 Thread Lester Ingber
I thought it important enough to clarify item (4) below. The attachment is in the previous posting. Yesterday I installed the final version of SP3 on my XP Professional system, which I downloaded via a link to the microsoft .exe via zdnet, just an hour or so before it was announced that MS is wor

zdiff 1.3.12 still not correct

2008-02-17 Thread Lester Ingber
On Cygwin /bin/zdiff 1.3.12 still is not correct. Line 107 reads eval "$cmp" /dev/fd/5 -) 5<&0 whereas it probably should read something like eval "$cmp" /dev/fd/5 - >&3) 5<&0 I looked at source zdiff.in in gzip-1.312 and on line 107

RE: cygserver error

2007-07-11 Thread Lester Ingber
Dave: : Hmmm, one of those is a login shell, and the other is not. That may well : make the difference. If you add the "-ls" option to the xterm invocation, : does it then behave the same as when you start via cygwin.bat? This makes no difference. I still get the reported errors. : It isn

Re: cygserver error

2007-07-11 Thread Lester Ingber
P.S.: I also tested running my startupx.sh script from the bash window presented by cygwin.bat, in case that set up the proper envirnonment for X. I get the same Event Viewer log of errors. Lester -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http:/

Re: cygserver error

2007-07-11 Thread Lester Ingber
Corinna: : You did, apparently. However, I can not reproduce this problem. I : created a setup which also starts cygserver automatically at boot time : and I added a `set CYGWIN=server' to my cygwin.bat file. When I now : start my shell, I get exactly 0 event entries, as expected. : : Is there

Re: cygserver error

2007-07-10 Thread Lester Ingber
erver.conf 10:39:24 @lester:/etc% Lester On Jul 10 09:39, Lester Ingber wrote: > Whenever I start Cygwin on our Thinkpads/XP Pro SP2 with cygserver started > at boot, I get a series of Errors in my Event Viewer -> Application. > As far as I can tell everything is running OK, but I don

Re: cygwin-1.5.22-1 -> cygwin1.dll.new, not cygwin1.dll

2006-11-14 Thread Lester Ingber
hment. Thanks. Lester +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Lester Ingber wrote: I just used setup.exe to upgrade to cygwin-1.5.22-1. I rebooted, and I got a error that cygwin1.dll could not be found. Under Windows Explorer I saw /bin/cygwin1.dll.new (no

cygwin-1.5.22-1 -> cygwin1.dll.new, not cygwin1.dll

2006-11-14 Thread Lester Ingber
I just used setup.exe to upgrade to cygwin-1.5.22-1. I rebooted, and I got a error that cygwin1.dll could not be found. Under Windows Explorer I saw /bin/cygwin1.dll.new (no other cygwin1.dll[.] file), so I renamed it to cygwin1.dll, and now everything seems to be working OK. Is the postinstall

Re: cygserver errors

2006-10-09 Thread Lester Ingber
I do have all Cygwin packages on my PC. I assume that I must specifically "activate" syslogd? But why? If the same info is in now the Windows event log, what else would be learned? Thanks. Lester :Lester Ingber wrote: : :> In /etc/cygserver.conf I set :> kern.log.syslog yes

Re: cygserver errors

2006-10-09 Thread Lester Ingber
win) wrote: : Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:13:51 -0400 : : On 10/09/2006, Lester Ingber wrote: : >I am having problems with cygserver similar to those discussed in : >http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-05/msg01378.html. On my XP Pro : >system, under Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer ->

Re: cygserver errors

2006-10-09 Thread Lester Ingber
zation: Cygwin : User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060916 Fedora/1.5.0.7-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.7 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 : To: Lester Ingber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : CC: cygwin@cygwin.com : Subject: Re: cygserver errors : In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: crashes with various programs

2006-08-08 Thread Lester Ingber
t;break_here". Maybe you have the CYGWIN_DEBUG environment variable set? cgf -- Prof. Lester Ingber [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ingber.comalumnus.caltech.edu/~ingber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Probl

Re: crashes with various programs

2006-08-08 Thread Lester Ingber
Christopher: I have CYGWIN set for error_start=c:/cygwin/bin/gdb.exe in my WINDOWS (vs bash/tcsh) environment. Soon after starting a session my test on pstree again crashed. Here is the DOS window info: GNU gdb 6.5.50.20060706-cvs (cygwin-special) Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, In

Re: crashes with various programs

2006-08-07 Thread Lester Ingber
Christopher: My cygwin.bat file is 8< top cut -> bottom ->8 @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin tcsh -l 8< bottom cut <- top ->8 So, I assume that the proper place for setenv CYGWIN "error_start

Re: crashes with various programs

2006-08-07 Thread Lester Ingber
Christopher: As I replied to Larry in a previous posting in this thread: % ls -l /bin/cygwin1.dbg -rwxrwxrwx 1 ingber None 9753672 Aug 2 20:50 /bin/cygwin1.dbg* I followed your instructions: I downloaded the latest src from snapshots and simply placed this file under /bin/. I got out of cygwin

Re: crashes with various programs

2006-08-07 Thread Lester Ingber
ious programs From: Christopher Faylor Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:55:41 -0400 On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 07:42:33PM -0700, Lester Ingber wrote: >Christopher: > >Typing "continue" didn't do anything -- it just hung. > >Here is the output with "thread 1" typing &qu

Re: crashes with various programs

2006-08-07 Thread Lester Ingber
7 Aug 2006 21:57:01 -0400 /Subject/: Re: crashes with various programs -------- On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 04:35:00PM -0700, Lester Ingber wrote: >Christopher: > >I followed your instructions and got: > >GNU gdb 6.5.50.20060706-cvs (cygwin-special) >Copyright (

Re: crashes with various programs

2006-08-07 Thread Lester Ingber
/system32/ntdll.dll #10 0x in ?? () (gdb) I do not see anything that helps, but perhaps you do? Thanks. Lester +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Christopher Faylor Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:10:38 -0400 Subject: Re: crashes with various programs On Mon

Re: crashes with various programs

2006-08-07 Thread Lester Ingber
th various programs On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 12:49:56PM -0700, Lester Ingber wrote: >Since the latest round of updates with cygwin1.dll, I've been having >various programs crash regularly (daily, sometimes several times per day). >Lot of times my xterm windows just exit. Here is an

incorrect time stamps (ls)?

2006-05-23 Thread Lester Ingber
I am seeing date stamps at future dates: 21:48:21 @lester:/cygdrive/d/Diagoran% ls -l total 1676 dr-x-- 8 ingber None 0 Apr 22 2009 DI/ -r-x-- 1 ingber None 1437696 Apr 9 20:09 Diagoran.exe* dr-x-- 2 ingber None 0 Apr 22 2009 QMatix/ -r 1 ingber None 36864 Mar 3

nice under tcsh does not register under top?

2006-04-04 Thread Lester Ingber
I have a tcsh script that runs some processes, e.g., `nice +19 gmake run`. I monitor the NI and %CPU columns under `top`. This works fine under FreeBSD and Solaris/SPARC, but under Cygwin the NI column always reads 0? Is it not possible to affect Windows priorities via Cygwin? Thanks. Lester

Re: P.S. cygheap base mismatch

2005-11-24 Thread Lester Ingber
2005 00:13:31 -0500 : From: Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: cygwin@cygwin.com : Subject: Re: P.S. cygheap base mismatch : Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com : In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 : : On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 01:59:37PM -0800, Lester Ingber wro

Re: P.S. cygheap base mismatch

2005-11-23 Thread Lester Ingber
cygwin@cygwin.com : : On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 07:27:03PM -0800, Lester Ingber wrote: : >Yes, I just put in cygwin1-20051117.dll. : > : >The cygheap problem does not seem to be present, and I'm able to start : >xterm windows. A quirk though: Each xterm window also brings up a

Re: P.S. cygheap base mismatch / popen()

2005-11-22 Thread Lester Ingber
As I explained in my first posting in this thread, popen() hangs my code when using the -mn=no-cygwin option under gcc. Most of the time this happens, I also get printed to STDOUT, The process tried to write to a nonexistent pipe. The xterm window in which I am running the code freezes, and I ha

Re: P.S. cygheap base mismatch

2005-11-22 Thread Lester Ingber
Yes, I just put in cygwin1-20051117.dll. The cygheap problem does not seem to be present, and I'm able to start xterm windows. A quirk though: Each xterm window also brings up a separate DOS window, and thexterm window is killed if I kill the DOS window? Thanks. Lester : You may want to try a

Re: P.S. cygheap base mismatch

2005-11-22 Thread Lester Ingber
aven't? Note that sshd was likely on when I ran cygcheck under Cygwin. Lester On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 08:36:24PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: : : Lester Ingber wrote: : >I also had reinstalled the most current versions of : >cygutils 1.2.9.-1 : >cygwin 1.5.18.1 : > : >I

Re: P.S. cygheap base mismatch

2005-11-22 Thread Lester Ingber
Larry: Yes I did stop sshd every time I exited Cygwin, before trying the various (re-)installations. Why does it seem to you that I haven't? Note that sshd was likely on when I ran cygcheck under Cygwin. Lester On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 08:36:24PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: : : L

P.S. cygheap base mismatch

2005-11-22 Thread Lester Ingber
I also had reinstalled the most current versions of cygutils 1.2.9.-1 cygwin 1.5.18.1 I guess there is something else I should try to reinstall as well? Perhaps my reverting to mingw-runtime 3.8-1 and then putting back mingw-runtime 3.9-1 messed up some other DLLs? Lester -- Unsubscribe info:

using Thawte certificates?

2005-09-02 Thread Lester Ingber
use them in mutt. Has anyone worked on this? Thanks. Lester -- Prof. Lester Ingber [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ingber.com www.alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com

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