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Re: Positive and negative results with cygserver.exe
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>,"Cygwin-Developers" <cygwin-developers at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:30:25 +1100
- Subject: Re: Positive and negative results with cygserver.exe
- References: <NCBBIHCHBLCMLBLOBONKEENNCIAA.g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net>
> Running cygserver from an rxvt/bash prompt works, cygserver sits and
looks like
> it's waiting for "connections" or whatever. However, it blocks a new
rxvt/bash
> prompt from coming up (looks like rxvt itself is blocked halfway
through drawing
> the screen, eg. scrollbar looks like it started to get drawn). I'm
using this
> in the shortcut:
Not surprising! Cygserver is a native exe that should not be run from
within cygwin.
It probably could be hacked around to do so, but I don't see any real
point :}.
Rob