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 -- 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/
