Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>>gateway to this list. > > I found this in your cygcheck output as one of your environment > variables in the failing 4NT case: > > __COMPAT_LAYER = `Win98 DisableThemes ' > > This is the cause of your problems. I don't know what's setting it > (4nt\4start.btm maybe?) but if you unset it, things should work > correctly. > I'll be dam*** !!!! For some reason, I had "Disable Windows Themes" and "compatibility=Win98/WinME" set in my 4NT windows shortcut!! I don't know why. Indeed, removing those settings makes everything Cygwin work again!! Thank you *very* much!! Dan -- --- Wit levels low. Attempting to compensate. -- 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/