Re: [pgAdmin][RM-2341]: Add menu option for starting PSQL

Hi

On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 1:45 PM Fahar Abbas <fahar(dot)abbas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 1:39 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 9:35 AM Fahar Abbas <fahar(dot)abbas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Sure Dave, I will create a new VM with the latest iso.
>>>
>>
>> Not the latest. 1809 please. And if that doesn't work, 1909. We need to
>> understand exactly what versions work and which don't.
>>
>> pgadmin4 is working fine on Windows 10 x64(1809).
>

Great, thanks!

>
> Do I also need to test pgadmin4 on 1909 iso?
>

I don't think so. I'm 99% certain that what we're seeing is that it works
on the versions of Windows that support conpty, but not the older ones
where the pywinpty library is *supposed* to fall back to using winpty.

Hopefully Nikhil can get to the bottom of the problem with the
pywinpty folks.

>
>>
>>> Nikhil is not able to reproduce the issue on Windows 10 with the latest
>>> version. So the issue is reproducible with older versions.
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 1:28 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 9:25 AM Fahar Abbas <
>>>> fahar(dot)abbas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, I assume that is version 1607. Can you test with 1809 please? And
>>>> if that doesn't work, try 1909.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 1:12 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 7:44 AM Fahar Abbas <
>>>>>> fahar(dot)abbas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> pgadmin4 is failing on following operating systems :
>>>>>>> Windows 2016
>>>>>>> Windows 2012
>>>>>>> Windows 07
>>>>>>> Windows 2008R2
>>>>>>> Windows 10 64
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What version of Windows 10? I *think* conpty was introduced in 1809.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> pgadmin4 is working fine in following operating system:
>>>>>>> Windows 2019
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 7:51 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 2:22 PM Nikhil Mohite <
>>>>>>>> nikhil(dot)mohite(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Dave,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 6:37 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 2:00 PM Nikhil Mohite <
>>>>>>>>>> nikhil(dot)mohite(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Dave,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 5:22 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:08 AM Nikhil Mohite <
>>>>>>>>>>>> nikhil(dot)mohite(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Dave/ Team,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> We are facing an issue with winpty.dll on Windows server 2016
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and Windows 7(these are platforms on which we have tested).
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Files required for winpty are present in the site-packages but
>>>>>>>>>>>>> still, it is unable to load the winpty.dll file on these specific
>>>>>>>>>>>>> platforms. We have tested it on Windows 10 pro and Windows server 2019 and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it is working fine. (Also tried building the local pywinpty but unable to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> build it.) ref link for winPty
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/rprichard/winpty#:~:text=winpty%20is%20a%20Windows%20software,in%20a%20Cygwin%2FMSYS%20pty.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Does winpty.exe run, if executed from the command line instead
>>>>>>>>>>>> of pgAdmin? If not, does dependency walker show any missing libraries that
>>>>>>>>>>>> are required?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Not found the winpty.exe in site packages, but as per the winpty
>>>>>>>>>>> documents "winpty-agent.exe" will start the process with a new, hidden
>>>>>>>>>>> console window. It is not showing any error while installing the package. I
>>>>>>>>>>> tried to use it outside the pgAdmin but still facing the same error
>>>>>>>>>>> "Exception in import winpty DLL load failed while importing winpty: The
>>>>>>>>>>> specified procedure could not be found."(created a separate python
>>>>>>>>>>> environment for this)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 1. if try to run winpty-agent.exe from the command line, it
>>>>>>>>>>> shows the user entered inputs on the same terminal, not showing any errors.
>>>>>>>>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2. I found winpty.exe in the other installed app (Git command
>>>>>>>>>>> line: C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\usr\bin) if try to run it through the
>>>>>>>>>>> command line not getting any error, it is showing user entered inputs on
>>>>>>>>>>> the same terminal. (It is not related to pgAdmin but just tried to check
>>>>>>>>>>> winpty.exe throwing any error or not)
>>>>>>>>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hmmm, that sounds oddly similar to an issue I had with Kerberos
>>>>>>>>>> on Windows when I was mucking around with that. I can't remember the exact
>>>>>>>>>> details, but as a test, does the problem go away if winpty.dll is copied
>>>>>>>>>> into the Windows system32 directory?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Tried it but still facing the same issue.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OK, I had a fiddle around, and see the same thing. I can't do a
>>>>>>>> simple import of winpty. On 2019 it's fine. I tried various tricks that
>>>>>>>> I've used in the past to make sure libraries are found etc.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Could this be because it's trying to use the conpty interface in
>>>>>>>> Windows 10 and above?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If we can't get this to work tomorrow, I think it's fine to simply
>>>>>>>> hide the menu options and button if the server detects it's running on an
>>>>>>>> unsupported version of Windows. Of course, this should be documented. We
>>>>>>>> also need to make sure we know *exactly* what versions it does and does not
>>>>>>>> work on.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Dave Page
>>>>>>>> Blog: https://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>>>>>>>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Fahar Abbas
>>>>>>> EnterpriseDB Corporation
>>>>>>> Phone Office: +92-51-835-8874
>>>>>>> Phone Direct: +92-51-8466803
>>>>>>> Mobile: +92-333-5409707
>>>>>>> Skype ID: *live:fahar.abbas*
>>>>>>> Website: www.enterprisedb.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Dave Page
>>>>>> Blog: https://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>>>>>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>>>>>
>>>>>> EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Fahar Abbas
>>>>> EnterpriseDB Corporation
>>>>> Phone Office: +92-51-835-8874
>>>>> Phone Direct: +92-51-8466803
>>>>> Mobile: +92-333-5409707
>>>>> Skype ID: *live:fahar.abbas*
>>>>> Website: www.enterprisedb.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dave Page
>>>> Blog: https://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>>>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Fahar Abbas
>>> EnterpriseDB Corporation
>>> Phone Office: +92-51-835-8874
>>> Phone Direct: +92-51-8466803
>>> Mobile: +92-333-5409707
>>> Skype ID: *live:fahar.abbas*
>>> Website: www.enterprisedb.com
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dave Page
>> Blog: https://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>
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>>
>>
>
> --
> Fahar Abbas
> EnterpriseDB Corporation
> Phone Office: +92-51-835-8874
> Phone Direct: +92-51-8466803
> Mobile: +92-333-5409707
> Skype ID: *live:fahar.abbas*
> Website: www.enterprisedb.com
>

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