RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Updated cygwin this morning, mintty window flashes briefly and quits

2022-01-26 Thread Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via Cygwin
> Else how would you stop them in the first place? Restarting the OS was the way (post install, to restart with the new DLL), but that no longer works anymore with Win10. Anton Lavrentiev Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: ht

Re: Updated cygwin this morning, mintty window flashes briefly and quits

2022-01-26 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C]! >> for svc in cygserver $( cygrunsrv --list | grep -v cygserver ); do net start >> "$svc"; done >> and you're golden! > Not so fast, you must have admin rights to start any Windows services, > including cygserver. > So maybe just bronze, and not

RE: Updated cygwin this morning, mintty window flashes briefly and quits

2022-01-26 Thread Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via Cygwin
> for svc in cygserver $( cygrunsrv --list | grep -v cygserver ); do net start > "$svc"; done > and you're golden! Not so fast, you must have admin rights to start any Windows services, including cygserver. So maybe just bronze, and not so golden Anton Lavrentiev Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI --

Re: [EXTERNAL] Updated cygwin this morning, mintty window flashes briefly and quits

2022-01-26 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Brian Inglis! > restart them in a late local permanent postinstall script > /etc/postinstall/zp_z0_l_start_services.dash after setup. It never occured to me that I can use postinstall tasks to restart services :D Just add a line for svc in cygserver $( cygrunsrv --list | grep -v cygs

Re: [EXTERNAL] Updated cygwin this morning, mintty window flashes briefly and quits

2022-01-20 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2022-01-20 13:24, Lavrentiev, Anton wrote: There should be only one of them running, unless you have multiple Cygwin installations, then there can be per-installation instances. Restart of all Cygwin processes was always required (because the main DLL may not be properly replaced while it's

Re: [EXTERNAL] Updated cygwin this morning, mintty window flashes briefly and quits

2022-01-20 Thread Keith Christian
Anton, Interesting problems these days. Thank you again! -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

RE: [EXTERNAL] Updated cygwin this morning, mintty window flashes briefly and quits

2022-01-20 Thread Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via Cygwin
Keith, There should be only one of them running, unless you have multiple Cygwin installations, then there can be per-installation instances. Restart of all Cygwin processes was always required (because the main DLL may not be properly replaced while it's in use by any process) -- but a reboot

Re: [EXTERNAL] Updated cygwin this morning, mintty window flashes briefly and quits

2022-01-20 Thread Keith Christian
Anton, There were two cygserver instances listed, one had a PID and the other one had N/A for the PID. I terminated both of them and now I can launch Cygwin64 term. Are there any configs I should check for cygserver to make sure there aren't two of them running? I've never seen this problem befor

RE: [EXTERNAL] Updated cygwin this morning, mintty window flashes briefly and quits

2022-01-20 Thread Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via Cygwin
> Click the Cygwin64 Terminal icon on the desktop, opens briefly then closes. > Suggested troubleshooting steps? Try to completely stop and then re-start Cygserver (found in "windows services"). HTH, Anton Lavrentiev Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problem

Updated cygwin this morning, mintty window flashes briefly and quits

2022-01-20 Thread Keith Christian
Downloaded the latest setup-x64.exe from the Cygwin website, ran a normal Cygwin update this morning on my Windows 10 system, rebooted after updates. Click the Cygwin64 Terminal icon on the desktop, opens briefly then closes. Suggested troubleshooting steps? Thanks, everyone. -- Problem reports: