Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

On 11/02/2009 03:11 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: Hi, I think I managed to obtain the cygcheck.out, which I attached after having added C:\cygwing\bin to the path of windows. Yes I am not an expert of unix and I am sorry, but I need this application to run Matlab on a cluster in interactive fash

RE: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

So do you just need the X server? Perhaps a pure Win32 one would be easier for you. See . Great!! This works perfect. Thank you so much! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.co

Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

Massimo Giovannini wrote: Hi, I have always installed and used cygwinX on my windows Xp machines without any problem. I have been trying to install on my new Vista 64 bit laptop and I cannot figure out what is going wrong. --- W e l c o m e t o V i s t a ! :-) I've been going through

RE: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

cygwin on my old laptop, there was a prompt telling my working directory, now I just get bash-3.2, why is that? Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 11:51 PM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit I'm getting the feeling that you're not us

Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

On 11/01/2009 10:35 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: Sorry,it is my first time on this website, and I did not understand those links were for me...I thought it was some sort of signature. Everything seems complicated here and also the language seems very cryptic.. Acronyms are certainly cryptic,

RE: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

Sorry,it is my first time on this website, and I did not understand those links were for me...I thought it was some sort of signature. Everything seems complicated here and also the language seems very cryptic.. I went on the bin directory cd C:/cygwin/bin, I typed cygcheck -s -v -r and still it

Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

Hm, let's see. Last time, among other things, I pointed you at: and I suppose ignoring the first is only a minor politeness infraction but the latter is rather rude. Please be considerate in your posts. Thanks.

RE: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

unday, November 01, 2009 7:20 PM > To: cygwin-xfree... <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> Don't feed the spammers. Thanks. > Subject: Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit > > On 11/01/2009 06:18 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: >> Yes

Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

9 7:20 PM To: cygwin-xfree... <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> Don't feed the spammers. Thanks. Subject: Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit On 11/01/2009 06:18 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: Yes I am using admin privileges. I tried to use st

RE: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin X) Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 7:20 PM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit On 11/01/2009 06:18 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: > Yes I am using admin privileges. > I tried to use start>run C

Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

On 11/01/2009 06:18 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: Yes I am using admin privileges. I tried to use start>run C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c/etc/postinstall/terminfo0.sh But nothing happens (actually a black window opens for a second and then it closes)... Any idea? Open a console window (cmd.exe) an

RE: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin X) Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 5:47 PM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit On 11/01/2009 01:41 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: > 2009/11/01 12:38:38 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c

Re: Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

On 11/01/2009 01:41 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: 2009/11/01 12:38:38 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/terminfo0.sh 2009/11/01 12:40:16 abnormal exit: exit code=128 This is your problem. The postinstall scripts are failing. Are you installing with administrator privileges?