Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-18 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 12/08/2015 15:30, Jon TURNEY wrote: On 12/08/2015 13:43, Jaakov Jaakov wrote: [...] The file C:\cygwin64\run.exe.stackdump is generated, containing Stack trace: [...] mumble mumble abracadabra! Just for the record, the primitive technology which is clearly distinguishable from magic, us

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-15 Thread Achim Gratz
Jaakov Jaakov writes: > Several minites ago I've tried run 1.3.4-1. (Previously, I expected > getting and using a test version to be much harder than it actually > turned out to be.) OK, that explains it. > And, voilà, starting XWin from the shortcut > succeeded. Also starting from mintty and cmd

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-15 Thread Jaakov Jaakov
Jaakov Jaakov writes: > Regarding run 1.3.3-1, Is there any reason why you're still bothering with 1.3.3 and not trying 1.3.4? Hi Achim and Jon: Several minites ago I've tried run 1.3.4-1. (Previously, I expected getting and using a test version to be much harder than it actually turned out

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-15 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 15/08/2015 17:25, Achim Gratz wrote: Jaakov Jaakov writes: Regarding run 1.3.3-1, Is there any reason why you're still bothering with 1.3.3 and not trying 1.3.4? Regards, Achim. May be as 1.3.4 is test and 1.3.3 is current ? Regards Marco -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-15 Thread Achim Gratz
Jaakov Jaakov writes: > Regarding run 1.3.3-1, Is there any reason why you're still bothering with 1.3.3 and not trying 1.3.4? Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Samples for the Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#Blofe

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-15 Thread Jaakov Jaakov
Hi Achim: Regarding run 1.3.3-1, if the command C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "cd; /usr/bin/startxwin" is issued from the Windows command shell cmd, then C:\cygwin64\run.exe.stackdump is either not generated or not reproducibly generated (it happened just once in a lon

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-14 Thread Achim Gratz
Jaakov Jaakov writes: > 1) Issuing > C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "cd; > /usr/bin/startxwin" > from cmd does not start an Xwin server; no error message is produced. You don't get a stackdump? > 2) Issuing run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "cd; /usr/bin/startxwin"

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-14 Thread Jaakov Jaakov
Achim, let's hope that your update helps. In the meantime, using run version 1.3.3-1: 1) Issuing C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "cd; /usr/bin/startxwin" from cmd does not start an Xwin server; no error message is produced. 2) Issuing run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-13 Thread Achim Gratz
Jaakov Jaakov writes: > run.exe has version 1.3.3-1. I've put a test version (run-1.3.4-1) up with these changes: * src/util.c (run2_quote_strdup): When quoting, do not simply skip empty arguments but return '""'. * src/run.c (file_exists_multi): Hoist char* t out of loop

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-13 Thread Achim Gratz
Jon TURNEY writes: > There is no implicit initialization of automatic local variables in > the C language. Right. I shouldn't try to reason about code when the temperature is above 30°C… :-P Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and U

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-13 Thread Jaakov
Jaakov Jaakov writes: >XWin fails to start again (previously reported half a year ago or so). > >The command issued by a shortcut is >C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "cd; /usr/bin/startxwin" Can you reproduce this when running the same command from cmd or mintty? If yes

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-13 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 12/08/2015 19:57, Achim Gratz wrote: Jon TURNEY writes: Not sure if this is the cause of this problem, but after a bit of staring at file_exists_multi(), I notice that run2_fileExits() doesn't initialize t when it returns FALSE, so perhaps the following is a good idea? The only way I can se

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-12 Thread Achim Gratz
Jon TURNEY writes: > Not sure if this is the cause of this problem, but after a bit of > staring at file_exists_multi(), I notice that run2_fileExits() doesn't > initialize t when it returns FALSE, so perhaps the following is a good > idea? The only way I can see this happening is when the initali

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-12 Thread Achim Gratz
Jaakov Jaakov writes: > XWin fails to start again (previously reported half a year ago or so). > > The command issued by a shortcut is > C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "cd; > /usr/bin/startxwin" Can you reproduce this when running the same command from cmd or mintty? If

Re: run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-12 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 12/08/2015 13:43, Jaakov Jaakov wrote: XWin fails to start again (previously reported half a year ago or so). Thanks for following up on this. The command issued by a shortcut is C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "cd; /usr/bin/startxwin" Upon starting the shortcut, t

run.exe fails to start XWin on Windows 8.1 through the shortcut

2015-08-12 Thread Jaakov Jaakov
XWin fails to start again (previously reported half a year ago or so). The command issued by a shortcut is C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "cd; /usr/bin/startxwin" Upon starting the shortcut, there is some disc acitivty, but no window opens, and no XWin processes show up