Cygwin on a mobile drive: formatting options?

Rather than install and maintain Cygwin on several desktop machines that I use, I travel from one to another with one copy of Cygwin on a mobile drive. This is formatted FAT32 as I don't need the grief NTFS provides for file access and attribution. A 40G drive is glacier-shift slow, a 100G driv

Re: I'm Completely Down after Upgrading to the Latest Cygwin

>> The Cygwin-X list would be the proper place to follow-up on any of these X issues if you need further help. I thought the Cygwin-X list was being subsumed into this one. Has that idea (a jolly good one) been spiked? Fergus -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Pr

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

Jeenu V wrote: For all we know bldmake could be bldmake.bat which contains a line such as: sh E:\Symbian\M04765_Symbain_OS_V9.5\bin\Tech\Viewepoc32\tools\bldmake.bat Intending to use Symbian's version of "sh" which can handle backslashes but due to how your PATH is setup it's using Cygwin's ver

Re: Dodgy adding a package to Setup.exe

Paul Keeble wrote: Environment Windows XP Setup.exe - 2.573.2.3 (Unix, Currently what I do is have a setup.exe + release directory that contains all of the packages downloaded. When we install to another machine we choose all the local packages, and hence we have a nice simple(ish) definition

Re: Trick cmd.exe of Windows XP to run cygwin Batch Script.

On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:07:31 +0100, Spiro Trikaliotis wrote: >d:\> bash -c ./myscript I've tested the above code and work it out like this: set cygwin_bin=C:\cygwin\bin %cygwin_bin%\bash -l %~dp0myscript > myresult In the above example by me, we need to pay attention to the following matters:

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > The Cygwin paths are added in '/etc/profile'. Obviously, you can > remove them though that will make your configuration non-standard > and unsupported. Essentially, this would make Cygwin tools > inaccessible when running 'bash', whic

Dodgy adding a package to Setup.exe

Environment Windows XP Setup.exe - 2.573.2.3 (Unix, Currently what I do is have a setup.exe + release directory that contains all of the packages downloaded. When we install to another machine we choose all the local packages, and hence we have a nice simple(ish) definition of what our system

Re: Wrong output of id.exe respectively no SSH login possible: Problem solved with version of 2008-12-20!

Hello, Corinna, > On Dec 15 12:12, carsten.porz...@spb.de wrote: > > Hello, > > > > on some servers (Windows Server 2003, SP2) we have the problem, that the > > passwd and group file are not interpreted correctly, obviously. > > > > If I execute the tool id.exe without parameters, I get back

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

Jeenu V wrote: On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: The Cygwin paths are added in '/etc/profile'. Obviously, you can remove them though that will make your configuration non-standard and unsupported. Essentially, this would make Cygwin tools inaccessible when running 'b

Re: I'm Completely Down after Upgrading to the Latest Cygwin

Fergus wrote: >> The Cygwin-X list would be the proper place to follow-up on any of these X issues if you need further help. I thought the Cygwin-X list was being subsumed into this one. Has that idea (a jolly good one) been spiked? Fergus Haven't seen anything saying the idea has been aband

Re: Trick cmd.exe of Windows XP to run cygwin Batch Script.

On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 11:31:42 +0100, "Frank Fesevur" wrote: >I have written a small utility named 'weft' that can set a file >association to start .sh-files with a cygwin bash by double clicking >it in the Explorer. I don't have it here anymore, so I have to dig >that up in my archives if you intere

Disable Toolbar

Hi, When I start "XWin Server", the "Toolbar" is enabled by default. How can I disable it, so it is not shown in when "XWin Server" is launched? Thanks in advance, Jose Luis. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Disable-Toolbar-tp21287621p21287621.html Sent from the Cygwin li

Re: Cygwin on a mobile drive: formatting options?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 08:42:37AM +, Fergus wrote: > Rather than install and maintain Cygwin on several desktop machines that I > use, I travel from one to another with one copy of Cygwin on a mobile > drive. Connected via USB? >This i

Re: Trick cmd.exe of Windows XP to run cygwin Batch Script.

On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:07:31 +0100, Spiro Trikaliotis wrote: >Hello, > >* On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 06:20:20PM +0800 Hongyi Zhao wrote: > >> I've some cygwin/bash scripts and I want to invoke them without log >> into the Cygwin's bash terminal. Is this possible? > >d:\> bash -c ./myscript I've us

gcc 3.4.4 crashing with segfault

While trying to build a gcc 3.2.1 cross-compiler on a current Cygwin install, I get a repeatable segfault/internal-error from gcc 3.4.4 [see below]. Building the exact same thing (identical sources and configure options) on Linux with gcc 3.4.6 works fine. It also built fine on older versions of

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

> For all we know bldmake could be bldmake.bat which contains a line such as: > > sh E:\Symbian\M04765_Symbain_OS_V9.5\bin\Tech\Viewepoc32\tools\bldmake.bat > > Intending to use Symbian's version of "sh" which can handle backslashes but > due to how your PATH is setup it's using Cygwin's version of

Re: Trick cmd.exe of Windows XP to run cygwin Batch Script.

Hongyi Zhao wrote: On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:07:31 +0100, Spiro Trikaliotis wrote: Hello, * On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 06:20:20PM +0800 Hongyi Zhao wrote: I've some cygwin/bash scripts and I want to invoke them without log into the Cygwin's bash terminal. Is this possible? d:\> bash -c ./myscrip

Re: Disable Toolbar

Jose Luis wrote: Hi, When I start "XWin Server", the "Toolbar" is enabled by default. How can I disable it, so it is not shown in when "XWin Server" is launched? Wrong list. You want the "Cygwin-X" list. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc.

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Jeenu V wrote: On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: The Cygwin paths are added in '/etc/profile'. Obviously, you can remove them though that will make your configuration non-standard and unsupported. Essentially, this would make Cygwin tools

Re: gcc 3.4.4 crashing with segfault

On 2009-01-05, Grant Edwards wrote: > While trying to build a gcc 3.2.1 cross-compiler on a current > Cygwin install, I get a repeatable segfault/internal-error from > gcc 3.4.4 [see below]. Just to reiterate: I mis-interpreted the error message. It's not the 3.4.4 native Cygwin compiler that's

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

> Maybe the best thing to do would be to edit the .bat/.cmd file so that the > first thing it does is redefines PATH as it is in a normal cmd window - ie > w/o cygwin running. > That would result in the environment being clean for cygwin normally, and > mean your symbian stuff wouldn't end up crapp

Re: MinTTY 0.3.2

On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:51:53 -0600, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > > Andy Koppe wrote: >> I've uploaded MinTTY release 0.3.2 to http://code.google.com/p/mintty. > > Ports SVN updated accordingly. I would encourage you to ITP this, as > this would be widely beneficial, and you will get more feedback

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

On 01/05/2009, Jeenu V wrote: > I did not have a chance to, no. Is there something there that you believe > > significantly changes the context of your original question? Well, I initially thought these two problems were related. But now that one appear to be solved, and and other remains, I th

Re: Run a Cygwin (X) app from a DOS command line

Hi, it seems to me that the application misses a running X server. It is the same under Unix if you start an X application directly on a console without having X running. Erich On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 17:41 +, John Emmas wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" > S

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > You mean the part about the text overwrtiting itself? Your 'TERM' > environment variable is set to 'screen'. Make sure that it's set > to 'cygwin' and you'll see less trouble. ;-) Ehm... that was because I was using screen when I gene

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

Jeenu V wrote: On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: You mean the part about the text overwrtiting itself? Your 'TERM' environment variable is set to 'screen'. Make sure that it's set to 'cygwin' and you'll see less trouble. ;-) Ehm... that was because I was using screen

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > I can't reproduce this. Do you have that problem before you invoke > 'cmd'? Sad :(. I don't have any problems before invoking cmd.exe; bash just works fine. Would you suggest a fresh install of Cygwin? I hope you watched the screencast

Re: Installing cygwin failing - some Windows errors

On 01/05/2009, Phil Reynolds wrote: I find that I can start cygwin bash but if I try to ls (for example), it fails. Nothing happens, and then bash closes. I want cygwin mainly for X but I need to solve this first, of course. So you're saying that you're starting bash from an xterm or similar

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

Jeenu V wrote: On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: ^^ . Thanks. I can't reproduce this. Do you have that problem before you invoke 'cmd'? Sad :(. I don't have any problems before in

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > And I assume that you don't have this problem if you just invoke > 'cmd.exe' from Windows and try the same thing and further that it > does reproduce if you then invoke 'bash' from that command prompt > and then 'cmd.exe' again. cmd.ex

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

Jeenu V wrote: On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: And I assume that you don't have this problem if you just invoke 'cmd.exe' from Windows and try the same thing and further that it does reproduce if you then invoke 'bash' from that command prompt and then 'cmd.exe' agai

Re: MinTTY 0.3.2

OK, I have just downloaded the latest version and compiled it. It comes up fine. However the text font size is very small. Is there a way to make it easier to read? Indeed, is there a way to configure quite a few things. Am I missing something about documentation? The options dialog can be reac

Re: MinTTY 0.3.2

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:41:33 +, Andy Koppe wrote: >> OK, I have just downloaded the latest version and compiled it. It comes >> up fine. However the text font size is very small. Is there a way to >> make it easier to read? Indeed, is there a way to configure quite a few >> things. Am I missi

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > OK, sounds like an environment problem then. You could probably spot > the issue by comparing the environment you get in bash with the one > you get in cmd.exe. I did that already and that was how I came to know I could solve the orig

Re: MinTTY 0.3.2

Den 2009-01-05 02:51 skrev Yaakov (Cygwin/X): Andy Koppe wrote: I've uploaded MinTTY release 0.3.2 to http://code.google.com/p/mintty. Ports SVN updated accordingly. I would encourage you to ITP this, as this would be widely beneficial, and you will get more feedback as well. Package mainten

Re: Installing cygwin failing - some Windows errors

Quoting "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" : On 01/05/2009, Phil Reynolds wrote: I find that I can start cygwin bash but if I try to ls (for example), it fails. Nothing happens, and then bash closes. I want cygwin mainly for X but I need to solve this first, of course. So you're saying that you're star

Re: MinTTY 0.3.2

Den 2009-01-06 07:25, skrev Peter Rosin: Den 2009-01-05 02:51 skrev Yaakov (Cygwin/X): Andy Koppe wrote: I've uploaded MinTTY release 0.3.2 to http://code.google.com/p/mintty. Ports SVN updated accordingly. I would encourage you to ITP this, as this would be widely beneficial, and you will g

Re: Installing cygwin failing - some Windows errors

Quoting "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" : On 01/05/2009, Phil Reynolds wrote: I find that I can start cygwin bash but if I try to ls (for example), it fails. Nothing happens, and then bash closes. I want cygwin mainly for X but I need to solve this first, of course. So you're saying that you're star

Re: cmd.exe from Cygwin

Jeenu V wrote: On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: OK, sounds like an environment problem then. You could probably spot the issue by comparing the environment you get in bash with the one you get in cmd.exe. I did that already and that was how I came to know I could s