Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-23 Thread Chris Sutcliffe
>> Note to everyone, including Andy, the ICO file worked until Mintty v0.5.4. >> And, all my other ICO files seem to work with Mintty v0.5.5, including an >> earlier one, I had gerri-rigged. > > Strange. I wonder what's different about the hippo. I might have a > look at implementing a fallback fro

Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-23 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/12/23 Lee Rothstein: > Chris, > > Thanks for the reference. As I mentioned, it wasn't retrievable via Google. > Strange. > > As you had stated earlier, the key to solving the problem is to reference: > >  --icon=c:\_0\cygicons-hippo-vista-0.dll,10 in the shortcut Hippo hippo hurray! > Note

Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-22 Thread Lee Rothstein
Chris, Thanks for the reference. As I mentioned, it wasn't retrievable via Google. Strange. As you had stated earlier, the key to solving the problem is to reference: --icon=c:\_0\cygicons-hippo-vista-0.dll,10 in the shortcut Note to everyone, including Andy, the ICO file worked until Mintt

Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-22 Thread Chris Sutcliffe
>  $ find /[a-ce-quv]* -name cygicons-hippo-vista-0.dll >  Google: cygicons-hippo-vista-0.dll >  Google: cygwin hippo icon dll > > all reveal NADA! > > What am I missing? This email: http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2009-12/msg00234.html The thread will also provide the background on what I was r

Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-22 Thread Lee D. Rothstein
Chris Sutcliffe wrote: What happens if you do: $ mintty --icon=/Cygwin.ico - works! I suspect this is related to an issue reported before with the hippo icon (I assume it's the one Chuck mentioned in a previous email?). I don't remember the exact details, but I remember Vista not

Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-22 Thread Chris Sutcliffe
>> What happens if you do: >> >> $ mintty --icon=/Cygwin.ico - > > works! I suspect this is related to an issue reported before with the hippo icon (I assume it's the one Chuck mentioned in a previous email?). I don't remember the exact details, but I remember Vista not liking the icon unless it

Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-22 Thread Lee D. Rothstein
Andy Koppe wrote: 2009/12/22 Lee D. Rothstein: '--icon=c:\_0\hippo_xp.ico' option now breaks mintty. Works for me, with the icon placed in the same location. This is on XP, and I tried it both in Cygwin 1.5 and 1.7. NB: c:\_0 is my root. I just looked at the ownership/mode

Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-22 Thread Lee D. Rothstein
Chris Sutcliffe wrote: e.g., all of the following don't work: $ mintty --icon=/hippo_xp.ico - mintty: could not load icon -- /hippo_xp.ico $ /bin/mintty.exe --icon=$(cygpath -ua 'c:\_0\hippo_xp.ico') - mintty: could not load icon -- /hippo_xp.ico What happens if you do: $ mintty --icon=

Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-22 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/12/22 Lee D. Rothstein: >>> '--icon=c:\_0\hippo_xp.ico'  option now breaks mintty. > >> Works for me, with the icon placed in the same location. This is on >> XP, and I tried it both in Cygwin 1.5 and 1.7. > > NB: c:\_0 is my root. > > I just looked at the ownership/mode of hippo_xp.ico and it

Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-22 Thread Chris Sutcliffe
> e.g., all of the following don't work: > > $ mintty --icon=/hippo_xp.ico - > mintty: could not load icon -- /hippo_xp.ico > > $ /bin/mintty.exe --icon=$(cygpath -ua 'c:\_0\hippo_xp.ico') - > mintty: could not load icon -- /hippo_xp.ico What happens if you do: $ mintty --icon=/Cygwin.ico - Do y

Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-22 Thread Lee D. Rothstein
Andy Koppe wrote: > 2009/12/22 Lee D. Rothstein: >> '--icon=c:\_0\hippo_xp.ico' option now breaks mintty. > Works for me, with the icon placed in the same location. This is on > XP, and I tried it both in Cygwin 1.5 and 1.7. NB: c:\_0 is my root. I just looked at the ownership/mode of hippo_

Re: 1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-22 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/12/22 Lee D. Rothstein: > '--icon=c:\_0\hippo_xp.ico'  option now breaks mintty. Works for me, with the icon placed in the same location. This is on XP, and I tried it both in Cygwin 1.5 and 1.7. What system are you on? How does it break? Can you run mintty with that option from an existing

1.7: mintty 5.5.1 refuses to take hippos seriously ;-(

2009-12-22 Thread Lee D. Rothstein
'--icon=c:\_0\hippo_xp.ico' option now breaks mintty. Removing it from the shortcut fixes it. Boo. I want my hippo. My dog has refused to continue with her piano lessons until 'mintty' is fixed. Please help Phydeaux to continue her muzeecle edjeecayshun. hippolessLee -- Problem reports: