RE: Running cygwin built programs in Windows XP

2002-12-23 Thread Pharas
Hey I was just letting him know how I did it. Never said it was the correct way to do it, because I never knew about the shared memory thing. Ok then I have a question, if you can't use -mno-cygwin to compile you just need to make sure the path is set correctly and it will work? -Original Mess

Re:Strange behaviour of gcc

2002-12-23 Thread Danny Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can somebody explain why gcc (version 3.2 20020927) on Cygwin does > this? Type this simple C program > > void func(void){ > struct {unsigned char data[3985];}var; > } > > and compile with > > gcc -c filename.c > > Then type > > nm filename.o > > The output is > > 0

Re: rxvt, once again...

2002-12-23 Thread Dockeen
"You do realize, don't you, that you cannot change the size of the window's backing buffer by dragging the window borders or corners?" I know that I can use my mouse to directly resize the rxvt window, by grabbing and dragging with my mouse. Thats why I like it. Works beautifully in 98,2000 and

cygwin-1.3.17-1 & rxvt

2002-12-23 Thread Mark Ord
I couldn't find any reference to this in the archives or else, apologies if it has been previously discussed... I've just upgraded cygwin1.dll, from 1.3.6-6 to 1.3.17-1 (just installed exim, which complained about the missing strlcpy export in cygwin1.dll - 1.3.17-1 fixed this). However, as a re

RE: Perl package File::Spec confused under cygwin

2002-12-23 Thread linda w \(cyg\)
This may be somewhat arcane/tedious, but... > > But Unix does have a concept of a mount point (device) and > > path from the mount point. Conceivably, one could view the mount > > point itself as a local host name for the "volume" (local, > remote or a > > device) with path being loca

Re: Perl package File::Spec confused under cygwin

2002-12-23 Thread Soren A
On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 02:59:49 GMT, Michael A Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 17:36:58 -0800 "linda w (cyg)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> Note that Cygwin, like Unix, doesn't have a concept of >>> volume. Everything exce

RE: su command ?

2002-12-23 Thread Chris January
> > 'su' is not implemented in cygwin (yet). The closest you can get now is > > setting up sshd and using 'ssh user@localhost'. There was some talk of > > one of the new packages having that functionality, but you'd > have to read > > the mailing list archives to verify that. > > Igor > > We

OpenGL Problem

2002-12-23 Thread Paul Deppe
Gents: While working on the FlightGear project we came across this "feature" of the Cygwin OpenGL support: > Paul Deppe writes: > > > > I found that Cygwin installs TWO copies of gl.h: > > > > opengl package installs: /usr/include/GL/gl.h (which declares > > glActiveTextureARB) and w32api package

Re: rxvt, once again...

2002-12-23 Thread Randall R Schulz
At 16:43 2002-12-23, Dockeen wrote: "I've never had any trouble resizing character windows runningBASH and Vim under Windows 2K" Hmmm, my results are pretty much the opposite. In Win2000, I can only resize the window in the vertical direction. In Win98SE I could only resize it very slightly,

Re: rxvt, once again...

2002-12-23 Thread Dockeen
"I've never had any trouble resizing character windows running BASH and Vim under Windows 2K" Hmmm, my results are pretty much the opposite. In Win2000, I can only resize the window in the vertical direction. In Win98SE I could only resize it very slightly, if at all. This is true (for me) in

Re: rxvt, once again...

2002-12-23 Thread Steve O
On Monday, Dec 23, 2002, at 11:58 Europe/Lisbon, Chris Game wrote: > That's interesting, but what's the advantage of rxvt over opening > cygwin/bash in a Windows command window Unix style cut and paste. A bit of a speed improvement. Resizable on Win98. Shift-PageUp scrolls up. Switches buffers whe

Re: rxvt, once again...

2002-12-23 Thread Randall R Schulz
Rui, At 14:21 2002-12-23, Rui Carmo wrote: On Monday, Dec 23, 2002, at 11:58 Europe/Lisbon, Chris Game wrote: That's interesting, but what's the advantage of rxvt over opening cygwin/bash in a Windows command window, where all the formatting options (except initial placement I grant you) are ava

Sshd: Resource temporarily unavailable - solved, sort of

2002-12-23 Thread Campbell Fethers
Symptom: sshd disconnects immediately after connection, logging error message "Read from socket failed: Resource temporarily unavailable". This is apparently caused by windows returning status code WSAEWOULDBLOCK, which is what it does if you attempt to do a non-blocking read when there is no data

Re: su command ?

2002-12-23 Thread Oodini
Igor Pechtchanski a écrit: 'su' is not implemented in cygwin (yet). The closest you can get now is setting up sshd and using 'ssh user@localhost'. There was some talk of one of the new packages having that functionality, but you'd have to read the mailing list archives to verify that. Igor W

Re: su command ?

2002-12-23 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Oodini wrote: > Hello, > > It seems that the su command doesn't work, although it is in the > man/info pages. > Any clue ? 'su' is not implemented in cygwin (yet). The closest you can get now is setting up sshd and using 'ssh user@localhost'. There was some talk of one of t

su command ?

2002-12-23 Thread Oodini
Hello, It seems that the su command doesn't work, although it is in the man/info pages. Any clue ? -- . . . .:::. ### \|/` ___ ' :(o o): . (o o) (o o) - (O o) - ooO--(_)--Ooo-ooO--(_)--Ooo-ooO--(_)--Ooo-ooO--(_)--Ooo- -- Unsubscribe i

Re: Strange behaviour of gcc

2002-12-23 Thread Max Bowsher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can somebody explain why gcc (version 3.2 20020927) on Cygwin does > this? Type this simple C program > > void func(void){ > struct {unsigned char data[3985];}var; > } > > and compile with > > gcc -c filename.c > > Then type > > nm filename.o > > The output is > > 0

Strange behaviour of gcc

2002-12-23 Thread fabrizio_ge-wolit
Can somebody explain why gcc (version 3.2 20020927) on Cygwin does this? Type this simple C program void func(void){ struct {unsigned char data[3985];}var; } and compile with gcc -c filename.c Then type nm filename.o The output is b .bss d .data t .text

Re: rxvt, once again...

2002-12-23 Thread Dockeen
rxvt was WELL worth the price of admission for two reasons (for me) (1) Having a window that I can resize just about any bloody way I want, not limited by what Windows wants to give me, with a nice, flexible scrollbar. (2) Being easily able to set things up where I could use the left, middle mous

Re: rxvt, once again...

2002-12-23 Thread Rui Carmo
On Monday, Dec 23, 2002, at 11:58 Europe/Lisbon, Chris Game wrote: That's interesting, but what's the advantage of rxvt over opening cygwin/bash in a Windows command window, where all the formatting options (except initial placement I grant you) are available from the prompt window properties? T

Re: Problems running makewhatis

2002-12-23 Thread Max Bowsher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here's the best advice anyone can provide given the information you've > provided so far: > > http://www.cygwin.com/bugs.html It wasn't a particularly well thought through question, but what you say above isn't strictly true. "/bin/awk: not found" is fairly clear cut. O

RE: Problems running makewhatis

2002-12-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here's the best advice anyone can provide given the information you've provided so far: http://www.cygwin.com/bugs.html Larry Original Message: - From: Huw Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 15:59:54 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problems running makewhatis I

Re: Problems running makewhatis

2002-12-23 Thread Max Bowsher
Huw Dixon wrote: > I've installed most - not all - of Cygwin and have been trying to run > /usr/sbin/makewhatis. First time run thru I get the following: > > cp: cannot create regular file `/var/cache/man/whatis': No such file > or director > y > /bin/awk: not found > /bin/awk: not found > /bin/awk

Problems running makewhatis

2002-12-23 Thread Huw Dixon
I've installed most - not all - of Cygwin and have been trying to run /usr/sbin/makewhatis. First time run thru I get the following: cp: cannot create regular file `/var/cache/man/whatis': No such file or director y /bin/awk: not found /bin/awk: not found /bin/awk: not found /bin/awk: not found

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: lynx-2.8.4-3

2002-12-23 Thread Frédéric L. W. Meunier
On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 05:13:29PM -0200, Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote: > > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-12/msg01239.html > > > > The problem exists in dev.12. > > > > Spawning your default shell. Use 'exit' to return to Lynx. > > > > Mic

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: lynx-2.8.4-3

2002-12-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 05:13:29PM -0200, Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote: > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-12/msg01239.html > > The problem exists in dev.12. > > Spawning your default shell. Use 'exit' to return to Lynx. > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: lynx-2.8.4-3

2002-12-23 Thread Frédéric L. W. Meunier
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-12/msg01239.html The problem exists in dev.12. Spawning your default shell. Use 'exit' to return to Lynx. Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. g:\home\fredlwm> 2.8.4-3: Spawning your default shell. Use 'exit

Re: checksum error on install

2002-12-23 Thread Max Bowsher
Timothy Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I just picked up a setup.exe for cygwin-1.3.17-1 and did a net > install. Everything downloads fine from planetmirror.com, but when > setup starts installing the packages, I get an installation error for > the file cygwin-1.3.17-1.tar.bz2

Re: Cygrunsrv problem starting service created with --user

2002-12-23 Thread Terry
Well, because it was an idiotic question on my behalf in the first place... I forgot to open up the sub entries for the registry entry. Which then made me assume that cygwin did something abnormal then regular service entries. Which is not the case. The paramaters are under the Param sub-entry,

Re: Cygrunsrv problem starting service created with --user

2002-12-23 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Terry, Imagine the next poor hapless soul searching the archives for an answer to the same question... He stumbles over this (not overly informative) message, and is no better off than he was before. In other words, if you're answering your own query, it might be a good idea to actually include

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: lynx-2.8.4-3

2002-12-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I've updated the version of lynx to 2.8.4-3. It solves the problem that on the '!' command, the $COMSPEC environment variable is evaluated instead of $SHELL. This mess turned out to be a Cygwin specific tweak of one of the Lynx developers from back in 1999. I just disabled the Cygwin specific beh

Re: Cygrunsrv problem starting service created with --user

2002-12-23 Thread Terry
nevermind, found it... ~ Terry 757 581-5981 AIM/Yahoo: lv2bounce - Original Message - From: "Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: Re: Cygrunsrv problem starting service created with --user > I am doing something similar an

Re: permission denied for NTFS network shares

2002-12-23 Thread Genady Veytsman
I didn't manage to make "cygrunsrv -u ..." to work. The service is installed but refuses to start. Besides its quite a nuisance to add all those fancy priviledges to every user/computer that will use rsh. The situation is like that: I have interactive RSH that works fine and noninteractive rsh (

Re: Cygrunsrv problem starting service created with --user

2002-12-23 Thread Terry
I am doing something similar and have been following this thread because I have run into the same problem... my question is: where is start up info kept for each cygrunsrv service?? looking into the win service entry there are no startup params... so where does cygunsrv store this info?? ~ Terr

Re: python-2.2.2-1 Tkinter unsable with tcltk-20021218-1

2002-12-23 Thread Charles Wilson
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 06:54:38AM +0900, SUZUKI Hisao wrote: Tkinter of python-2.2.2-1 is unsable with the recent tcltk-20021218-1. FYI (not that it will matter because there will be 27 other reports of this), I alerted Jason Tishler to the fact that my release of t

RE: linking problem, please help

2002-12-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well I'm glad to hear you were searching the internet for solutions to your problems. I hope you started at http://gcc.gnu.org/. Turns out, this isn't a tool problem at all (I know, you didn't imply that it was). It's a usage problem. And actually, the Cygwin email archives is full of inqu

Re: rxvt, once again...

2002-12-23 Thread Randall R Schulz
Chris, RXVT has it's own distinct advantages and many Cygwin users prefer it. Initial placement _is_ under user control, if you go to the launching shortcut's Properties dialog, Layout pane, uncheck "Let system position window". Then you can enter the coordinates of the window's top-left corner

Re: rxvt, once again...

2002-12-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One person's trash is another's treasure. I don't believe Randall was attempting anything more than to answer the original poster's request for help with getting rxvt positioned on the screen. If you're interested in knowing rxvt's capabilities so that you can compare it with bash running from

RE: linking problem, please help

2002-12-23 Thread Dockeen
Well, in your code: > >#include > > > > int main() > > { > > cout<<"\n hello world"; > > return 0; > > } I see one thing wrong. The cout functions name comes from the standard namespace, so you either have to add: using namespace std; or qualify the name, i.e. std::cout I don't know

Re: recent cygwin reinstall yields ls problem

2002-12-23 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Al, Without a `cygcheck -s -v -r` output attached (as per http://cygwin.com/bugs.html ), the only things that can be offered are wild guesses, so here's one: it looks like you might have a misguided alias. In bash, type $ type -a ls and see if there's anything unusual about it. Also, try redir

