From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10567 invoked by alias); 13 Feb 2006 22:30:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 10559 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Feb 2006 22:30:20 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from selma.synacor.com (HELO mail1.chek.com) (208.197.227.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with SMTP; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:30:20 +0000 Received: (qmail 3670 invoked by uid 0); 13 Feb 2006 22:30:18 -0000 Received: from reinhold.synacor.com (HELO synacor.com) (10.10.6.20) by mailrelay2.synacor.com with SMTP; 13 Feb 2006 22:30:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 15015 invoked by uid 99); 13 Feb 2006 22:30:17 -0000 Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:37:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20060213223017.15013.qmail@synacor.com> From: "Bubba Jones" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Bash Window Geometry References: <20060206160030.10549.qmail@synacor.com> <20060206173428.19053.qmail@synacor.com> <20060208155227.28205.qmail@synacor.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2006-02/txt/msg00464.txt.bz2 > ... > You do know that you can have your own mounts pointing to wherever *you* > want (in effect, having a separate Cygwin installation)? Wow. I never thought about that. Hmmm. Most interesting. > If theirs is > missing /etc/passwd, it's seriously broken anyway. Good point! > I forget, did you ever attach the output of "cygcheck -svr" (as an > uncompressed text attachment) as requested in the Cygwin problem reporting > guidelines at ? If not, you should do it > so that we have enough details about your installation(s) to try > diagnosing the problems. Thanks for the tip. I'll do that. > > I decided to take matters into my own hands. I installed cygwin on my > > network drive and specified vi and some other stuff, then set my PATH to > > look at my installation after "their" installation. It seems to work > > ok. I had to delete/move my cygwin1.dll so the system wouldn't freak > > out. The system preferred the cygwin1.dll that is part of the system > > config, not my config (I hope that makes sense...). > > Why not do the other way around? Remove their installation from the PATH, > add yours, issue the following commands (assuming your Cygwin is installed > in H:\cygwin): > > mount -ufb 'h:\cygwin' / > mount -ufb 'h:\cygwin\bin' /usr/bin > mount -ufb 'h:\cygwin\lib' /usr/lib > > That way your install would be completely independent from theirs. You're smart (recall Star Trek TNG episode when Jordi was kidnapped because "he was smart"...). My network quota is 200 MB, so, my plan was to install the cygwin binaries that I needed and were missing from the "organizational installation" so I could have a "mean and lean" use of drive space. Now that you mention the separate installation thing, I believe I can attach a USB drive to this machine. If I can do that, I will do a real cygwin install and say phooey on them :) . That will keep "them" happy and make me very happy. > I'm assuming you installed Cygwin from one machine and use it from > another, otherwise installing for "just me" would have set up the proper > mount entries already. Again, the output of "cygcheck -svr" would have > told us whether this is the case. I just wanted a few cygwin binaries... > > Do you see any problem with the /etc/passwd mismatch? > > Yes. Many things that rely on authentication and permissions will not > work properly if certain usernames (including yours) are missing from > /etc/passwd. Your /etc/group will also need to be up-to-date. But of course... I think the USB drive install will save the day... > > I installed rxvt. That solves the problem with the geometry thing. I > > am in my happy place now :) . > > Until the problems start. Let's try preventing them. The first step > would be to see what your and their installations look like (via the > output of "cygcheck -svr"). Roger. > ... Thanks! You're smart... _________________________________________________________________Get your FREE Budweiser E-mail account at http://budweiser.com Budweiser E-Mail must be used responsibly and only is for consumers 21 years of age and older! Disclaimer: Neither Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (the makers of BUDWEISER beer) nor the operator of this E-Mail service or their respective affiliates have seen, endorsed or approved any of the content in this e-mail and expressly disclaim all liability for the content in whole and in part. -- 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/