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

2009-11-03 Thread Linda Walsh
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

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

2009-11-03 Thread Massimo Giovannini
So do you just need the X server? Perhaps a pure Win32 one would be easier for you. See http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/. Great!! This works perfect. Thank you so much! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

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

2009-11-03 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
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

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

2009-11-02 Thread Massimo Giovannini
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 used to Unix

Problem installing cygwin/X on vista sp2 64bit

2009-11-01 Thread Massimo Giovannini
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. I read all the topics in the mailing list but I could not find anyone with my same problem. My

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

2009-11-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
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?

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

2009-11-01 Thread Massimo Giovannini
...@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 /etc

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

2009-11-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
On 11/01/2009 06:18 PM, Massimo Giovannini wrote: Yes I am using admin privileges. I tried to use startrun 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)

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

2009-11-01 Thread Massimo Giovannini
...@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 startrun C:\cygwin\bin

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

2009-11-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
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 startrun C:\cygwin\bin

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

2009-11-01 Thread Massimo Giovannini
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 startrun C:\cygwin

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

2009-11-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Hm, let's see. Last time, among other things, I pointed you at: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU and http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR I suppose ignoring the first is only a minor politeness infraction but the latter is rather rude. Please be considerate in your posts. Thanks. On

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

2009-11-01 Thread Massimo Giovannini
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

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

2009-11-01 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
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,