X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_RX,TW_TK,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4CA1C3EE.1030204@ece.cmu.edu> References: <4CA1C204 DOT 6090405 AT epfl DOT ch> <4CA1C3EE DOT 1030204 AT ece DOT cmu DOT edu> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:18:12 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: mintty window won't open From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 28 September 2010 11:31, Ryan Johnson wrote: > On 9/28/2010 12:23 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: >> I switched from rxvt to mintty yesterday, and it worked great all day. >> However, today when I try to open a new mintty window from within an >> existing one, nothing happens. The process starts, but no window >> appears. This happens when attempting to open both 0.8.3 and 0.9b2 >> windows from a 0.9b2 window. The broken window also does the same thing >> to tkdiff but is able to run xterm without problems. >> >> Oddly, using the shortcut from the start menu (0.8.3) still works, and >> any windows I fire up from it (including 0.9b2) work fine after that and >> can in turn fire up their own new instances. > > I found the problem: the terminal was running an ssh session to localhost. Ah yes, that would do it. > I have vague memories that ssh and native windows apps don't mix? Depends. Non-interactive programs should be fine. Interactive console programs often stumble over the fact that Cygwin ptys and Windows consoles are different beasts. Windows GUI programs such as mintty are completely out of luck though, because the ssh server isn't connected to your desktop session. (Xterm of course connects to your X server rather than using Windows stuff directly). Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple