Re: Looking for man pages

2007-06-28 Thread Jim Drash
Using the google search bar man gettimeofday, I was able to find the man page for that function and many others. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: Fatal Error with Cygwin usage

2006-11-07 Thread Jim Drash
Did you read any of the on-line documentation? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/

Re: Cygwin filesystem

2006-09-18 Thread Jim Drash
On 9/18/06, Francis Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I wonder whether there are plans about creating a special filesystem for Cygwin. I think it would be a very useful thing, for practical reasons. The problem with the folder Cygwin is installed to is that when you're looking for some

Re: MINGW GCC WIN64 port?

2006-09-18 Thread Jim Drash
One of my clients is interested in getting MINGW working on win64. We're considering engaging codesourcery to do the work. Anyone out there interested/able to co-funding the work? why not ask the Mingw developers: www.mingw.org -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: Cygwin filesystem

2006-09-18 Thread Jim Drash
I meant uninstall takes minutes not install. -- 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: Cygwin filesystem

2006-09-18 Thread Jim Drash
So let me get this right. Because Windows Search is slow you want have cygwin put its files a different partition? Cygwin's setup put the files exactly where you told it. It suggested C:\cygwin to you but you did not have to put them there. You made the choice and it is very easy to move them

Postfix on Cygwin?

2006-08-22 Thread Jim Drash
A few years back there were some folks looking to create a cygwin port of postfix. I the time that has passed bot cygwin and postfix have gotten better. Does anyone know if there is a cygwin-port of postfix? Jim Drash -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem

Re: Postfix on Cygwin?

2006-08-22 Thread Jim Drash
Assuming that there isn't a lurker here who's built it, would you be interested in giving it a go? I'll try for a bit if no one steps up. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: How to automatically startx and start emacs/XWindows?

2006-06-29 Thread Jim Drash
Can you say: 'Start -- Programs -- Startup? Create a bat file or cmd file that does what you want and either put it into the Startup folder or put a shortcut to it in the Startup folder On 6/28/06, siegfried [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I automatically run startx and then startup

Re: Latest Cygwin Release 5 month old...

2006-06-23 Thread Jim Drash
I run VMWare on on just such a configuration. On 6/22/06, Linda Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps, but you are assuming one's primary Windows machine is capable of being virtually subdivided. I run windows on a laptop (external keyb, mouse, screen). While it was a good laptop new, it's

Re: Latest Cygwin Release 5 month old...

2006-06-21 Thread Jim Drash
Not everyone has a spare test machine. I can never remember if we are supposed to top-quote or not. But here goes: If you need a spare test machine you should look into the VMWare Player. It is free and allows you to run a Virtual Machine on your desktop. Saying: I don't have a spare machine,

Re: Cygwin X Directory/File Manager - Does one exist?

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Drash
In Gnome: Nautilus. In KDE: Konquerer. curses: mc (midnight commander). On 5/22/06, Dave Elstner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a Cygwin X program that functions similar to Windows Explorer? Thanks, -Dave -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem

Re: Java program under cygwin?

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Drash
Are you running an X-server on your local box? That is what the message is saying. It needs to talk to an X-server. On 5/23/06, Peter Mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am trying to run a Java program which has a GUI associated with it and whose code is on a remote linux server. I am

Re: Java program under cygwin?

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Drash
in a text-only environment. OK, then I guess I got something wrong: I thought cygwin would help me run programs under Linux from a windows machine ...? When running the same Java programme directly under the same Linux machine the program is working as expected. Jim Drash wrote: Are you

Re: export arrays in cygwin ksh

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Drash
I tried changing case but to no avail. there is no pdksh file in my cygwin/bin directory so I think I am out of luck w/ pdksh. use the Cygwin Setup program and install pdksh. It is not installed by default. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: ssmtp apparently generating random email address?

2006-05-05 Thread Jim Drash
ssmtp cannot generate some random e-mail addresses. It does not run as a daemon. I would venture to guess it is some mailing list you belong to that has the problem. It is not ssmtp On 5/5/06, zzapper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I run various jobs from cron and then use :- /usr/sbin/ssmtp to

Re: Newbie help

2006-04-04 Thread Jim Drash
I think you are confused about the use of the word server as it applies to X-Windows type applications. In X windows, the client is the program such as emacs. The X-Windows server manages the display for the client program. A client program will ask the X-Windows server to draw something on the

Re: Any pppd implementation for Cygwin?

2006-03-30 Thread Jim Drash
PPTP and L2TP are both availble natively in Windows 2000 and XP. On 3/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings! I use pppd/ssh for vpn on Linux. I wonder if there is any pppd implementation on Cygwin, so I don't have to boot into Linux when I need vpn.

Re: [Newbie] Trying to run MSWord from Cygwin

2006-03-03 Thread Jim Drash
By the way, there are much easier ways to convert MS Word Docs to pdfs. On 3/3/06, P.P.Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Larry, Thanks for taking the time to look at this. When I look at the Log On settings for this service, it's set to log in as .\sshd_server user, not the Local System

Re: [Newbie] Trying to run MSWord from Cygwin

2006-03-03 Thread Jim Drash
I can't keep all my mailing lists rules straight. Some don't like top quoting, some do. So, I am sorry if I messed up. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html

Re: [Newbie] Trying to run MSWord from Cygwin

2006-03-03 Thread Jim Drash
If you need perfect PDFs, you could purchase the server version of Adobe Distiller. You could then set up an e-mail address so that people could send Word Documents as attachments and the server would see the e-mail and run distiller and send the pdf back to the sender. Or use the web to

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
Don't put the user names or passwords in the script put them in a file only readable by SYSTEM On 12/6/05, Tomasz Chmielewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Svend Sorensen schrieb: On 12/4/05, nidhog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/4/05, Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Dec

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
If someone can get physical access to the disk, then there is not a single thing you can do to stop someone who is: 1) Knowledgeable 2) Determined 3) has time 4) is a criminal Nothing can stop them, The best you can do is slow them down, know that it is happening maybe while it is happening or

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
Can you make it harder? Yes. I can think of lots of ways to make it harder. The easiest is to prompt them for the userid and passwords that they need when they need them and don't store them at all. On 12/6/05, Tomasz Chmielewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Drash schrieb: If someone can get

Re: command-line archiver that understands Windows ACLs?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
If you pack something using Solaris, then you unpack it with Solaris attributes. You can easily write a script that does what you need: unpacks, then sets the attributes to want. On 12/6/05, Mark McWiggins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cygwin is installed as part of a proposed deployment solution

Re: Can Not Get The Login Screen

2005-11-29 Thread Jim Drash
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-xdmcp-query On 11/29/05, Abbas Kayvan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to connect to my Linux machine from home. I can start the X window, then I do X -query myipaddress, but all I get is a grey screen with a X shaped cursor, I

Re: How to improve scp speed?

2005-11-28 Thread Jim Drash
File transfers in scp are encrypted and encryption is CPU intensive. Either your local workstation or your server might not be able to encrypt file transfer stream at the same speed, your connection is able to transfer it. You may try to choose different encryption algorithm on Login dialog.

Re: Drop Win9x support? (was: Serious performance problems)

2005-06-03 Thread Jim Drash
Since Cygwin is open source, there is nothing stopping anyone from taking the current source for themseleves and doing what they will (as long as they give back large grin). It is possible that someone who cared about having a Win9x Cygwin port would take up the maintainance (not unlike the folks

Re: cygwin and gmail problems? Remote host said: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first

2005-05-10 Thread Jim Drash
gmail doesn't seem to like messages from the cygwin mailing list today. Did anybody else get a notice like this? gmail has no problems with cygwin mail at all. I read you post and am writing this reply using gmail right now -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: beginner's questions

2005-04-26 Thread Jim Drash
1) I want to know if some software is installed in my cygwin. whereis and urpmi does not work. So how can i do this? 2) No login is required before connection. Am i root by default? 1) urpmi is a specifc wrapper on rpm that is used in Mandriva (formerly Mandrake) Linux systems. Since

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils-1.2.7-1

2005-04-14 Thread Jim Drash
rename comes from the util-linux package. cgf cgf you are right. I just checked a couple of my Linux boxes and there is a rename in /usr/bin/ I suspect that most old-time UNIX weenies (myself included) have never used it. I always used mv. WOW, learn something new everyday :-P --

Re: FDA-conform validation - any hints?

