1.5.21: Problems with fifos

2006-09-05 Thread Holger Kiehl
Hello First, I would like to mention that I am new on this list and new to cygwin. Also I would like to thank everyone that has contributed to cygwin! Recently I tried to get my own project AFD (automatic file distribution system http://www.dwd.de/AFD) to work under windows with the help of

RE: 1.5.21: Problems with fifos

2006-09-05 Thread Dave Korn
On 05 September 2006 09:39, Holger Kiehl wrote: Attached I have the cygcheck.out file. Please tell me if I forget to mention any information that could be usefull or what I can do to solve this. The single most valuable thing you could do would be try and extract a simple testcase that

Re: read() blocking and TIOCINQ

2006-09-05 Thread Ernesto Paiser
Hello Igor, Sorry for my incomplete question. I attach to you the following file that could be compiled with gcc in CYGWIN. Accepted commands start by '?' character, and when the device is not connected on the serial line the function read(...) blocks: DEVICE test program

Re: Apache 1.3.33 on W2003 problems only on system boot

2006-09-05 Thread ukr . name . lists
Hello, Igor. IP The fact that the service doesn't work after system boot and then works IP fine after a restart seems to suggest that it's started too early (before IP some other service). You need to discover what that service is (could be IP the firewall service, or Tcp/ip, or something

Re: Variation on: regular user, bash cannot find /tmp

2006-09-05 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, David LaFrance-Linden wrote: I found a few similar problems in your mail archives, but I did not quickly find the problem I'm having. Attached is cygcheck output as requested. A few days ago, as a normal user on my MS Windows box, I went to cygwin.com and ran setup.exe

Re: read() blocking and TIOCINQ

2006-09-05 Thread Igor Peshansky
Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted. On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Ernesto Paiser wrote: Igor Peshansky wrote: On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Ernesto Paiser wrote: Hello Corinna, FYI, this is a mailing list, and unless you're replying to a specific message, you're actually talking to many people. I have

Re: Need Volunteers to test patch for gnu make

2006-09-05 Thread Bob Rossi
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 03:36:02PM -0400, William A. Hoffman wrote: I have tested it and it works for me. William Sheehan has also tested it. Can a few more folks give the patch a try? Here is the link to the most recent patch:

Need Volunteers to test patch for gnu make

2006-09-05 Thread William A. Hoffman
I have tested it and it works for me. William Sheehan has also tested it. Can a few more folks give the patch a try? Here is the link to the most recent patch: http://www.mail-archive.com/make-w32@gnu.org/msg01157.html Just get the source for make-3.81 and apply the above patch. You can

Subversion can't move ./.svn/tmp/entries

2006-09-05 Thread Pete Gontier
When attempting to use Subversion to obtain a fresh new copy of a particular directory tree -- I mention this to make it clear none of the files or directories I want yet exist on my local disk -- I get an error described pretty well here: http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2005-08/1408.shtml

Re: Subversion can't move ./.svn/tmp/entries

2006-09-05 Thread Pete Gontier
Off-list, a smart person suggested I turn off icon overlays in TortoiseSVN, and this did the trick. Thanks muchly, smart person! I did like them icon overlays, but I reckon I'll have to go without. --- From: Pete Gontier

RE: Variation on: regular user, bash cannot find /tmp

2006-09-05 Thread David LaFrance-Linden
It did help and worked; thanks. Indeed, I had installed it in different places the two times. For the archives, a couple clarifications on the instructions. From a command prompt means from a windows command prompt not a cygwin/bash command prompt. In the `command` on my windows box,

Re: Variation on: regular user, bash cannot find /tmp

2006-09-05 Thread Charli Li
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Reformatted. David LaFrance-Linden wrote: It did help and worked; thanks. Indeed, I had installed it in different places the two times. For the archives, a couple clarifications on the instructions. From a command prompt means from a

Re: Variation on: regular user, bash cannot find /tmp

2006-09-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 09:26:42PM -0400, Charli Li wrote: Could I get a new acronym over here? PCYMTSTRTFTTCML (Please Configure Your Mailer To Set The Reply-To Field To The Cygwin Mailing List). I don't see any reason for this. If people actually *want* this, then they should set the

[OT] spam replies

2006-09-05 Thread René Berber
Charli Li wrote: [snip] Please don't quote raw email addresses (aka: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR)! This is an anti-spam measure used by the Cygwin lists (and probably the rest of sourceware's lists). http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU Could I get a new acronym over here?

Re: Variation on: regular user, bash cannot find /tmp

2006-09-05 Thread Bobby McNulty
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 09:26:42PM -0400, Charli Li wrote: Could I get a new acronym over here? PCYMTSTRTFTTCML (Please Configure Your Mailer To Set The Reply-To Field To The Cygwin Mailing List). I don't see any reason for this. If people actually *want*

Re: [OT] spam replies

2006-09-05 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
René Berber wrote: Charli Li wrote: [snip] Please don't quote raw email addresses (aka: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR)! This is an anti-spam measure used by the Cygwin lists (and probably the rest of sourceware's lists). http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU Could I get a new acronym

Re: [OT] spam replies

2006-09-05 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
René Berber wrote: Charli Li wrote: [snip] Please don't quote raw email addresses (aka: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR)! This is an anti-spam measure used by the Cygwin lists (and probably the rest of sourceware's lists). http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU Could I get a new acronym

Re: [OT] spam replies

2006-09-05 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: René Berber wrote: Charli Li wrote: [snip] Please don't quote raw email addresses (aka: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR)! This is an anti-spam measure used by the Cygwin lists (and probably the rest of sourceware's lists). http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU

Re: [OT] spam replies

2006-09-05 Thread Charli Li
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Larry Hall wrote: René Berber wrote: Charli Li wrote: [snip] Please don't quote raw email addresses (aka: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR)! This is an anti-spam measure used by the Cygwin lists (and probably the rest of sourceware's

startx failure, on fresh install

2006-09-05 Thread Greg Smith
startx won't start X, after fresh install of latest cygwin on fresh XP laptop See previous report here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2006-08/msg00099.html (no responses to that). I've found one other user with exactly the same problem, but have had no response in this forum or in the

Re: startx failure, on fresh install

2006-09-05 Thread Charli Li
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: startx won't start X, after fresh install of latest cygwin on fresh XP laptop See previous report here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2006-08/msg00099.html (no responses to that). I've found one other user

Re: startx failure, on fresh install

2006-09-05 Thread Greg Smith
You may want to use startxwin.sh or startxwin.bat, since there seems to be no evidence of anybody trying those methods yet. My experience is that I have tried startx and startxwin.sh, and they both don't work; the startxwin.bat file is the only one that worked for me. Try it out, and see what