setup.exe: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

Hi all, I have encountered a problem installing Cygwin using a recent setup.exe. I looked for previous posts about this subject and found a few. However they did not answer my questions. Following are references to similar posts: http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@cygwin.com/msg08227.html htt

Re: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account [SOLVED]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 06:02:18PM -0500, Schutter, Thomas A. wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Igor Peshansky >> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 4:30 PM >> To: Schutter, Thomas A. >> Subject: RE: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account >[SOLVED] Well, sorta. It isn't necessa

RE: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account [SOLVED]

On Mon, 12 May 2008, Igor Peshansky wrote: > On Mon, 12 May 2008, Schutter, Thomas A. wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Igor Peshansky > > > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 4:30 PM > > > To: Schutter, Thomas A. > > > Subject: RE: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account

RE: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account [SOLVED]

On Mon, 12 May 2008, Schutter, Thomas A. wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Igor Peshansky > > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 4:30 PM > > To: Schutter, Thomas A. > > Subject: RE: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account > [SOLVED] > > > > On Mon, 12 May 2008, Schutter, Thomas

RE: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account [SOLVED]

> -Original Message- > From: Igor Peshansky > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 4:30 PM > To: Schutter, Thomas A. > Subject: RE: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account [SOLVED] > > On Mon, 12 May 2008, Schutter, Thomas A. wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Schut

Re: rxvt in native mode, widely spaced characters [Was: Re: why "Sorry, your message has been denied due to keywords found in your subject"?]

Daniel Barclay wrote: I still don't understand what's going on with rxvt. When I modify or remove /etc/defaults/etc/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt, nothing changes. Correct. Because that is the *default* file (that's why it is underneath /etc/defaults/). The actual file used at runtime is over in

Re: rxvt in native mode, widely spaced characters [Was: Re: why "Sorry, your message has been denied due to keywords found in your subject"?]

Daniel Barclay wrote: Well, I didn't specify anything. I haven't touched any of /etc/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt, ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xresources, or given any options on the command line Iused to invoke rxvt. I am using whatever the CygWin packages and installer installed on my machine, which evident

RE: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account [SOLVED]

On Mon, 12 May 2008, Schutter, Thomas A. wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Schutter, Thomas A. > > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:52 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' . > > Subject: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account > > > >

Re: rxvt in native mode, widely spaced characters [Was: Re: why "Sorry, your message has been denied due to keywords found in your subject"?]

I wrote: I am using whatever the CygWin packages and installer installed on my machine, which evidently changes in non-intuitive ways when I re-run it to modify the combinations of packages I have installed even though I'm not (consciously) touching any X11 or font-related packages). Just now,

Re: rxvt in native mode, widely spaced characters [Was: Re: why "Sorry, your message has been denied due to keywords found in your subject"?]

Charles Wilson wrote: However, with regards to rxvt in native mode, the widely spaced characters you are seeing happens when rxvt can't find, or doesn't understand, the font you specified. Well, I didn't specify anything. I haven't touched any of /etc/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt, ~/.Xdefaults or

Re: widely-spaced characters in rxvt

René Berber wrote: Daniel Barclay wrote: What causes rxvt to switch to displaying characters with lots of space in between them? The font it's using. But why exactly would it display characters with lots of space between them? Surely the font isn't designed that way. What is actually going

Re: widely-spaced characters in rxvt

René Berber wrote: Daniel Barclay wrote: What causes rxvt to switch to displaying characters with lots of space in between them? The font it's using. I heard that there's some interaction between X11-mode rxvt setup and plain-window rxvt setup. I don't think I've installed any X11 librarie

RE: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account [SOLVED]

> -Original Message- > From: Schutter, Thomas A. > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:52 AM > To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com' > Subject: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account > > I am having problems setting up sshd to run under a domain sshd_server > account instead of a local sshd_serv

Re: svn / subversion does not print

gds wrote: David Rothenberger wrote: On 5/12/2008 12:32 PM, gds wrote: No svn commands print, e.g., "svn help" comes up blank with no errors printed. This happened before and I wrote down in notebook "svn needs crypto pkg to run...". However, did not write down which "crypto" package. Install

Re: svn / subversion does not print

David Rothenberger wrote: On 5/12/2008 12:32 PM, gds wrote: No svn commands print, e.g., "svn help" comes up blank with no errors printed. This happened before and I wrote down in notebook "svn needs crypto pkg to run...". However, did not write down which "crypto" package. Installing the "cry

Re: svn / subversion does not print

On 5/12/2008 12:32 PM, gds wrote: No svn commands print, e.g., "svn help" comes up blank with no errors printed. This happened before and I wrote down in notebook "svn needs crypto pkg to run...". However, did not write down which "crypto" package. Installing the "crypt" cygwin package did not

svn / subversion does not print

No svn commands print, e.g., "svn help" comes up blank with no errors printed. This happened before and I wrote down in notebook "svn needs crypto pkg to run...". However, did not write down which "crypto" package. Installing the "crypt" cygwin package did not help. This only started after a c

Re: widely-spaced characters in rxvt

Daniel Barclay wrote: What causes rxvt to switch to displaying characters with lots of space in between them? The font it's using. I heard that there's some interaction between X11-mode rxvt setup and plain-window rxvt setup. I don't think I've installed any X11 libraries, servers, or even

RE: widely-spaced characters in rxvt

Daniel Barclay wrote on 12 May 2008 17:39: > What causes rxvt to switch to displaying characters with lots of space in > between them? Did you overlook Chuck Wilson's reply in our thread last week? http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-05/msg00158.html Specifically the second paragraph. che

Re: Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account

Schutter, Thomas A. wrote: I am having problems setting up sshd to run under a domain sshd_server account instead of a local sshd_server account. Why do I want to do that? Because in the default install, starting a cygwin shell from the console gives me a much different environment and permissi

widely-spaced characters in rxvt

What causes rxvt to switch to displaying characters with lots of space in between them? I heard that there's some interaction between X11-mode rxvt setup and plain-window rxvt setup. I don't think I've installed any X11 libraries, servers, or even fonts since rxvt was working right, but now rx

Unable to run sshd under a domain sshd_server account

I am having problems setting up sshd to run under a domain sshd_server account instead of a local sshd_server account. Why do I want to do that? Because in the default install, starting a cygwin shell from the console gives me a much different environment and permissions than if I start a cygwin

Re: 1.5.7 undefined reference to getreent when using mno-cygwin

. I've redirected your query to the appropriate list and set the Reply-To: header -- please make sure your mailer honors it. Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted. On Mon, 12 May 2008, Jesús Oliva wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a pure Win32 console program w

RE: Installing Cygwin with a USB thumb drive

One recommendation I have is to NOT run if from a flash drive if there is a hard drive install...it can fiddle with stuff that will make the hard drive installed not be correct. Charles Stepp Meskimen's Law: There's never time to do it rite, but there's always time to do it over. -Original Me

RE: Script utility for cygwin?

# ls -la | grep -i script # du -a | grep -i script # find / -type f -name '*script*' # which script Or just try it: # PC - ~ >script # Script started, file is typescript Charles Stepp Meskimen's Law: There's never time to do it rite, but there's always time to do it over. -Original Message-

Re: Feature request: rm to recycle bin

> > Given that the code for sending to recycyle bin is already in place, may I > > request that a command line option be added to rm and rmdir to send all > > files to the bin? This would be extremely handy for use in scripts, to me > > at the very least. > > The code to move files into the bin

GnuPG2

Anyone been able to successfully compile GnuPG2 on cygwin? I keep getting an error relating to the gettext package. I installed gettext from svn --- got a little bit farther in the make process, but still getting errors. Any other tips? -- Kevin Hilton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.

Re: Installing Cygwin with a USB thumb drive

I used to run a portable version of cygwin from my usb drive -- and I confirm that it works. I never tried to use it on a system that already had cygwin installed. I used these instructions although the look like they haven't been updated since Feb 2005: http://www.dam.brown.edu/people/sezer/sof

Re: [Packaging bug] Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: libgcrypt-1.4.1-1

> Volker Zell writes: > Gergely Budai writes: >> Version 1.4.1-1 of "libgcrypt" has been uploaded. > The latest version is somehow broken > nm --demangle --defined-only libgcrypt.dll.a | grep 'gcry_control' > nm: d000187.o: no symbols > nm: d00.o: no symbols

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: libgcrypt-1.4.1-1

> Volker Zell writes: > Gergely Budai writes: >> Version 1.4.1-1 of "libgcrypt" has been uploaded. >> Libgcrypt is a general purpose crypto library based on the code used in GnuPG. > Is it possible to split this library in main, lib and devel packages for > the next relea

Re: auto complete history

* Robert Bram (Mon, 12 May 2008 17:18:40 +1000) > >> In a previous installation of Cygwin, I had 'history auto complete' in > > Depends on your shell. In Zsh it would be... > > and in Bash... > >"\e[A": history-search-backward > >"\e[B": history-search-forward > > Put these in your .zshrc

Re: auto complete history

Thank you Thorsten >> In a previous installation of Cygwin, I had 'history auto complete' in > Depends on your shell. In Zsh it would be... > and in Bash... >"\e[A": history-search-backward >"\e[B": history-search-forward > Put these in your .zshrc or .inputrc. I also needed this in my