RE: Initial run of BASH doesn't initialize home directory
With all due respect, Igor, I think you missed my point. The point is this: 1) I ran the Cygwin setup.exe and the Cygwin/X setup.exe (a distinction made by the cygwin.com web site itself) on the same computer. 2) The Cygwin/X installation gave me grief as mentioned in my initial post. 3) The Cygwin installation gave me no grief and worked perfectly. Therefore, my conclusion was that there's something different between the two installation routines--is this not a rational conclusion? I apologize for not including the output of cygcheck -svr. I no longer have Cygwin/X installed so this will have to wait until tomorrow. Based on what I mentioned above, is this still something I should take to the Cygwin list? On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Thomas Smith wrote: I was able to get Cygwin to run without problems and then decided to try Cygwin/X to take advantage of X. I completely uninstalled Cygwin... Why?! ...as follows: - Deleted the Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts. - Deleted C:\cygwin - Deleted Cygnus Solutions from the Registry. I removed all of the downloaded source Cygwin files and started the Cygwin/X installer--everything seems to install correctly. The only There is no such thing as a Cygwin/X installer. There is a Cygwin installer which installs the xorg-* family of Cygwin packages. non-default packages I select are: gcc vim nano inetutils openssh xorg-x11-base xorg-x11-devel xorg-x11-man-pages When I start the Cygwin Bash Shell for the first, I get dropped to a shell prompt and placed in /usr/bin. My Home directory isn't created and the general Cygwin environment doesn't work--that is, I'm not able to execute any commands. In fact, no files even appear in /usr/bin. This isn't an X-related problem, and thus belongs on the main Cygwin list. Please remove cygwin-xfree from further messages. I've researched this problem and haven't been able to locate a solution. I'm also not sure how to start troubleshooting it. Any ideas as to how I can start troubleshooting this problem? Please read and follow the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at http://cygwin.com/problems.html. Please pay particular attention to the part that asks you to attach the output of cygcheck -svr. It might also help to know how you're starting bash. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA
Re: Initial run of BASH doesn't initialize home directory
Tom Smith schrieb: With all due respect, Igor, I think you missed my point. The point is this: 1) I ran the Cygwin setup.exe and the Cygwin/X setup.exe (a distinction made by the cygwin.com web site itself) on the same computer. This distinction is apparently confusing. The two files setup.exe are identical. 2) The Cygwin/X installation gave me grief as mentioned in my initial post. 3) The Cygwin installation gave me no grief and worked perfectly.
RE: Initial run of BASH doesn't initialize home directory
Tom Smith wrote: With all due respect, Igor, I think you missed my point. The point is this: 1) I ran the Cygwin setup.exe and the Cygwin/X setup.exe (a distinction made by the cygwin.com web site itself) on the same computer. It's the same installer, just linked to different pages with different text. 2) The Cygwin/X installation gave me grief as mentioned in my initial post. 3) The Cygwin installation gave me no grief and worked perfectly. Run the installer once selecting all the non-X stuff you want. Setup your environment like you want it. Run the installer again, selecting all the X stuff you want. Therefore, my conclusion was that there's something different between the two installation routines--is this not a rational conclusion? I apologize for not including the output of cygcheck -svr. I no longer have Cygwin/X installed so this will have to wait until tomorrow. Based on what I mentioned above, is this still something I should take to the Cygwin list? reid
Re: Initial run of BASH doesn't initialize home directory
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Thomas Smith wrote: I was able to get Cygwin to run without problems and then decided to try Cygwin/X to take advantage of X. I completely uninstalled Cygwin... Why?! ...as follows: - Deleted the Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts. - Deleted C:\cygwin - Deleted Cygnus Solutions from the Registry. I removed all of the downloaded source Cygwin files and started the Cygwin/X installer--everything seems to install correctly. The only There is no such thing as a Cygwin/X installer. There is a Cygwin installer which installs the xorg-* family of Cygwin packages. non-default packages I select are: gcc vim nano inetutils openssh xorg-x11-base xorg-x11-devel xorg-x11-man-pages When I start the Cygwin Bash Shell for the first, I get dropped to a shell prompt and placed in /usr/bin. My Home directory isn't created and the general Cygwin environment doesn't work--that is, I'm not able to execute any commands. In fact, no files even appear in /usr/bin. This isn't an X-related problem, and thus belongs on the main Cygwin list. Please remove cygwin-xfree from further messages. I've researched this problem and haven't been able to locate a solution. I'm also not sure how to start troubleshooting it. Any ideas as to how I can start troubleshooting this problem? Please read and follow the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at http://cygwin.com/problems.html. Please pay particular attention to the part that asks you to attach the output of cygcheck -svr. It might also help to know how you're starting bash. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA