change wallpaper periodly by cron?

2003-08-19 Thread Lucifer
I wrote a simple program to change my desktop wallpaper: /* setwall.c */ #include void usage() { printf("Usage:\n\tsetwall \n\n"); } int main(int argc, char **argv) { int err; if (argc != 2) { usage(); return 1; } if (S

Re: XP can't see files in /usr/bin

2003-08-19 Thread Graucsh
I apologize for the above message, I was in the process of trying to get authorized to this newsgroup while Bill left his more concise answer. I only continuned as I didn't want an un-replied-to authorization check to land me on the banned list. Cheers, John "Graucsh" wrote in message Assuming

Re: XP can't see files in /usr/bin

2003-08-19 Thread Graucsh
Assuming cygwin is installed at C:\Cygwin: C:\Cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe /usr/bin doesn't normally show up in the Windows world (symlink or somesuch) regards, John "Scott, Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm trying to create a shortcut to /usr/bin/rxvt.exe. The

RE: Directory Path Problem

2003-08-19 Thread Bill McCormick
> My problem would be solved if i can replace /cygwin/c > by c: > > Is there anyway I can do it? That should work ... that is it works for me: If I enter 'cd c:' I go to /cygwin/c. If I enter 'ls c:\winnt' I see the corrent dir listing. What to you see? What to you see if you type 'mount' ?

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Directory Path Problem

2003-08-19 Thread iftequar mohammed
Hi, I installed cygwin on windows 2000. My c: drive has been mounted as /cygwin/c Now the problem: My application is looking for files in c:/abc/def/ghi directory. And it errors out saying no such file or directory exists, although the file exists in that folder. The file is located in /cygwi

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Re: Your username or group hasn't been setup correctly.

2003-08-19 Thread Elfyn McBratney
Matt Raible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure this question has been asked many times, but I couldn't find the > solution in the archives. > > I've been using Cygwin for a few years now, and the install has always worked > great. Today I started getting the following error when I installed it

Your username or group hasn't been setup correctly.

2003-08-19 Thread Matt Raible
I'm sure this question has been asked many times, but I couldn't find the solution in the archives. I've been using Cygwin for a few years now, and the install has always worked great. Today I started getting the following error when I installed it (at my new job): Error (2): The system cannot f

RE: Is the list hosed?

2003-08-19 Thread Bill McCormick
> Which is what I meant by "spam on the list". Right, sorry ... just learning how to read :) > If it does happen again, it wouldn't hurt to send along the > headers in a reply, > as cgf might be able to block them (if they are subscribers to the list). See my last post with attachments. Bill

Re: Is the list hosed?

2003-08-19 Thread Elfyn McBratney
Bill McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't kwow what's up. sources.redhat.com has seen a lot of > > virus-like spam > > today. Perhaps this is because you replied to spam on the list > > (which BTW you > > really shouldn't do) ? > > How would a reply from little ol' me cause that? >

RE: Is the list hosed?

2003-08-19 Thread Bill McCormick
> > I don't kwow what's up. sources.redhat.com has seen a lot of > virus-like spam > today. Perhaps this is because you replied to spam on the list > (which BTW you > really shouldn't do) ? How would a reply from little ol' me cause that? Well, it was late and I was goofy. Actually I didn't repl

Re: Is the list hosed?

2003-08-19 Thread Elfyn McBratney
Bill McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm thing the list is messed up at this point. I'm getting some very strange > responses. I don't kwow what's up. sources.redhat.com has seen a lot of virus-like spam today. Perhaps this is because you replied to spam on the list (which BTW you really sh

Is the list hosed?

2003-08-19 Thread Bill McCormick
I'm thing the list is messed up at this point. I'm getting some very strange responses. See attachments. Bill --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003 --- Begin Message --

Re: tetex-2.0.2/pdflatex problem

2003-08-19 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Thomas, Am Dienstag, 19. August 2003 um 13:45 schriebst du: > Hello, > I have some problems with the latest pdflatex build from the > tetex-2.0.2-2 package. I could reproduce this on a WinXP prof. machine > and a Win2000 machine, both using the cygwin 1.3.22-1 dll. > I have a tex docume

RE: What is the minimum needed to run gtar?