RE: linking problem, please help

2002-12-23 Thread Trimurthi, Swamy(IE10)
Hi Igor, Thanks for the information and guidance. I will avoid sending personal mails hereafter. regards, Trimurthi > -Original Message- > From: Igor Pechtchanski [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 7:55 PM > To: Trimurthi, Swamy(IE10) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: linking problem, please help

2002-12-23 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Trimurthi, The cygwin mailing list is the proper place for such inquiries. It is strongly discouraged to send personal mail with such requests, and they will, in general, be ignored. I've forwarded this request to the proper mailing list, and reset the Reply-to: field accordingly for your conven

Re: Bugs in Cygnus Tools bash

2002-12-23 Thread Norman Vine
Scheinert Frank writes: > > 1st Bug > myPrompt>man man > bash: man: command not found USER ERROR: you didn't install the man package > Finally, the bash itself doesn't know the getopts function USER ERROR: % help help help: help [-s] [pattern ...] Display helpful information about bu

RE: [CYGWIN] Can't start postmaster->half done

2002-12-23 Thread Reshat Sabiq
I made another attempt to get postgres running as a service owned by myself, rather than a separate user "postgres". Alas, I couldn't get it, and will probably give up for now and get done what I need to get done by running w/o a service (net start postmaster), just as: postmaster -D /usr/share/pos

Re: Bugs in Cygnus Tools bash

2002-12-23 Thread Cliff Hones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote >... > Finally, the bash itself doesn't know the getopts function > > ... > User defined functions like > > function usage > { > echo blabla > } > > produce a "function: not found" output. Are you trying this in a shell script? If so, you may be inadvertently using th

Re: recent cygwin reinstall yields ls problem

2002-12-23 Thread Max Bowsher
Al Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i recently reinstalled cygwin. > now i find that the ls command > does not work in some directories. Sounds like it might be due to the fact that ntsec is now on by default. Check your Windows permissions on the directories concerned, and read about ntsec in

RE: Bugs in Cygnus Tools bash

2002-12-23 Thread Vince Hoffman
> -Original Message- > From: Scheinert Frank EXT > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 23 December 2002 13:20 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Bugs in Cygnus Tools bash > > > Version : GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(8)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) > > 1st Bug > following output is created by

Re: Bugs in Cygnus Tools bash

2002-12-23 Thread Max Bowsher
Scheinert Frank EXT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bash: man: command not found So install man. > info command gives no getopts information. Shell builtins have never been individually listed in info. > 2nd Bug > User defined functions like > > function usage > { > echo blabla > } > > produce

Re: Bugs in Cygnus Tools bash

2002-12-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 02:19:46PM +0100, Scheinert Frank EXT wrote: > Version : GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(8)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) > > 1st Bug > following output is created by man, help and info commands: > > myPrompt>man man > bash: man: command not found You didn't install the man package.

Bugs in Cygnus Tools bash

2002-12-23 Thread Scheinert Frank EXT
Version : GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(8)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) 1st Bug following output is created by man, help and info commands: myPrompt>man man bash: man: command not found myPrompt>help ... getopts optstring name [arg] ... myPrompt>info ... * fold: (coreutils)fold invocation.

Re: rxvt, once again...

2002-12-23 Thread Chris Game
In an earlier post, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > So, create a Windows shortcut by right-dragging your RXVT executable > icon to some new location (start with the desktop; when you're done, > put it in the Start menu or the QuickLaunch bar, e.g.). Now open the > properties dialog for the shortc

recent cygwin reinstall yields ls problem

2002-12-23 Thread Al Kelley
i recently reinstalled cygwin. now i find that the ls command does not work in some directories. when i give the commands cd /usr/local/c ls here is what gets printed on the screen: drwxr-xr-x: not found -rw-r--r--: not found drwxr-xr-x: not found drwxr-xr-x: not found drwx

POSIX file acces problem

2002-12-23 Thread etienne SOUDAN
Hello, I am using Cygwin under W2K (inserted into an NT domain) and I face the following problem: I use the dd command to transfer a disk image to a Compact Flash card inserted into a PCMCIA adapter. I use the procedure described by Corinna Vinschen in her answer to "dd under Cygwin" (Aug 23, 200