Hi I can think of a couple of instances when I have seen this message.
Pavel is correct services for Unix make use of the Posix subsystem in NT, and this can be disabled in the registry. I think this is in the localmachine->system->currentcontrolset->control and search for posix. The optional key should be 4f 73 32 00 50 6f 73 69 78 00 00 on NT 4. Note this should be operational by default. As always usual caveats about editing registry. My recollection is that cygwin does not rely on this subsystem however, so the other time I have seen this message is when the command for instance ls is not in the path. For instance opening a command prompt and typing ls will give this result. Are you sure you are opening cygwin with the cygwin.bat file, and that the mounts and other wise are correct. From what you say it appears that it is fine on subsequent invocations. There is no network dependency here, that is being "woken up" by the first call is there? Additionally have you got some profile commands that set the path and mounts on first invocation? Sorry I can't be more precise. Regds Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
