Can't launch node process from cygwin

[leeight]

$ node

net.js:157
 this._handle.open(options.fd);
 ^
Error: EINVAL, invalid argument
 at new Socket (net.js:157:18)
 at process.stdin (node.js:660:19)
 at startup (node.js:145:16)
 at node.js:901:3

node --version 0.10.21

[juliangruber]

cygwin isn't officially supported

[bnoordhuis]

That's caused by cygwin's terminal emulation, it's incompatible with node. Closing as WONTFIX. If you feel really strongly about it, you could try your hand at a libuv patch.

[DanOlivier]

Hangs in Powershell ISE.
Works fine with powershell.exe.

[roanosullivan]

Works for me if I don't use rlwrap.

$ rlwrap node

net.js:157
 this._handle.open(options.fd);
 ^
Error: EINVAL, invalid argument
 at new Socket (net.js:157:18)
 at process.stdin (node.js:660:19)
 at startup (node.js:145:16)
 at node.js:902:3

$ node -e "console.log('hello node')"
hello node

$ node
>

[paulcw]

Note that you can still use node with cygwin, just not in the mintty terminal. For example you can start cygwin from the Windows command shell or from a third party terminal like Console, and then use node normally.

[roanosullivan]

@paulcw Good to know. Thanks.

[ccoenen]

i can confirm, that i run node in cygwin in a console tab, as described here.

[salqadri]

This is not good enough unfortunately, as I need to ssh into my cygwin shell from a mac and need to be able to run node there. Unfortunately, all those terminal and console solutions won't help here. We need nodejs to please add support for Cygwin natively!