Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 18:45:08 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Outstanding issues with current DLL? Message-ID: <20010310184508.A16745@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com References: <20010307200848 DOT A32670 AT redhat DOT com> <20010307213711 DOT E32721 AT redhat DOT com> <3AA79E39 DOT BC915295 AT yahoo DOT com> <20010308125701 DOT A4371 AT redhat DOT com> <3AA7CCBA DOT E84FD16E AT yahoo DOT com> <20010308133552 DOT A878 AT redhat DOT com> <3AA7E05A DOT BF9F2535 AT yahoo DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3AA7E05A.BF9F2535@yahoo.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 02:41:14PM -0500 On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 02:41:14PM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >> On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 01:17:30PM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote: >> >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >>I could use a little more detail, however, like when this started >> >>failing. It sounds like this could be related to Egor's changes to pty >> >>handling or, if this is very recent, to my signal handling changes. >> >> >> > >> >Sometime between 2/28 and 3/06, IIRC. I could have been using a 2/23 >> >prior to the 3/06 update though. I really haven't had spare cycles for >> >tracking down problems recently. Wish I could help find this problem. >> >It is definitely a race condition. I just had one happen and started >> >another process while the other was hung just fine. >> >> Can you detail the series of events that led to the hang? Were you typing >> anything? Or did it just hang immediately on starting bash via rxvt? >> >> I don't use rxvt routinely but it sounds like I should be able to duplicate >> this. >> > >The hang happens after clicking on the icon on the desktop. I've always >awaited for a bash prompt that never returns. The first time it >happened was right after I installed after building on 3/06. It >mysteriously went away and I've had it happen occasionally ever since. Ok. I just tried about 40 times to duplicate this and was unable to do so. Could you send a cygcheck -r -s -v? Also, just on a hunch, could you try typing commands in the rxvt window and see if anything displays? I've just had something similar to this happen to me. bash appeared to be hung but it was actually not recognizing that it was running in a cygwin tty so it didn't display any prompt. cgf