Re: Just updated cygutils and cygstart no longer works

2021-08-13 Thread Jay Abel via Cygwin
Sorry, more information. I'm running Windows 10, 64-bit, AMD. I've reverted cygutils back to 1.4.16-2 and the problem is resolved. Jay On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 10:27 AM Jay Abel wrote: > Run cygstart with anything and no window opens. I've tried URLS cygstart >

Just updated cygutils and cygstart no longer works

2021-08-13 Thread Jay Abel via Cygwin
Run cygstart with anything and no window opens. I've tried URLS cygstart http://www.cygwin.com, directories cygstart . and cygstart ./ as well as pdf files cygstart example.pdf. None of these seems to do anything anymore. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: Problem with installation of Octave

2020-02-07 Thread Jay Abel
I'm using tcsh and for some reason the default configuration for X11 keeps leaving zombie dbus processes, none of which seem to be reachable. For example, when running Octave I get an error that dbus wasn't replying. Now, if within the open xterm window I type dbus-launch and then I run octave, t

Re: Apache how-to for cygwin

2007-01-14 Thread Jay Abel
On 14 January 2007 21:30, Jay Abel wrote: I must have googled the wrong terms, Going to google in the first place was wrong. Cygwin comes with documentation, you only had to look as far as your own hard drive! /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/apache-1.3.33.README Got it thanks. I first looked in

Apache how-to for cygwin

2007-01-14 Thread Jay Abel
I must have googled the wrong terms, for the only reference I found [apparently] left out a few details. My installation of XP (home) wouldn't allow the service to run as system (it would just exit with a cryptic error from Windows that it wasn't allowed to do something vague -- I suspect it w

Re: NTSEC documentation

2007-01-08 Thread Jay Abel
Looks like this is now covered, but I'd still be happy to proofread and/or edit for spelling, grammar and for clarity by someone not intimately familiar with cygwin internals. - Original Message - From: "Jay Abel" To: the list Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:05

Re: NTSEC documentation

2007-01-08 Thread Jay Abel
put me at number 10 on your list. If you don't get a number 1-9, I suppose I am it. Jay - Original Message - From: "Corinna Vinschen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:18 AM Subject: NTSEC documentation Is anybody here with a developer background, who likes

Re: can't start sshd

2007-01-08 Thread Jay Abel
- Original Message - From: "Charles D. Russell" To: "cygwin cygwin" Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:22 AM Subject: Re: can't start sshd Windows event log shows only information events (id 0) from sshd, but /var /log/sshd.log showed: /var/empty must be owned by root and not group or

Re: print from xfig

2006-12-13 Thread Jay Abel
You can use "net use lpt1: printername" to map a network printer to a local parallel port. Then define a new printer on the local machine that is connected to lpt1: Then use the local share name (not the original network name) by setting the PRINTER environment variable. This works with l

Re: mount usb drive for all user

2006-08-30 Thread Jay Abel
I've seen this with the removable CD ROM drive on my laptop. If I log in as another user, the CD ROM drive is not accessible. Seems the O/S decides on the basis of login time to whom it should give the device. If only one user is logged in, they get it. If two users are logged in, the first

Re: sshd error - Could not load host key

2006-08-14 Thread Jay Abel
Hi, I was trying to start sshd with cygwin under windows. I am getting the following error but the specified files exist in the /etc dir. What else could be a problem here? Thanks a lot for your input! Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_key Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key

Re: cygwin + windows update = lock up (W2K SP4)

2006-05-02 Thread Jay Abel
the only way to complete the update is to kill the cat. I tried this, my wife is furious, and the update is still stuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html

Re: Can't print because .lnk makes printer name invalid

2006-04-21 Thread Jay Abel
irectly to the printer's IP address, but the above isn't as bad as it seems, since it keeps windows and cygwin print jobs in sequence, and visible in the queue. I'm sure there is a better way, but the above worked for me. Jay Abel - Original Message - From: "Roc

Re: SSH works, but SFTP fails on non-admin users

2006-04-11 Thread Jay Abel
By any chance, is the non-admin shell something other than bash, say, tcsh? If so, please reply with that data. I assume the cygcheck.out below was run from the administrator account? Please correct me if that is not the case. - Original Message - From: "DJ Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: cvs over ssh with tcsh (testcase and workaround)

2006-04-09 Thread Jay Abel
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 3:18 AM Subject: Re: cvs over ssh with tcsh > On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, Jay Abel wrote: > > > This is just a ping to see if anyone has noticed problems running > > cvs in command line server mode over ssh with tcsh installed as the > > log

Re: cvs over ssh with tcsh

2006-04-05 Thread Jay Abel
see below - Original Message - From: "Igor Peshansky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jay Abel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 8:46 AM Subject: Re: cvs over ssh with tcsh Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted. On Wed, 5 Apr 2006,

Re: cvs over ssh with tcsh

2006-04-05 Thread Jay Abel
tup scripts that turns all that stuff off if the connection is supposed to be binary, and how does CVS tell ssh it wants a binary shell? I'm currently using /bin/ssh as my CVS_RSH variable, but at least according to the trace output cvs isn't sending any special options. Do I need

Re: cvs 1.11.17 in command line server mode, OpenSSH_4.3p2, OpenSSL 0.9.8a 11 Oct 2005, problem with binary files

2006-04-01 Thread Jay Abel
t's what I want to happen. But the problem does exist. Sometimes CVS client and server running on the same machine can connect and complete the transaction. Sometimes they can't. It appears that the problem is dependent on the specific characters sent (file contents affect it, compre