X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_RX X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4CA23B9F.20506@ece.cmu.edu> References: <4CA23B9F.20506@ece.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:40:22 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: gitk kills bash shell From: Jeremy Ramer To: Ryan Johnson Cc: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: > =A0Jeremy Ramer said: >> >> I have a very repeatable issue, but I'm not sure how to go about >> debugging it. =A0I follow this process. >> >> 1) Start an rxvt bash shell >> 2) Go to a git repo folder >> 3) Start gitk >> gitk --all& >> 4) Go back to bash and press any key except enter and bash closes >> >> I also get a similar problem with this process: >> 1) Start an rxvt bash shell >> 2) Go to a git repo folder >> 3) Start gitk >> gitk --all& >> 4) Close gitk with the close button. Both gitk and bash close. >> >> Note that the issue does not happen if I don't start gitk as a >> background process. But then I can't use the shell. >> >> Any debugging tips? > > This sounds suspiciously similar to a problem that hit me a while back: > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-09/msg00225.html > > The short version is, running certain apps in the background triggers a b= ug > in tty handling. > Last I heard Corinna was having trouble diagnosing because the bug also > kills strace :) > > No fix yet AFAIK. I was afraid of that. It just started happening for me after upgrading to cygwin 1.7, as well as to others in my company. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple