UK keyboard layout

2006-06-17 Thread Phil Reynolds
I am trying to get Cygwin/X to support the UK keyboard layout, but cannot work out what it is I need to do. The XWin.log shows the following lines: (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: 0809 (0809) (--) Using preset keyboard for English (United Kingdom) (809), type 4 (EE) Couldn't load XKB

Re: UK keyboard layout

2006-06-17 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 11:38:15AM +0100, Phil Reynolds wrote: I am trying to get Cygwin/X to support the UK keyboard layout, but cannot work out what it is I need to do. The XWin.log shows the following lines: (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: 0809 (0809) (--) Using preset

Re: broken link

2006-06-17 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 08:18:33PM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote: On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Dariouch Baba? wrote: the following link seems broken, found on http://x.cygwin.com/ a

Re: broken link

2006-06-17 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 03:13:45PM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote: On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: X maintainer? Oh, a thinly veiled hint... :-) It's not a hint. We don't have an X maintainer. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: UK keyboard layout

2006-06-17 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Phil Reynolds wrote: On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 11:38:15AM +0100, Phil Reynolds wrote: I am trying to get Cygwin/X to support the UK keyboard layout, but cannot work out what it is I need to do. The XWin.log shows the following lines: (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: 0809 (0809) (--)

Re: sed: 4.1.5 breaks libtool generation

2006-06-17 Thread Mark Hessling
Original message Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:30:05 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sed: 4.1.5 breaks libtool generation To: cygwin@cygwin.com On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 02:24:00PM +1000, Mark Hessling wrote: Given the fact that cygwin runs on a machine

Re: sed: 4.1.5 breaks libtool generation

2006-06-17 Thread Dave
Mark Hessling wrote: Actually, what you describe is clear enough, but since CRLF handling isn't done by the Linux version of sed either, you would have the same problem on Linux. The question here is how did this file get created with CRLF in the first place? I have several cross-platform

Running as root

2006-06-17 Thread Stephen Grant Brown
Hi There I would like to run programs as root, which means the userid and group need to be set to 0, and the name needs to = root. I have looked through the ntsec.html document and I afraid it is too complicated for me to understand. Can somebody explain how to do this to me in a more

Re: Running as root

2006-06-17 Thread Václav Haisman
Stephen Grant Brown wrote, On 17.6.2006 13:21: Hi There I would like to run programs as root, which means the userid and group need to be set to 0, and the name needs to = root. I have looked through the ntsec.html document and I afraid it is too complicated for me to understand. Can

fetchmail 6.3.1-1 problem

2006-06-17 Thread David E. Bath
I recently updated fetchmail 6.3.1-1 from 6.2.5-2. I now get an error when it connects to one of my mail servers. Using fetchamil -v I noticed a difference in the output that indicates the likely problem. 6.3.1-1 give this message when the connection fails: fetchmail: 6.3.1 querying

Re: Running as root

2006-06-17 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Stephen Grant Brown wrote: Hi There I would like to run programs as root, which means the userid and group need to be set to 0, and the name needs to = root. I have looked through the ntsec.html document and I afraid it is too complicated for me to understand. Can

Using cygwin programs to open files downloaded with internet explorer

2006-06-17 Thread Yuval Grossman
Hi, When downloading postscript files I am trying to use the cygwin ghostview (gv.exe) instead of the window one. Under Internet Explorer I was able to do it by telling IE to use the cygwin gv to open .ps files. I do, however, have two problems: 1) When I open a ps file I always get an empty

Re: Using cygwin programs to open files downloaded with internet explorer

2006-06-17 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Yuval Grossman wrote: Hi, When downloading postscript files I am trying to use the cygwin ghostview (gv.exe) instead of the window one. Under Internet Explorer I was able to do it by telling IE to use the cygwin gv to open .ps files. I do, however, have two problems:

does this mail list work?

2006-06-17 Thread Science Guy
I tried posting the same message twice last night, from this Comcast address, and once this afternoon from my Yahoo address. The message is not showing up on the list. What gives? -- Joe -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: does this mail list work?

2006-06-17 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Science Guy wrote: I tried posting the same message twice last night, from this Comcast address, and once this afternoon from my Yahoo address. The message is not showing up on the list. What gives? Probably http://sourceware.org/lists.html#rbl-sucks. Igor --

so it does work, sometimes

2006-06-17 Thread Science Guy
Well maybe I can slip this message in. The shortened form of my blocked message is that I installed the latest snapshot on my PC but it did not fix the bash and CSRSS consuming 100% of CPU problem. Any other suggestions? I'm happy to give more information concerning exactly what I did. That's

Installed Applications?

2006-06-17 Thread Richard Foulk
Aloha, I'm looking for a good way to determine the software packages installed on a machine. We're hoping to do this remotely on a network of clients by mounting a client's drive and rummaging around. Is there an easy/reliable way to do this with Cygwin? Thanks! Richard -- Unsubscribe

Re: so it does work, sometimes

2006-06-17 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 07:27:54PM -0400, Science Guy wrote: Well maybe I can slip this message in. The shortened form of my blocked message is that I installed the latest snapshot on my PC but it did not fix the bash and CSRSS consuming 100% of CPU problem. Any other suggestions? Igor

Re: Installed Applications?

2006-06-17 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Richard Foulk wrote: Aloha, I'm looking for a good way to determine the software packages installed on a machine. We're hoping to do this remotely on a network of clients by mounting a client's drive and rummaging around. Is there an easy/reliable way to do this with

Re: Installed Applications?

2006-06-17 Thread Richard Foulk
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Richard Foulk wrote: Aloha, I'm looking for a good way to determine the software packages installed on a machine. We're hoping to do this remotely on a network of clients by mounting a client's drive and rummaging around. Is there an easy/reliable way to do

Re: Installed Applications?

2006-06-17 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Richard Foulk wrote: On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Richard Foulk wrote: Aloha, I'm looking for a good way to determine the software packages installed on a machine. We're hoping to do this remotely on a network of clients by mounting a client's drive and