From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (relay3-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.195]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1881C3851C0A for ; Fri, 8 May 2020 15:01:55 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 1881C3851C0A Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=pounceofcats.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=briand@pounceofcats.com X-Originating-IP: 91.207.175.102 Received: from quarternote (unknown [91.207.175.102]) (Authenticated sender: briand@pounceofcats.com) by relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5A9C160005; Fri, 8 May 2020 15:01:51 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:01:49 -0700 From: To: Brian Inglis Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: incorrect text mode graphic character display Message-ID: <20200508080149.02f50b8d@quarternote> In-Reply-To: <22af6f33-e313-1485-5e66-d39f8def1560@SystematicSw.ab.ca> References: <20200507081832.54306879@quarternote> <0afd85b5-9bc8-8b6e-a032-8ae9c4b1e0e0@gmail.com> <20200507130710.1ff1f684@quarternote> <20200507140945.56e74bce@quarternote> <20200507151207.221136d8@quarternote> <22af6f33-e313-1485-5e66-d39f8def1560@SystematicSw.ab.ca> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:02:05 -0000 On Thu, 7 May 2020 21:03:01 -0600 Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2020-05-07 16:12, Brian D wrote: > > On Thu, 7 May 2020 15:52:06 -0600, Brian Inglis wrote: > [please ensure all email addresses are stripped from the body] > >> As that env var is interpreted by the main Cygwin process cygwin1.dll, which has > >> to be unloaded and reloaded, I'd set CYGWIN=disable_pcon in the System > >> environment, then shut down all Cygwin processes, as you would before running > >> setup, log off, and log on. > > > Given that Eric's suggestion to downgrade the cygwin.dll version to 3.07 > > worked, is it still worth trying this ?> I will if it might give someone an idea of what would need to be fixed on a > > future version. > It might avoid problems the next time setup updates the cygwin package and dll. > ok. went through that process and rebooted instead of logging off, just for good measure. same problem. downgrading to 3.07 is the only thing that works at this point. -- Brian