> At 10:24 AM 12/13/2000, Richard Dixon wrote: > > >Dear All, > > > >A novice's question here - just got Cygwin running using an older version > >(a 10MB-or-so executable containing all the relevant files). > > > >It seems to be OK in terms of running but when typing in the bash shell, > >there are lots of beeps and any letters I type often delete the previous > >letter or shift the last letter written along one - e.g. typing abcdef > >might come up as abcdfe (and no I've typed this in very slowly so it's not > >me!) - and it's very infuriating. > > > >Just wondered if anyone else has had this peculiar trouble and whether > >there was any sort of patch released that might cure it. > > > >Many thanks in advance, > >Richard ([email protected]) > > > > > > > If the package you got contains a cygwin1.dll, try removing it in favor of > the current one (which you can download from www.cygwin.com if you don't > have it already). If it contains a cygwinb19.dll, remove it and try copying > the latest cygwin1.dll to cygwinb19.dll. As I recall, the current DLL is > binary compatible with B20 and B19, so these procedures should "upgrade" > you directly. If you have some release before B19, your only option is > to rebuild with the latest and greatest. Of course, this is an option even > if you have something working with B19 or later!;-)
Have encountered same behaviour with todays version of Cygwin on OS Windows 7. ( Firstly i was disappointed and wanted to throw Cygwin away. ) Solved by Windows reboot. -- 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
