Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.0.20041129181904.046bf960@pop.prospeed.net> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:22:35 -0500 To: David Hinds , Cygwin List From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: A vexing installation problem In-Reply-To: <20041129231740.GA32760@sonic.net> References: <20041129071451 DOT GA15469 AT sonic DOT net> <6 DOT 2 DOT 0 DOT 14 DOT 0 DOT 20041129115158 DOT 046c9120 AT pop DOT prospeed DOT net> <20041129184442 DOT GA30302 AT sonic DOT net> <6 DOT 2 DOT 0 DOT 14 DOT 0 DOT 20041129135305 DOT 046bca10 AT pop DOT prospeed DOT net> <20041129195946 DOT GA4932 AT sonic DOT net> <6 DOT 2 DOT 0 DOT 14 DOT 0 DOT 20041129151309 DOT 046bfba0 AT pop DOT prospeed DOT net> <20041129215220 DOT GA15085 AT sonic DOT net> <6 DOT 2 DOT 0 DOT 14 DOT 0 DOT 20041129171109 DOT 046d1728 AT pop DOT prospeed DOT net> <20041129231740 DOT GA32760 AT sonic DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 06:17 PM 11/29/2004, you wrote: >On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 05:22:28PM -0500, Larry Hall wrote: >> > >> >File permissions appear ok as far as I can tell. The 'strace' output >> >seems consistent with no permission problems; I'm able to execute all >> >commands, cygwin1.dll is found, and things run for a short while >> >before dying. >> >> But with no output, right? No dump file, nothing? > >Correct. Huh. >> >'strace sh.exe' looks like any other command I try: >> > >> > ... >> > 564 105230 [main] bash 3892 cygheap_user::ontherange: what 2, pw 0xA0510C8 >> > 224 105454 [main] bash 3892 cygheap_user::ontherange: HOME is already in the environment /cygdrive/h >> > 756 106210 [main] bash 3892 sigproc_init: process/signal handling enabled(1001) >> > 365 106575 [main] bash 3892 __cygwin_lock_lock: threadcount 1. not locking >> > 304 106879 [main] bash 3892 __cygwin_lock_unlock: threadcount 1. not unlocking >> >> >> This isn't the strace of 'sh.exe'. It's the strace of 'bash.exe'. Can >> you try 'sh.exe' and see if it's different. FWIW, the lines you provided >> above I can find in my strace of 'bash.exe'. Mine goes on however. > >You're right. The output for 'sh.exe' is identical to 'bash.exe' with >'sh' substituted for 'bash'. OK. >> If you have 1.5.5 now that works for you, you can use that to bootstrap >> your build and get a debug version of the current DLL to look at and >> debug into. That might be your best bet. You can definitely get more >> context that way, if you're so inclined. > >I do not have a fully functional 1.5.5 installation; all I could find >was a tarball that includes a few commands (ps, kill, regtool, dumper, >mount/umount, setfacl/getfacl, passwd, mkpasswd, mkgroup, cygpath, and >cygcheck). The combination of unavailability of old distributions, >and unavailability of a debug version of the current DLL, is kind of a >pisser. > >I've got another system on my desk (also XP SP2) with the latest >Cygwin that works fine. That system has a clean OS install; the one >with problems has been upgraded over several years by Windows Update. >I can try to build a debug DLL on that system but had hoped for a >quicker diagnosis. Yeah, I understand. This is certainly not your everyday issue, as you've noticed. I suppose it's worthwhile to look at the settings for the Windows firewall to see if it's being overly restrictive or limiting in some way. Sorry, I don't have any other ideas other than getting down into it with more details... -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/