I have noticed that if I run mysql from a cygwin shell it works no
problem, but if I run it from a xterm with in X I get no response?
strange.
Jason.
William Martell wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Thank you for reading this email.
>
> I am trying to figure this problem out, but I need some help.
>
> I am working on a Windows 2000 Server. I have used MySQL for the past 2 years on
> this system.
>
> I recently installed the DEFAULT version of CYGWIN on my machine.
>
> Everyone was wonderful and I was able to connect to mysql from the bash shell by
> typing mysql. No problems at All.
>
> I wanted to install ALL the packages available for CYGWIN so that I can start to
> learn the environment and tools.
>
> After I installed all the packages under CYGWIN, I noticed that I am no longer able
> to type mysql at the bash
> prompt and get access to mysql.
>
> I changed directory into the mysql/bin directory and typed mysql and nothing
> happened.
>
> I no longer can access mysql from the BASH prompt by typing mysql.
>
> The funny thing is...
>
> If I type a select statement with the -e flag at the bash prompt, MySQL responds
> with
> rows. So I know MySQL works and is there, but I can't connect interactively.
>
> Could someone please help me with this. Does anyone know how I can troubleshoot
> either MySQL or Cygwin to see what the problem is...
>
> Thanks In Advance.
> William Martell
> Dallas Texas
>
>
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