2005-04-11 Thread Jim Drash
On Apr 11, 2005 9:48 AM, Jan Schormann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, my company develops medical devices, so we must fulfill the FDA (U.S. Food Drug Administration) regulations. As we are using Cygwin in our software build chain (especially for GNU make and bash), we need to explain

Re: FDA-conform validation - any hints?

2005-04-11 Thread Jim Drash
Jan: I work for a very large FDA-regulated company. Our FDA IT audits have been centered on having documented processess and appropriate sets of test protocols to show compliance to those processes. Your validation efforts around GNU tools must describe what is your intended use and how you

Re: Command-Line Mail Client?

2005-02-22 Thread Jim Drash
How about email v 2.3.2 ? On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:29:33 -0800, Mike Dillinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I was wondering if there is a command-line mail client for Cygwin? I was looking for something along the lines of 'mail' or 'mailx' found in Linux distros. Thanks, -MikeD --

Re: Need more documentation

2005-02-11 Thread Jim Drash
I was wondering if there is any document available about how data is managed on the client side and on the server side. I want to know what exactly is done on each side and what is sent to the other. Maybe a kind of flowchart... client and server side of what? cygwin? X-windows?

Re: Another web page bug report

2005-01-18 Thread Jim Drash
http://cygwin.com/links.html is absolutely around!! On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:54:01 -0500, Jonathan Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to go to Chuck Wilson's web page, as pointed to in the rxvt README: http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/ And I just noticed it is also

Re: Cannot Start XFree version 4.4.0

2004-12-22 Thread Jim Drash
How about reading the documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/configure.html On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 07:08:27 + (UTC), Terrence White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have cygwin installed, and now I am installing XFree 4.4.0. The istallation Xinstall.sh script ran with no errors. After the

Re: What is aux???!

2004-10-29 Thread Jim Drash
It is a standard Windows pipe (like stdin, stdout) and is a hold over form DOS. It is the serial port just like lpt1 is the attached printer On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:43:03 +0100, Colin JN Breame [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try this: $ mkdir aux mkdir: `aux' exists but is not a directory $

Re: Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for x11 forwarding

2004-10-26 Thread Jim Drash
use ssh -X instead On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:36:36 -0400 (EDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I connect from cygwin to a remote host using 'ssh -Y', I get the warning: Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for x11 forwarding How can I fix this?

Re: setting IP address mask via CLI

2004-02-04 Thread Jim Drash
The tool to use is regedit. The TCP/IP setting are a set of registry entries. Figure out which Hive to change and then you can use regedit's CLI to do it. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: Info

2003-08-26 Thread Jim Drash
If you are teaching a class on RedHat Linux 9, why would you use CygWin? They aren't the same by a long shot. If you were teaching a class on the GNU toolchain, then CygWin is ideal. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: Win2k and cygwin memory leak

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Drash
I will be happy to find and fix your specific memory leak. My going rate is $200/hour. If that is satisfactory with you we can talk. If not, you have the source, the compiler, the debugger, find it yourself or find someone who will at a lower rate than mine. Otherwise, bugger off! --

Re: rfe: seamless windows integration

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Drash
Sorry, I miss-posted on this mailing list. (A finger fuddle) small, sheepish grin -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: rfe: seamless windows integration (fwd)

2003-08-09 Thread Jim Drash
Sorry, I posted this to the wrong list (a finger-fuddle), -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:04:43 -0400 From: Jim Drash [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: rfe: seamless windows integration Maybe I am a little slow but if someone wants a shortcut

Re: rfe: seamless windows integration

2003-08-06 Thread Jim Drash
Maybe I am a little slow but if someone wants a shortcut to the X apps can't they just create a short cut to the C:\cygwin\use\X11R6\bin directory? Again, I am into the KISS (Keep It Simple, cause I am Stupid) method for most things. Am I missing something? Jim Drash -- Unsubscribe info

rooted? - http://thinstall.com/

2003-08-04 Thread Jim Drash
It looks as if thinstall.com got rooted. I hope that this was not a Cygwin user as this is a very nasty thing to do. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: Running man by double clicking a man page, from Explorer?

