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

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
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Fahar Abbas
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>>>
>>
>>
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>>
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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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