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Subject: Re: Mintty 2.2.2: possible hang when breaking (CTRL+C) out of pinging unresponsive host
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 23:29:55 +0100
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On 24/11/2015 22:48, Jeff Hansen wrote:
> I have recently installed the latest 32-bit version of Cygwin on my Windows
> 10 Professional operating system.
>
> When I ping a host, and the ping doesn't reply for a few minutes, I find the
> ping hangs when I try to break out of it using CTRL+C.
> IT is at this point I have to close the Mintty window completely and re-open
> as it is unresponsive.
> Any pings to a host that does reply doesn't result in a 'hung ping', as
> described here.
>
> My only fix up to this point is to downgrade to a previous installation of
> Cygwin that I've had for approx. 5 years now.  That copy has Mintty ver
> 0.9.9 installed.
>
> I did attempt to go through the various forums and sites to try to find
> other previous reports of this, and while I did find some previous reports
> of this happening, I have been unable to find a solution that fixed the
> problem I am having.
>
> I try my hardest to not bother you good people. but I am at my wits end at
> what to try here.  Any and all suggestions that works towards a solution is
> very welcome.
>
>
> -Jeff
>

the problem is also present on 64 bit.
As ping on windows console is reacting at CTRL+C
I assume it is an interaction with mintty.

As workaround you should be able to kill ping
with task manager without killing mintty.


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