2003-03-25 Thread Jim Drash
Your assumption that man pages all have the same extention is fundamentally flawed. Might I suggest your start with 'man man'. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation:

GPL violations et al

2003-03-25 Thread Jim Drash
A simple reading of the GPL text maks it clear that if you make use of GPL software you must provide the same to your downstream clients. Charles Wilson is correct. Cease and desist letters are the initial legal step. However, all that needs to be done to avoid any legal action is to put the

Setup: A suggestion

2003-02-07 Thread Jim Drash
packages. One might call this the Installable view. Does anyone have any thoughts about this (pro or con)? jim drash -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ

Re: cygrunsrv and apache

2003-01-16 Thread Jim Drash
. Make sure that SYSTEM can write /var/run and /var/log Hope this helps jim drash -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Connect from Unix to Windows via ssh and start an applycationwhich is using the windows display

2003-01-13 Thread Jim Drash
Use VNC

Re: Connect from Unix to Windows via ssh and start an applycationwhich is using the windows display

2003-01-13 Thread Jim Drash
Axel: Since you provided us with nothing to explain what you are trying to do, we all had to guess. If you need aceess to Windows GUI applications (you mentioned Notepad), you need a way to export the GUI. Windows is not X-Windows based so you have to use something else. We suggested VNC. There

When will we see chkconfig and xinetd?

2002-12-02 Thread Jim Drash
Sergei? thanks in advance. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Make sure to stop all cygrunsrv services before updating cygwin1.dll

2002-11-22 Thread Jim Drash
This message applies to both updating cygwin1.dll via setup or copying a snapshot. Make sure you end all services started via cygrunsrv before you upgrade. jim drash -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated sysvinit packake available for download

2002-11-20 Thread Jim Drash
Outstanding! Sergey, are you planning on moving your chkconfig and xinetd ports over soon? Updated sysvinit package available for download. What's new: postinstall script modified to create /var/log and /var/run dirs and empty utmp/wtmp files (if not exist). Removed some manual pages

RE: patched cygwin emacs available (for signal looping problem)

2002-11-14 Thread Jim Drash
I tried your patched emacs. It looks better in allcases except for one. If I run emacs from XWin. It displays the initial window but the toolbar doesn't work for me. I have to kill -9 the PID. Hope this gives you more insight -Original Message- From: Joe Buehler

RE: ls --color on windows 2000

2002-11-07 Thread Jim Drash
Try adding codepage:oem to the CYGWIN variable. It works for me -- jim -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Cygwin Setup.exe..

2002-10-30 Thread Jim Drash
Have you all look at the Category view. It is trivial to install an entire category or couple of categoies. Setup has what you want already. Now, maybe you dont understand or agree with the categories. You should take that up with the package maintinaers. BTW, using the example doing

Issues with cygrunsrv: How I solved mine

2002-10-30 Thread Jim Drash
that the combination of being in a domain and doing a Just for Me install was the root cause of my problem. I hope this helps other people. -- jim drash -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http

Debatable: Rootless Mode is an Important and Needed Feature

2002-09-27 Thread Jim Drash
While, it might be nice to allow Windows to be the Window Manager and that it might be convenient, it is not a requirement for many people's regular and daily use of the Xserver. Would it be cool? Yes. I cannot right now think of a single X app would work better if Windows managed it. If there

Re: New Project (was RE: X client wrapper for Win apps?)

2002-09-20 Thread Jim Drash
Can we move this discussion to another mailing list? and Get back to the business of cygwin-xfree, here. TIA jim drash

How about using SpamAssassin to manage spam on this list?

2002-09-17 Thread Jim Drash
SpamAssassin is what I use to deal with spam on some mailing lists I work with. It has saved by butt on many occasions. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: