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Re: [1.7.0-29] can't create master tty
- From: Andrew Schulman <schulman dot andrew at epamail dot epa dot gov>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:21:51 -0400
- Subject: Re: [1.7.0-29] can't create master tty
- References: <bg8bb41hojma4l2dinneof4712lbbn3tmp@4ax.com> <20080827204102.GA15077@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 02:55:54PM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> >I've recompiled screen for Cygwin 1.7. It runs fine until I do the following:
> >
> >* Open a cmd console and run c:\cygwin-1.7\bin\bash.exe --login .
> >* Start a new screen session (screen).
> >* Detach the screen session (C-a d).
> >* Exit bash.
> >* Try to start bash again.
> >
> >Then I get:
> >
> > 3 [main] bash 212 c:\cygwin-1.7\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - Can't
> >create master tty
>
> You forgot to mention that you need to set CYGWIN=tty before starting the process.
>
> I can duplicate this and should have it fixed soon.
>
> Thanks for the simple to reproduce test case.
This problem is fixed in 2008-09-11.
> >N.B. no cygcheck -svr here, since cygcheck seems to be totally broken for me in
> >1.7-- see next message.
>
> I can duplicate the cygcheck problem on one machine but not on the machine where
> I do development unfortunately.
>
> Do you have the same problem with a cygcheck.exe from a snapshot?
The problem persists in 2008-09-11.
$ cygcheck -svr
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Thu Sep 11 20:21:00 2008
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Thu Sep 11 20:21:00 2008
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Thu Sep 11 20:21:01 2008
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Thu Sep 11 20:21:01 2008
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Thu Sep 11 20:21:01 2008
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Thu Sep 11 20:21:01 2008
Thanks,
Andrew.
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