Mail Archives: cygwin-developers/2001/03/08/14:41:13
Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 01:17:30PM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >>I could use a little more detail, however, like when this started
> >>failing. It sounds like this could be related to Egor's changes to pty
> >>handling or, if this is very recent, to my signal handling changes.
> >>
> >
> >Sometime between 2/28 and 3/06, IIRC. I could have been using a 2/23
> >prior to the 3/06 update though. I really haven't had spare cycles for
> >tracking down problems recently. Wish I could help find this problem.
> >It is definitely a race condition. I just had one happen and started
> >another process while the other was hung just fine.
>
> Can you detail the series of events that led to the hang? Were you typing
> anything? Or did it just hang immediately on starting bash via rxvt?
>
> I don't use rxvt routinely but it sounds like I should be able to duplicate
> this.
>
The hang happens after clicking on the icon on the desktop. I've always
awaited for a bash prompt that never returns. The first time it
happened was right after I installed after building on 3/06. It
mysteriously went away and I've had it happen occasionally ever since.
Earnie.
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