Re: Hippo icon for cygwin...

2009-12-07 Thread Greg Chicares
On 2009-12-06 18:33Z, Charles Wilson wrote: [...vista-sized icons cause crashes on old XP machines...] Well then, what happens if the icon in question is inside a DLL? We have a winner. Can you try creating a shortcut, and setting its icon to the hippo in each of these two DLLs? The _vista

Re: Hippo icon for cygwin...

2009-12-05 Thread Robert Pendell
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:06 AM, Charles Wilson wrote: for your enjoyment. It's based on public domain art; this version released under a creative commons license (CC-BY-SA 3.0) which is GPL compatible. If ya'll like it, I might put it into cygicons.dll eventually. -- Chuck I like it. Oh

Re: Hippo icon for cygwin...

2009-12-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 5 04:06, Charles Wilson wrote: for your enjoyment. It's based on public domain art; this version released under a creative commons license (CC-BY-SA 3.0) which is GPL compatible. If ya'll like it, I might put it into cygicons.dll eventually. It's absolutely cute! But... what is

Re: Hippo icon for cygwin...

2009-12-05 Thread Greg Chicares
On 2009-12-05 09:06Z, Charles Wilson wrote: for your enjoyment. It's based on public domain art; this version released under a creative commons license (CC-BY-SA 3.0) which is GPL compatible. Might this file: 1a652c4c8c31b80c85d6cbc2b4093060 *hippo.ico be somehow malformed? My computer BSODs

Re: Hippo icon for cygwin...

2009-12-05 Thread Charles Wilson
Greg Chicares wrote: Might this file: 1a652c4c8c31b80c85d6cbc2b4093060 *hippo.ico be somehow malformed? My computer BSODs every time I try to view it in 'irfanview'. This has happened three times in a row. BSOD? Well, *any* BSOD is by definition a bug inside ring 0 (e.g. the core Windows

Re: Hippo icon for cygwin...

2009-12-05 Thread Reid Thompson
Charles Wilson wrote: Greg Chicares wrote: Might this file: 1a652c4c8c31b80c85d6cbc2b4093060 *hippo.ico be somehow malformed? My computer BSODs every time I try to view it in 'irfanview'. This has happened three times in a row. irfanview handles it fine on my box (XP). -- Problem reports:

Re: Hippo icon for cygwin...

2009-12-05 Thread Robert Pendell
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Charles Wilson wrote: Greg Chicares wrote: Might this file:   1a652c4c8c31b80c85d6cbc2b4093060 *hippo.ico be somehow malformed? My computer BSODs every time I try to view it in 'irfanview'. This has happened three times in a row. BSOD? Well, *any* BSOD is by

[OT] Re: Hippo icon for cygwin...

2009-12-05 Thread Dave Korn
Robert Pendell wrote: Using windbg to identify the culprit helps. Yes, anything else is pointless speculation; these kinds of crashes are way too esoteric to waste time guessing at. Enable full crash dumps in the system preferences, install windbg, trigger the crash, then (after rebooting)

Re: Hippo icon for cygwin...

2009-12-05 Thread Greg Chicares
On 2009-12-05 14:27Z, Charles Wilson wrote: Greg Chicares wrote: Might this file: 1a652c4c8c31b80c85d6cbc2b4093060 *hippo.ico be somehow malformed? My computer BSODs every time I try to view it in 'irfanview'. This has happened three times in a row. BSOD? Well, *any* BSOD is by

Re: Hippo icon for cygwin...

2009-12-05 Thread Dave Korn
Greg Chicares wrote: but the program name began with 'ati' There's your problem, right there. cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info:

Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Ashwin N
Hi, I noticed that the icon for Cygwin on the website has changed from the green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg When and why? :-) ~ash -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Re: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Chris January
Ashwin N wrote: Hi, I noticed that the icon for Cygwin on the website has changed from the green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg It's to shake off the impression that Cygwin is bloated and slow. No, wait Chris -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 3 10:51, Chris January wrote: Ashwin N wrote: I noticed that the icon for Cygwin on the website has changed from the green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg It's to shake off the impression that Cygwin is bloated and slow. No, wait Yes, sure,

Re: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Brian Dessent
Corinna Vinschen wrote: green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg It's to shake off the impression that Cygwin is bloated and slow. No, wait Yes, sure, that's right. The hippo's the second fastest animal ever, right after the tortois(*). If the GNU

RE: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message From: Corinna Vinschen Sent: 03 May 2005 11:18 On May 3 10:51, Chris January wrote: Ashwin N wrote: I noticed that the icon for Cygwin on the website has changed from the green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg It's to shake off the

Re: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 3 04:34, Brian Dessent wrote: Corinna Vinschen wrote: green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg It's to shake off the impression that Cygwin is bloated and slow. No, wait Yes, sure, that's right. The hippo's the second fastest animal

RE: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Reid Thompson
Brian Dessent wrote: Corinna Vinschen wrote: green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg It's to shake off the impression that Cygwin is bloated and slow. No, wait Yes, sure, that's right. The hippo's the second fastest animal ever, right after the

Re: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Brian Dessent
Corinna Vinschen wrote: Wow! I'm impressed. Is that cyppo free from copyrights? I doubt it. I borrowed the first frame from this enormously silly animated gif: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/weetabix1/hippo.gif which I found via google image search. Though I've seen that gif

Re: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Lionel B
Corinna Vinschenwrote... On May 3 04:34, Brian Dessent wrote: Corinna Vinschen wrote: green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg It's to shake off the impression that Cygwin is bloated and slow. No, wait Yes, sure, that's right. The

Re: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Chris Herborth
Chris January wrote: I noticed that the icon for Cygwin on the website has changed from the green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg It's to shake off the impression that Cygwin is bloated and slow. No, wait Hippos are bloated and fast. And rather dangerous,

RE: Re: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Reid Thompson
Chris Herborth wrote: Chris January wrote: I noticed that the icon for Cygwin on the website has changed from the green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg It's to shake off the impression that Cygwin is bloated and slow. No, wait Hippos are bloated and

RE: Re: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Reid Thompson
Chris Herborth wrote: Chris January wrote: I noticed that the icon for Cygwin on the website has changed from the green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg It's to shake off the impression that Cygwin is bloated and slow. No, wait Hippos are bloated and

Re: Re: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Christopher Faylor
For further discussion about hippos, then please move to the cygwin-talk list where this whole discussion more or less orginated. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Kaz Kylheku
On Tue, 3 May 2005, Chris Herborth wrote: Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 12:02:21 -0400 From: Chris Herborth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Hippo icon! Chris January wrote: I noticed that the icon for Cygwin on the website has changed from the green-n-black C to a roaring

RE: Hippo icon!

2005-05-03 Thread Dave Korn
! ^ Kaz, http://cygwin.com/acronyms#PCYMTNQREAIYR please! Subject: Re: Hippo icon! Are hippos fast? Well, compared to what? From among images of land animals, would you choose one of a hippo to represent speed? What about agility? Assuming hippos are fast, can they change