2003-08-19 Thread Biederman, Steve
> What is the correct solution to this problem? Is the correct solution to invoke tar with the "--force-local" option? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: XP can't see files in /usr/bin

2003-08-19 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Steven, Am Dienstag, 19. August 2003 um 20:02 schriebst du: [...] > The problem: No files show up in the Explorer window. > This is a brand new computer with the latest XP and latest cygwin. > I've set the explorer options so that it doesn't hide any files (e.g. > protected system files).

RE: What is the minimum needed to run gtar?

2003-08-19 Thread Biederman, Steve
(Resuming an earlier discussion ...) In my Cygwin environment, I can invoke tar with Windows-style pathnames, i.e, "tar -cf C:/temp/foo.tar ." My non-Cygwin users can't; for them, the "C:" is interpreted as a remote machine name and they get "cannot execute remote shell". What is the correct so

RE: mod_auth_mysql

2003-08-19 Thread Bill McCormick
Gerrit: > > By the way, I'm running a Win32 MySQL server (on the same box) > and trying to > > link against the standard unix mysql binaries. > > You need a mysql client library to link against. _compress is > probably in zlib. Sorry Gerrit, I said binaries and meant src (above). I see no zlib

Re: mod_auth_mysql

2003-08-19 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Bill, Am Dienstag, 19. August 2003 um 08:11 schriebst du: > So I went ahead and tried to rebuild Apache (the build on mod_auth_mysql) > said that I needed to. I'm stuck here: > modules/auth_mysql/libauth_mysql.a(mod_auth_mysql.o.b)(.text+0xc4b):mod_auth > _mysql.c: undefined reference to `

RE: XP can't see files in /usr/bin

2003-08-19 Thread Scott, Steven
Thanks Bill, I found a local benefactor as well. It turns out I installed cygwin on the "local version" of my machine. When it was hooked up to the network, my network self somehow lost permission to see my cygwin folder. Cheers, Steve PS, thanks for the spam advice. -Original Message--

Re: named pipes

2003-08-19 Thread Gerry Reno
Igor, Lighten up will you. I don't really have any more information. The mkfifo command is Cygwin does not work. You can't create a named pipe. I understand that Microsoft provides named pipes to Windows through its Microsoft Platform SDK. I don't have this kit. I was hoping that maybe some

Re: FW: ezmlm warning

2003-08-19 Thread Elfyn McBratney
Elfyn McBratney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can somebody help me understand why this might be happening? > > > > Could this be attributed to the fact that I'm running exim? I have a very > > basic configuration that forwards messages from a specific d

RE: XP can't see files in /usr/bin

2003-08-19 Thread Bill McCormick
C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sr -sl 2500 -fg lightblue -geometry 90x60 -bg midnightblue -sb -tn rxvt -fn "Lucida Console-12" -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i > I'm trying to create a shortcut to /usr/bin/rxvt.exe. The only way I > know how to do it is to find rxvt.exe in Windows XP explorer, right > click

XP can't see files in /usr/bin

2003-08-19 Thread Scott, Steven
I'm trying to create a shortcut to /usr/bin/rxvt.exe. The only way I know how to do it is to find rxvt.exe in Windows XP explorer, right click on it and select "make shortcut." The problem: No files show up in the Explorer window. This is a brand new computer with the latest XP and latest cygwin

Re: FW: ezmlm warning

2003-08-19 Thread Elfyn McBratney
Bill McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can somebody help me understand why this might be happening? > > Could this be attributed to the fact that I'm running exim? I have a very > basic configuration that forwards messages from a specific domain to my > e-mail address at my ISP. > > It's bee

Re: auto tab complete

2003-08-19 Thread jwaterbrook
I haven't had a lot of luck finding any info on this. I searched the mail archives for "auto tab complete" and "tab completion" and didn't find any results. Please let me know the dependencies for this feature if it has it. Thanks, Johnny jwaterbrook wrote: I can't seem to get any tab completion d

Re: cron and network drives

2003-08-19 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Jörg Schaible wrote: Hi Andrew, -Original Message- From: Andrew DeFaria [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 11:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: cron and network drives [snip] Unavailable T: \\sons-cc\Tools Microsoft [snip] OK T: \\sons-clearcase\Tools Microsoft [

