X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:55:14 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: ls not showing anything - sometimes Message-ID: <20070213205514.GA25889@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <021d01c74ef6$b40c1300$8532a8c0 AT M6> <20070213004722 DOT GB29270 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-Id: 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 Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 03:04:40PM -0500, Chuck wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 06:04:57PM -0500, Chuck wrote: >>> Dennis Simpson wrote: >>>> One co-worker downloaded the latest Windows cygwin last week. His "ls" >>>> command now consistently does not return anything, regardless of what >>>> directory he is in. This is in addition to not being able to run shell >>>> scripts any more, either. >>>> >>>> The other two of us that upgraded last week to the latest Windows cygwin do >>>> NOT have this "ls" problem. "ls" works fine. >>> I thought it might be a problem with cygwin too so I rolled back the >>> cygwin kernel to version 1.5.23-1, and coreutils to 6.4-1. That didn't help. >>> >>> I'm glad someone else is reporting this. Maybe there's a real problem here. >>> >>> What hw/os is your colleague working on? Mine is a Dell D610 laptop, >>> Windows XP SP2 with all latest patches. >> >> I doubt that this particular problem is anything other than a missing >> package, actually. >> >> The details listed at http://cygwin.com/problems.html would probably be >> helpful. > >I have completely reinstalled every cygwin package I previously had. I >deleted my old packages directory, renamed my old cygwin home directory, >and reinstalled everything fresh from mirrors.kernel.org into a >completely new cygwin home. I still have the same problem. I really >don't think it's a missing package. You have, again, quoted me as if I was trying to offer suggestions for dealing with your issue. I was not suggesting that your problem was due to a missing package. It is very unlikely that your particular failure of truncated output would be due to a missing package. When I mentioned, in previous messages, "this particular problem" and "in this thread", I was referring specifically to the problem mentioned by Dennis Simpson which I do not believe is related to your problem. I have apologized for my previous confusion and imprecise language but it seems like there might still be lingering confusion on your part as a result. I hope that the above clarification serves to put this issue to rest and that you will not feel compelled to further investigate missing packages as a solution to your problem. 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/