[X2Go-Dev] Bug#77: Fwd: Bug report, unknown package: X2Go corrupts CygWin

[Mike Gabriel]

Package: x2goclient
Version: 3.99.2.2-win32
Severity: normal

forwarding this mail to X2Go BTS... found in my git-admin at x2go.org mails...

@Anders: please use a body header for bug mails like the one above...

Thanks,
Mike

----- Weitergeleitete Nachricht von Anders.Hallstrom at delaval.com -----
      Datum: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:54:31 +0100
        Von: "Hallstrom, Anders" <Anders.Hallstrom at delaval.com>
    Betreff: Bug report, unknown package: X2Go corrupts CygWin
         An: "git-admin at x2go.org" <git-admin at x2go.org>

Hello.

I am following the following advice from “How to report a Bug in X2Go”  
(http://bugs.x2go.org/Reporting.html):

"If you can't seem to determine which package contains the problem,  
please send e-mail to the git-admin at x2go.org asking for advice."

Since I installed X2Go I have experienced that CygWin is rendered unusable.

System: Windows XP Professional version 2002 SP 3

X2Go: X2Go-client V. 3.99.2.2 (Qt - 4.8.1)
(I had to type that! Why can't I select&copy from the "about" window??)

CygWin: CYGWIN_NT-5.1
(Yes, that's really old, but "so what"...)

What happens is that directories from the X2Go installation are
suddenly mounted as /etc and /bin in CygWin.
Since fundamental commands such as "/bin/ls" are thereby missing,  
nothing works.

To repair, I do the following:
- Start a Windows command prompt (the cygwin path in Windows is still  
working).
- umount /etc
- umount /bin
Now CygWin is working normally.

After this fix, I can still use X2Go without problems and without
the mounts coming back, so I just cannot see why the mounts were
necessary in the first place.

Sometimes, however, the harmful mounts do come back.
I cannot pinpoint exactly when this happens,
but at least it is not every time I restart the computer and not every  
time I run X2Go.

Is this known?
Could some developer explain what is happening?

Best Regards
Anders Hallström



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