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From:	"Chris January" <chris AT atomice DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Fw: Problem with signal 21 and multiple bash windows.
Date:	Wed, 3 Jul 2002 01:14:52 +0100
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> >> With latest CVS cygwin1.dll:
> >> I click cygwin.bat, and bash opens.
> >> I click cygwin.bat again and a console window opens, but the bash
prompt
> >> does not appear.
> >> Further investigation with strace shows that the second instance of
bash
> >is
> >> getting signal 21 (SIGTTYIN) over and over again.
> >> If the second instance of bash is launched using cygwin.bat from the
> >cmd.exe
> >> command line, the same problem occurs.
> >> If bash is run as "bash --login -i" from c:\cygwin\bin from the cmd.exe
> >> command line, the bash prompt appears.
> >> If SET CYGWIN=tty is typed before running bash directly from the
cmd.exe
> >> command line, the bash prompt does not appear and an strace shows the
> >signal
> >> 21 problem.
> >>
> >> So it seems that setting the tty flag in the CYGWIN environment
variable
> >> causes the second, third, fourth, etc. instances of bash to go into an
> >> infinite loop receiving SIGTTYIN.
>
> Works fine here.
Ok - I will try to investigate myself further then.

Chris



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