Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-24 Thread pichi032 .
Didn't work.. I'll give it up until I get a new HDD.. then I'll install Linux and Windows on it and presto. Thanks for the help to everyone. On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 4:49 PM, cyg Simple wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 7:37 AM, pichi032 . wrote: >> But cygcheck is in the bin folder along with the

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-23 Thread cyg Simple
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 7:37 AM, pichi032 . wrote: > But cygcheck is in the bin folder along with the "missing" dll . > Is there a way to edit the path so they get recognized ? > Open your "Command Prompt" the issue the following: set PATH=C:\PATH\TO\CYGWIN\BIN;%PATH% After this you should be ab

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-23 Thread pichi032 .
But cygcheck is in the bin folder along with the "missing" dll . Is there a way to edit the path so they get recognized ? On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:27 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Andrew DeFaria! > >>> Warning: cygwin1.dll not found on your path >> >> this is curious > >>

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-22 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Andrew DeFaria! >> Warning: cygwin1.dll not found on your path > > this is curious It’s happening because he’s not running cygcheck under Cygwin, since Cygwin won’t start on his system. Hence, c:\cygwin\bin isn’t in the path. This is also why it sk

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-22 Thread pichi032 .
Regarding the dll it is indeed in the same folder , just checked it. I even tried installing Cygwin on a friend's computer and it worked on the first try. Perhaps my sistem is faulty or is there an special way to install it under windows 8.1 ? On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-21 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 11/21/2014 7:58 PM, Warren Young wrote: Warning: cygwin1.dll not found on your path this is curious It’s happening because he’s not running cygcheck under Cygwin, since Cygwin won’t start on his system. Hence, c:\cygwin\bin isn’t in the path. This is also why it skips all the package ch

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-21 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 11/21/2014 2:09 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Andrew DeFaria! On 11/21/2014 10:58 AM, Warren Young wrote: Warning: cygwin1.dll not found on your path this is curious It’s happening because he’s not running cygcheck under Cygwin, since Cygwin won’t start on his system. Hence, c:\c

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-21 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Andrew DeFaria! > On 11/21/2014 10:58 AM, Warren Young wrote: Warning: cygwin1.dll not found on your path >>> >>> this is curious >> >> It’s happening because he’s not running cygcheck under Cygwin, since Cygwin >> won’t start on his system. Hence, c:\cygwin\bin isn’t in the path

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-21 Thread Achim Gratz
pichi032 . writes: > I installed it in my C: drive now.. This is cygcheck output : > By the way Mintty still doesn't work ( Can it possibly be related to > the path with the Nvidia folder ? ) Go into Windows' system settings and set up an environment variable CYGWIN_NOWINPATH=1 to test that assump

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-21 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 11/21/2014 10:58 AM, Warren Young wrote: Warning: cygwin1.dll not found on your path this is curious It’s happening because he’s not running cygcheck under Cygwin, since Cygwin won’t start on his system. Hence, c:\cygwin\bin isn’t in the path. This is also why it skips all the package c

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-21 Thread Warren Young
>> Warning: cygwin1.dll not found on your path > > this is curious It’s happening because he’s not running cygcheck under Cygwin, since Cygwin won’t start on his system. Hence, c:\cygwin\bin isn’t in the path. This is also why it skips all the package checks, and why it complains about things

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-21 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 11/21/2014 4:37 PM, pichi032 . wrote: I installed it in my C: drive now.. This is cygcheck output : Not Found: awk Not Found: bash Not Found: cat Not Found: cp Not Found: cpp (good!) Not Found: crontab Found: C:\Windows\system32\find.exe Not Found: gcc Not Found: gdb Not Found: grep Not Fo

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-21 Thread pichi032 .
I installed it in my C: drive now.. This is cygcheck output : By the way Mintty still doesn't work ( Can it possibly be related to the path with the Nvidia folder ? ) Cygwin Package Information Package VersionStatus _autorebase 000291-1 OK _update-info-d

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-20 Thread Warren Young
On Nov 19, 2014, at 2:12 PM, pichi032 . wrote: > Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics I’m afraid it all looks quite normal to me. I can only suggest voodoo: 1. Install to a different directory. If this works, you can try a forced reinstall to the one you actually wanted to use, or just start usi

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-19 Thread pichi032 .
Forgive me on the English slip, mate. Here is the output. Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Wed Nov 19 19:07:26 2014 Windows 8.1 Professional Ver 6.3 Build 9600 Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common C:\Windows\system32 C:\Windows C:\Windows\System32\Wb

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-18 Thread Warren Young
On Nov 18, 2014, at 8:24 PM, pichi032 . wrote: > Still the same thing.. In that case, run this from cmd.exe d:\cygwin\bin\cygcheck -rsv > cygcheck.out Then attach the resulting cygcheck.out file to a reply. Something is broken in your installation. This command’s output will likely tell

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-18 Thread pichi032 .
strange thing is that bash works. On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:24 AM, pichi032 . wrote: > Still the same thing.. and no.. I'm not playing around with u.. =/ > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Warren Young wrote: >> On Nov 18, 2014, at 8:09 PM, pichi032 . wrote: >> >>> same thing.. it glimpses an

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-18 Thread pichi032 .
Still the same thing.. and no.. I'm not playing around with u.. =/ On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Warren Young wrote: > On Nov 18, 2014, at 8:09 PM, pichi032 . wrote: > >> same thing.. it glimpses and closes on my face. > > How about this, then? > >d:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe /bin/bash -c "/b

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-18 Thread Warren Young
On Nov 18, 2014, at 8:09 PM, pichi032 . wrote: > same thing.. it glimpses and closes on my face. How about this, then? d:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe /bin/bash -c "/bin/sleep 5" -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-18 Thread pichi032 .
same thing.. it glimpses and closes on my face. On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:56 AM, pichi032 . wrote: > I just read about cygwin and decided to give it a go.. Installed the > 64-bit version on Windows 8.1 with default settings but as soon as I > click the Desktop Icon it opens a shell but it immedi

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-18 Thread Warren Young
On Nov 18, 2014, at 7:56 PM, pichi032 . wrote: > D:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -l /Cygwin-Terminal.ico - What happens if you run that from cmd.exe instead? If nothing else, you should get some error message that will stick around, so you can copy it into a reply. -- Problem reports: http://

Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-18 Thread pichi032 .
I just read about cygwin and decided to give it a go.. Installed the 64-bit version on Windows 8.1 with default settings but as soon as I click the Desktop Icon it opens a shell but it immediately closes.. like a glimpse .. I believe that should be Mintty. The path on the shortcut is the following