Re: cron and network drives

2003-08-19 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 02:25:03PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote: My understanding of accessing mount points (shares that have been mounted to a drive letter) is that if you telnet or login (or switchuser) in such a way as to have a passwordless login then mount points ar

FW: ezmlm warning

2003-08-19 Thread Bill McCormick
Can somebody help me understand why this might be happening? Could this be attributed to the fact that I'm running exim? I have a very basic configuration that forwards messages from a specific domain to my e-mail address at my ISP. It's been running for a few days now and I've sent more than the

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2003-08-19 Thread MAILsweeper
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Re: patch unusable to apply patches to binary files

2003-08-19 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 04:46:32PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > I've uploaded a 1.5.2 test version of a new patch, 2.5.8-7. It > > reenables --binary for reading on Cygwin. > > Please give it a try (*iff* you're using Cygwin 1.5.2). > > Yes, that works, thanks. Good.

RE: How to automate the installation of Cygwin?

2003-08-19 Thread Robb, Sam
Try a CVS snapshot of setup. I've used it to do unattended installs using a local package dir. It still displays the progress dialog for the install, but (IIRC) otherwise doesn't interact with the desktop or require user input. -Samrobb > -Original Message- > From: philippe guillaume [m

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Cygwin Internationalization Roadmap for European Languages

2003-08-19 Thread Roman Pokrovskij
Hello ALL Probably I should reprint my question.. There is no information about internationalization in FAQ except trivial: Why don't international (8-bit) characters work? Before you can type international characters i

Re: Re: My details

2003-08-19 Thread janneke
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Re: accept() doesn't block while running as NT service

2003-08-19 Thread linamat
The problem exists under Win2k sp4, cygwin-1.3.22 and cygwin-1.5.2. Anyhow an explanation would be much appreciated. I've read cygrunsrv last version and inetd sources, but couldn't find any error in my code. Some parameters from CreateService() which I used: SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS ".\\LocalS

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RE: HLDS and Cygwin

2003-08-19 Thread Vince Hoffman
I'm not quite sure what you are trying to do here. have you got a version of the Half Life dedicated server compiled for cygwin ? (didnt know the source was available so a link would be interesting since it doesnt seem to be available from valve.) Otherwise your problem is with a windows executable

Re: Re: My details

2003-08-19 Thread CERT(R) Coordination Center
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Re: patch unusable to apply patches to binary files

2003-08-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 06:00:41PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:52:09PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: >>> Because patch always reads its input in textmode, it cannot be used to apply >>> patches to binary files - e.g. gcc-core-3.3-3.3.1.diff, wh

RE: mod_auth_mysql (2nd request)

2003-08-19 Thread Bill McCormick
So I went ahead and tried to rebuild Apache (the build on mod_auth_mysql) said that I needed to. I'm stuck here: modules/auth_mysql/libauth_mysql.a(mod_auth_mysql.o.b)(.text+0xc4b):mod_auth _mysql.c: undefined reference to `_mysql_connect' /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a(my_compress.o)

Re: finding out how much memory is available with malloc, gcc, cygwin

2003-08-19 Thread Reini Urban
Jim Holder schrieb: A program similar to the one listed below works for me on Linux but not under Cygwin. The idea is to find out how memory I can allocate on the machine. The Cygwin version keeps going (past 700MB), reporting that it has allocated more memory than the machine has. What am I doi

Re: php.exe for cygwin

2003-08-19 Thread Reini Urban
get the mod_php4 src see \usr\doc\Cygwin\php-4.2.0-2.README see the previous email titled: "rebuilding mod_php4 4.2.0-2 problem" add --enable-cli to the configure line. Aurangzeb M. Agha schrieb: I've got mod_php/apache-php installed and running on my cygwin dist, but one of the things I want to d

Re: HLDS and cygwin

2003-08-19 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 08:21:19AM +0200, J?rg Schaible wrote: >Hi Russel, > >> 1) Full install of HLDS, lets call it hlds1 >> 2) Second complete install of HLDS in separate directory, call hlds2 >> >> I have no problem executing the hlds1 or hlds2 by themselves. >> But when I >> try to run bot

Re: How to automate the installation of Cygwin?

2003-08-19 Thread Max Bowsher
philippe guillaume wrote: > I don't want to do a manual installation. > I'd like to launch the setup and i want it to install > Cygwin without having to clic on "Next", "Next",... > or to clic on "install from local directory", ... > > Many setup's on Windows allow this. > > For example, the setup

Re: Re: My details

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Re: launching attachments from gnus under cygwin

2003-08-19 Thread Jason Dufair
I forgot to mention that I have winword.exe in my path. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeffery B. Rancier) writes: > Jason Dufair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > All I get is the following in the mini-buffer: > > , > | Displaying cmd /c winword.exe "`cygpath -aw "h:/tmp/emm.3792QGW/Offices.doc"`"... > `-

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Re: Thank you!

2003-08-19 Thread Martin Gainty
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Re: accept() doesn't block while running as NT service

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Re: accept() doesn't block while running as NT service

2003-08-19 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 04:30:47PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a problem with accept() on TCP socket. Al things works well when I > start the program under .\\Administrator credentials, but fails in NT > service. > > { > struct sockaddr_in sa; > int sa_len = sizeof sa; > > for (;

Re: Thank you!

2003-08-19 Thread Steven Green
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2003-08-19 Thread Tim Fletcher
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accept() doesn't block while running as NT service

2003-08-19 Thread linamat
I have a problem with accept() on TCP socket. Al things works well when I start the program under .\\Administrator credentials, but fails in NT service. { struct sockaddr_in sa; int sa_len = sizeof sa; for (;;) { t = accept(s,(struct sockaddr *)&sa,&sa_len); if (t == -1) continue;

RE: How to automate the installation of Cygwin?

2003-08-19 Thread philippe guillaume
I don't want to do a manual installation. I'd like to launch the setup and i want it to install Cygwin without having to clic on "Next", "Next",... or to clic on "install from local directory", ... Many setup's on Windows allow this. For example, the setup for MSN messenger ... Type "setupdl.exe

RE: How to automate the installation of Cygwin?

2003-08-19 Thread Bill McCormick
> I'd like to know if there are options in the setup of > Cygwin in order to automate the installation of it. > I typed "setup.exe /?" in the dos shell but nothing > ... > Do you know how to automate this installation ? > You didn't search the list archive did you? http://sources.redhat.com/ml/c

How to automate the installation of Cygwin?

2003-08-19 Thread philippe guillaume
I'd like to know if there are options in the setup of Cygwin in order to automate the installation of it. I typed "setup.exe /?" in the dos shell but nothing ... Do you know how to automate this installation ? ___ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adress

RE: How to add root user?

2003-08-19 Thread Bill McCormick
> How to add root user? There is no root. Use the login command to switch to a user with administrator rights. Make sure you read up on mkpasswd, mkgroup and how to make the necessary changes in windows security (Local Policies/User Rights). Bill --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checke

tetex-2.0.2/pdflatex problem

2003-08-19 Thread Thomas List
Hello, I have some problems with the latest pdflatex build from the tetex-2.0.2-2 package. I could reproduce this on a WinXP prof. machine and a Win2000 machine, both using the cygwin 1.3.22-1 dll. I have a tex document that contains several images and is around 80 pages. Using the cygwin pdfl

Re: patch unusable to apply patches to binary files

2003-08-19 Thread help-octave-request
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Re: patch unusable to apply patches to binary files

2003-08-19 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 06:00:41PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:52:09PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: > > Because patch always reads its input in textmode, it cannot be used to apply > > patches to binary files - e.g. gcc-core-3.3-3.3.1.diff, which updates binary > > .gmo

RE: cron and network drives

2003-08-19 Thread Jörg Schaible
Hi Andrew, > -Original Message- > From: Andrew DeFaria [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 11:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: cron and network drives [snip] > Unavailable T:\\sons-cc\Tools Microsoft [snip] > OK T:\\s

Re: How to add root user?

2003-08-19 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 02:54:20PM +0800, Jiang zhou wrote: > In cygwin windows, when I use su command, it shows: > su: user root does not exist. > > How to add root user? You don't. su doesn't work. Search the mailing list archives and/or the FAQ. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen

Re: cron and network drives

2003-08-19 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 02:25:03PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > My understanding of accessing mount points (shares that have been > mounted to a drive letter) is that if you telnet or login (or > switchuser) in such a way as to have a passwordless login then mount > points are marked as unavai