# Problem with gitk on cygwin 3 messages from 2007-03-29 to 2007-03-30. Participants: Raimund Bauer, Shawn O. Pearce. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7472 ## Raimund Bauer, 2007-03-29 10:21 Subject: Problem with gitk on cygwin Message-ID: <000001c771ec$12729c30$0b0aa8c0@abf.local> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/000001c771ec%2412729c30%240b0aa8c0%40abf.local ``` When trying to use gitk from current cygwin-install, I get an error-dialog and no gitk-window. Error title: "Error in startup script" Error message: -------------------------------- .git 8 [main] git 1620 tty_list::allocate: No tty allocated while executing "exec git rev-parse --git-dir" (procedure "gitdir" line 6) invoked from within "gitdir" invoked from within "set gitdir [gitdir]" (file "/usr/bin/gitk" line 6270) -------------------------------- Setting the environment variable GIT_DIR produced a slightly different error, but didn't help. The new error message is: -------------------------------- 6 [main] git 1268 tty_list::allocate: No tty allocated while executing "close $refd" (procedure "readrefs" line 47) invoked from within "readrefs" (file "/usr/bin/gitk" line 6325) -------------------------------- Did I forget to install some cygwin package (and it's only a problem of cygwin dependencies), or does gitk on cygwin have a problem currently? -- best regards Ray ``` ## Shawn O. Pearce, 2007-03-30 05:25 Subject: Re: Problem with gitk on cygwin Message-ID: <20070330052533.GQ13247@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070330052533.GQ13247%40spearce.org In-Reply-To: <000001c771ec$12729c30$0b0aa8c0@abf.local> ``` Raimund Bauer wrote: > When trying to use gitk from current cygwin-install, I get an error-dialog > and no gitk-window. > > Error title: "Error in startup script" > Error message: > -------------------------------- > .git > 8 [main] git 1620 tty_list::allocate: No tty allocated while executing > "exec git rev-parse --git-dir" > (procedure "gitdir" line 6) > invoked from within > "gitdir" > invoked from within > "set gitdir [gitdir]" > (file "/usr/bin/gitk" line 6270) > -------------------------------- I have seen this failure before, and its usually a result of having your CYGWIN environment variable including 'notty': http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html Or maybe its the opposite. I don't have access to my Cygwin system right now, so I cannot check if I have notty, tty, or just ommitted it entirely from my CYGWIN environment varible. But I think that's the issue. -- Shawn. ``` ## Raimund Bauer, 2007-03-30 07:36 Subject: RE: Problem with gitk on cygwin Message-ID: <000201c7729e$1d7c40b0$0b0aa8c0@abf.local> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/000201c7729e%241d7c40b0%240b0aa8c0%40abf.local In-Reply-To: <20070330052533.GQ13247@spearce.org> ``` > From: spearce@spearce.org [mailto:spearce@spearce.org] > > I have seen this failure before, and its usually a result of > having your CYGWIN environment variable including 'notty': > > http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html > > Or maybe its the opposite. I don't have access to my Cygwin > system right now, so I cannot check if I have notty, tty, or > just ommitted it entirely from my CYGWIN environment varible. > But I think that's the issue. Thanks a lot, that was the right pointer, even if I don't understand what went wrong. My CYGWIN environment variable was set to "ntsec tty", and after doing a export CYGWIN=ntsec in the shell (which according to your link shouldn't change anything) gitk magically started working! > Shawn. Thank you very much my saviour, now I can use gitk in office too ;-) -- best regards Ray ```