Hi Dave, On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 8:21 PM Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 2:22 PM Nikhil Mohite < > nikhil.moh...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > >> Hi Dave, >> >> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 6:37 PM Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 2:00 PM Nikhil Mohite < >>> nikhil.moh...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Dave, >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 5:22 PM Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:08 AM Nikhil Mohite < >>>>> nikhil.moh...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Dave/ Team, >>>>>> >>>>>> We are facing an issue with winpty.dll on Windows server 2016 and >>>>>> Windows 7(these are platforms on which we have tested). >>>>>> Files required for winpty are present in the site-packages but still, >>>>>> it is unable to load the winpty.dll file on these specific platforms. We >>>>>> have tested it on Windows 10 pro and Windows server 2019 and it is >>>>>> working >>>>>> fine. (Also tried building the local pywinpty but unable to build it.) >>>>>> ref >>>>>> link for winPty >>>>>> https://github.com/rprichard/winpty#:~:text=winpty%20is%20a%20Windows%20software,in%20a%20Cygwin%2FMSYS%20pty. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Does winpty.exe run, if executed from the command line instead of >>>>> pgAdmin? If not, does dependency walker show any missing libraries that >>>>> are >>>>> required? >>>>> >>>> Not found the winpty.exe in site packages, but as per the winpty >>>> documents "winpty-agent.exe" will start the process with a new, hidden >>>> console window. It is not showing any error while installing the package. I >>>> tried to use it outside the pgAdmin but still facing the same error >>>> "Exception in import winpty DLL load failed while importing winpty: The >>>> specified procedure could not be found."(created a separate python >>>> environment for this) >>>> >>>> 1. if try to run winpty-agent.exe from the command line, it shows the >>>> user entered inputs on the same terminal, not showing any errors. >>>> [image: image.png] >>>> >>>> 2. I found winpty.exe in the other installed app (Git command line: >>>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\usr\bin) if try to run it through the command >>>> line not getting any error, it is showing user entered inputs on the same >>>> terminal. (It is not related to pgAdmin but just tried to check winpty.exe >>>> throwing any error or not) >>>> [image: image.png] >>>> >>> >>> Hmmm, that sounds oddly similar to an issue I had with Kerberos on >>> Windows when I was mucking around with that. I can't remember the exact >>> details, but as a test, does the problem go away if winpty.dll is copied >>> into the Windows system32 directory? >>> >> Tried it but still facing the same issue. >> > > OK, I had a fiddle around, and see the same thing. I can't do a simple > import of winpty. On 2019 it's fine. I tried various tricks that I've used > in the past to make sure libraries are found etc. > > Could this be because it's trying to use the conpty interface in Windows > 10 and above? > Not sure about this, but as per the pywinpty it should select the API (ConPty or WinPty ) which is available on the platform, but ConPty will take precedence over WinPty. > > If we can't get this to work tomorrow, I think it's fine to simply hide > the menu options and button if the server detects it's running on an > unsupported version of Windows. Of course, this should be documented. We > also need to make sure we know *exactly* what versions it does and does not > work on. > Okay, I will check if required I will update the document accordingly. > > -- > Dave Page > Blog: https://pgsnake.blogspot.com > Twitter: @pgsnake > > EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com > > Regards, Nikhil Mohite
