rxvt hanging after latest cygwin update

[Andrew DeFaria]

Thomas V. Fischer wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I figured out what was wrong.
>
> It seems to be the statement 'exec 2>&1' that is no longer working.
>
> Rgds
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas V. Fischer" <tvfischer_l@worldonline.fr>
> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 09:12
> Subject: rxvt hanging after latest cygwin update
>
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I just upgraded my cygwin installation to the new release made available
>
> at
>
>> the beginning of the month.
>>
>> Since this upgrade, my rxvt launch script doesn't work anymore.
>>
>> I have the following dos-batch script:
>>
>> start /i /min /separate /b $PATH2CYG\bash --login -c "/startrxvt.sh 12
>> &"
>>
>> The startrxvt.sh script looks like this:
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>>
>> #Redirect IO to allow parent terminal to closr
>> exec 0< /dev/null
>> exec 1> ~/.xdmcp-errors
>> exec 2>&1
>
Question: Why are you doing this? What do you mean by "allow parent 
terminal to closr[sic]"?

>>
>>
>> # Select font size
>> FONTSIZE=12
>> if [ -n "$1"]; then FONTSIZE=$1; fi
>>
>> rxvt -bg black -fg green -fn "-*-Lucida
>> Console-*-*-*-*-$FONTSIZE-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" -sr -sl 1024 -e
>> "/bin/bash --login -i -x" &
>> #
>>
>> The rxvt window opens but hangs. I don't see the scroll bar and there are
>
> no
>
>> prompts. The window doesn't refresh, resize... nothing happens. I have to
>> kill it in order to get rid of it.
>> This script has worked for a long time and works on another machine which
>
> I
>
>> haven't upgraded yet.
>>
>> My system is running WindowsXP-SP1
>>
>> If i run the commands manually, everything works ok.
>>
>> Thnks for your help
>>
>>
>> ---
>> Thomas Fischer, MCSE mailto:tvfischer@wanadoo.fr
>> mailto:tvfischer@worldonline.fr
>> Apple, WinNT, e-Mail, Groupware
>> mailto:tfischer@slb.com
>>
>
>
> ===
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