Re: rxvt hanging after latest cygwin update

["Thomas V. Fischer" <tvfischer_l@worldonline.fr>]

Hello all,

I figured out what was wrong.

It seems to be the statement 'exec 2>&1' that is no longer working.

Rgds
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas V. Fischer" <tvfischer_l@worldonline.fr>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 09:12
Subject: rxvt hanging after latest cygwin update


> Hey all,
>
> I just upgraded my cygwin installation to the new release made available
at
> the beginning of the month.
>
> Since this upgrade, my rxvt launch script doesn't work anymore.
>
> I have the following dos-batch script:
>
>     start /i /min /separate /b $PATH2CYG\bash --login -c "/startrxvt.sh 12
> &"
>
>  The startrxvt.sh script looks like this:
>
>     #!/bin/bash
>
>     #Redirect IO to allow parent terminal to closr
>     exec 0< /dev/null
>     exec 1> ~/.xdmcp-errors
>     exec 2>&1
>
>     # Select font size
>     FONTSIZE=12
>     if [ -n "$1"]; then FONTSIZE=$1; fi
>
>     rxvt -bg black -fg green -fn "-*-Lucida
> Console-*-*-*-*-$FONTSIZE-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" -sr -sl 1024 -e
> "/bin/bash --login -i -x" &
>     #
>
> The rxvt window opens but hangs. I don't see the scroll bar and there are
no
> prompts. The window doesn't refresh, resize... nothing happens. I have to
> kill it in order to get rid of it.
> This script has worked for a long time and works on another machine which
I
> haven't upgraded yet.
>
> My system is running WindowsXP-SP1
>
> If i run the commands manually, everything works ok.
>
> Thnks for your help
>
>
> ---
> Thomas Fischer, MCSE              mailto:tvfischer@wanadoo.fr
> mailto:tvfischer@worldonline.fr
>      Apple, WinNT, e-Mail, Groupware
> mailto:tfischer@slb.com
>


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