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Re: REPOST: strange dup error


On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 03:19:07PM +0100, Chris January wrote:
>>Sometimes when I use Cygwin.bat to start bash and I have another
>>instance of bash running, I get this error appear at the top of the
>>console:
>>
>>    3996 [main] bash 2436 fhandler_base::dup: dup(/dev/tty) failed, handle B,
>> Win32 error 87
>> readline: warning: rl_prep_terminal: cannot get terminal settings?]0;~
>> ?[32mchris@ADVENT02 ?[33m~?[0m
>>
>> Win32 error 87 = ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
>>The control characters in the bash prompt are visible on the terminal -
>>the colour does not change.
>>
>>I've searched the mailing list archives, but it doesn't seem to have
>>been reported before.  I've been trying to find a way to replicate it,
>>but at the
>> moment it seems to be random.
>>
>> Regards
>> Chris

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