> From: Joaquin > > Does anyone know the cygwin start up process. I am trying to see if I > can somehow get it to work. I have a broken installation, and I don't > know what to do. > > Windoze created accounts with a space in it (not really my choice), so I > wonder if this install is messed up due to the infamous space in my name > (http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC17), and I am trying to fix the > situation under WinXP Pro. > > Currently, when I run Cygwin, my default starting point is /bin > (D:\cygwin\bin), and the command cat does not seem to work. :'-( > > I checked in my /etc, and I cannot seem to find any profile files, nor a > passwd file, nor many of the other files like bash.bashrc or > profile.default. I did seem to find a /etc/defaults/etc/profile in > here. > > How do I see where the setup failed? Is there a way I can fix this? :'\
It looks/sounds like it failed somewhere when doing the /etc/postinstall scripts. Try manually running the ones that don't end in .done (and send a list of which they were here :) There currently appears to be a problem with running uname under XP. J. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
