Two problems with latest Cygwin version
Running XP Home on a pretty standard system. Downloaded and installed the latest Cygwin (complete installation) about 3 days ago. Two problems I'd like to report that I couldn't find in the FAQ/etc.: 1. Before installation, my desktop contained a computer icon, a network icon and the trash can. After installation completed, only the trash can remained on my desktop. 2. Before installation, my DOS cmd.exe understood the 'more' command. After installation, my DOS cmd.exe no longer understands the 'more' command. I note that earlier installations of Cygwin had problems with 'more' (don't recall details). With this latest release, 'more' works normally. It's thus as if Cygwin hijacked more. I detect no binary change to my windows/system32/cmd.exe. Does anyone have a fix for at least the second issue? It's highly unfriendly. I fixed the first issue myself of course, but felt you should be aware of it. Best, Andrew Palfreyman -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Two problems with latest Cygwin version
Please disregard the 2nd problem. Somehow my Windows PATH env var got corrupted. Andrew - Original Message - From: ANDREW PALFREYMAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cygwin@cygwin.com Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 1:08 PM Subject: Two problems with latest Cygwin version Running XP Home on a pretty standard system. Downloaded and installed the latest Cygwin (complete installation) about 3 days ago. Two problems I'd like to report that I couldn't find in the FAQ/etc.: 1. Before installation, my desktop contained a computer icon, a network icon and the trash can. After installation completed, only the trash can remained on my desktop. 2. Before installation, my DOS cmd.exe understood the 'more' command. After installation, my DOS cmd.exe no longer understands the 'more' command. I note that earlier installations of Cygwin had problems with 'more' (don't recall details). With this latest release, 'more' works normally. It's thus as if Cygwin hijacked more. I detect no binary change to my windows/system32/cmd.exe. Does anyone have a fix for at least the second issue? It's highly unfriendly. I fixed the first issue myself of course, but felt you should be aware of it. Best, Andrew Palfreyman -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Two problems with latest Cygwin version
Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted. On Sat, 20 May 2006, ANDREW PALFREYMAN wrote: - Original Message - From: ANDREW PALFREYMAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Thanks. Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 1:08 PM Subject: Two problems with latest Cygwin version Running XP Home on a pretty standard system. Downloaded and installed the latest Cygwin (complete installation) about 3 days ago. FYI, bad bug report. The words complete and latest aren't absolute -- they are relative to the mirror you used, as well as whether the installation succeeded. For the future, please read and follow Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Two problems I'd like to report that I couldn't find in the FAQ/etc.: 1. Before installation, my desktop contained a computer icon, a network icon and the trash can. After installation completed, only the trash can remained on my desktop. 2. Before installation, my DOS cmd.exe understood the 'more' command. After installation, my DOS cmd.exe no longer understands the 'more' command. I note that earlier installations of Cygwin had problems with 'more' (don't recall details). With this latest release, 'more' works normally. It's thus as if Cygwin hijacked more. I detect no binary change to my windows/system32/cmd.exe. Does anyone have a fix for at least the second issue? It's highly unfriendly. I fixed the first issue myself of course, but felt you should be aware of it. Please disregard the 2nd problem. Somehow my Windows PATH env var got corrupted. Both problems likely had the same cause -- something corrupted the registry settings on your machine. Cygwin's installation was probably coincidental, as the official Cygwin installer doesn't manipulate anything but the very confined section of the registry. I would suspect a buggy antivirus or firewall program. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte. But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that! -- Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
