X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:34:36 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Failure to run image magic in the latest release Message-ID: <20060717043436.GA24417@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <44BAEF77 DOT 1020702 AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk> <20060717021305 DOT GB3121 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 04:27:37PM +1200, Mark Hadfield wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 03:01:27AM +0100, Andy Rushton wrote: >>>Hi all, >>> >>>I have found a problem with ImageMagick and a temporary fix. >>> >>>After a recent update to my Cygwin installation, the convert program >>>stopped working. It simply exited silently, though I discover with gdb >>>that it was failing with an unknown exception. It turned out that this >>>was because of a missing dll, specifically >>>/usr/X11R6/bin/cygdpstk-1.dll, which also requires >>>/usr/X11R6/bin/cygdps-1.dll. >>> >>> ... >>> >>>So, as I said, I don't know whether this could be fixed by you or the >>>x11 maintainers. Any thoughts? >> >>Just one: cygwin/x issues should really go to the cygwin-xfree mailing >>list. > >I for one am very glad it has been mentioned on the Cygwin list, as I >had noticed similar behaviour but not bothered to establish the cause. >And I would never have thought it was an X-related problem as convert is >a non-graphical program. So maybe you should be reading the cygwin-xfree mailing list then. >I think it affects GraphicsMagick also. It is, without a doubt, a cygwin/x issue. So please no more whining here. cgf -- 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/