run.exe will not work with upgrade from 1.14.4 to 1.16.3

2015-01-02 Thread schilpfamily
i have been running cygwin/x for a long time. i was on 1.14.4 and decided to upgrade to 1.16.3. the problem is that i am unable to start an xterm from a dos prompt. i have been using the following command line for years now: D:\cygwin\bin\run.exe -p /bin bash ~/scripts/xtermLaptop the contents

Re: run.exe will not work with upgrade from 1.14.4 to 1.16.3

2015-01-02 Thread schilpfamily
. thanks again. bill On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Laurens Blankers laur...@blankersfamily.com wrote: On 2-1-2015 21:10, schilpfamily wrote: this has worked for years, now when i run this command, a window very briefly blinks into existence but then goes away. any idea why this would stop