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

Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB.

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
>>>
>>>
>>
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>> Fahar Abbas
>> EnterpriseDB Corporation
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>>
>
>
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> Dave Page
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>
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>
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Fahar Abbas
EnterpriseDB Corporation
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Phone Direct: +92-51-8466803
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