see that SYSTEMROOT variable under the running environment contains the base path to your windows eg. SYSTEMROOT=c:\windows
i did plenty of experimentation why my X wasn't running, Cygwin's Xfree86 won't run without this system variable and may be a factor among other program performances..but not too sure if it has an affect on bash or emacs...but I do know that CygWin/X won't run without it on my system...I'm using a desktop with XP in my case... also check the two location registry keys...they should point to your cygwin path...these have an affect but noyon really talks about them...its possible that may have accidently been deleted... the location for them on my system is My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions be sure that your paths are correct...but if you have no problems running binary files from cygwin, you probably don't have a problem with paths in your registry... Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2] "cygdrive prefix"="/cygdrive" "cygdrive flags"=dword:00000020 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/] "native"="k:\\cygwin" "flags"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin] "native"="k:\\cygwin/bin" "flags"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib] "native"="k:\\cygwin/lib" "flags"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options] One more thing, is that if you're using Nt or Xp, be sure to try to isolate cygwin from any windows services...like fast-search indexing and filenames beggining with "." ... strange but in a dos-box under windows NT/XP you can create a filename beggininng with a "." but not with explorer!...i've noticed these aggravating problems so what i did was make a separate partition just for cygwin... also check the folder security settings if you're using NT or XP with ntfs...have Administators and System to full access, and not to forget Creator Owner and Users with appropriate access...if necessary readopt new acccess priviledges (inherit to all children objects to these new settings -> avail in XP) and turn off the Read-Only attribute where your cygwin installation is located...other than that try out the latest cygwin release and try using these tricks...registry pathnames ,folder priviledge access (NT/XP)... and read-only file/folder attributes... if things still fail by this, one more trick i can offer is to check your /etc/passwd...if it doesn't appear right, it doesn't hurt to actually delete it and recreate it by simply typing 'mkpasswd' , see that it was created...if it wasn't then something is wrong somewhere...if it succeeds, try relogging in with your userid...can't be sure if this is helpful under 95/9X as I've never installed cygwin under 9x... ..note the same registry settings locations for cygwin's respective install paths on XP apply as well to 9X according to my knowledge... hope this information helps... jagg --- Thor Anders Aarhaug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Thomas Chadwick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | Back in January I noticed the performance of > Cygwin, and > | Cygwin/Xfree86 in particular, went down the tubes. > I posted to the > | general cygwin mailing list since all things > cygwin were affected. > | Here's a link to the root of the thread. You can > follow it to > | conclusion by hitting the "Thread Next" link. > > hi, > > interesting, although not the case for me: the > stationary is running > [EMAIL PROTECTED], while the laptop is not. no other bg > processes that > takes at lot of CPU resources. > > I just can't understand why emacs is "readily" > started from .xinitrc, > but not otherwise. > > Thor A. > -- > Thor A. Aarhaug > "Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Position; seeya!" > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
