Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Daniel Miller Subject: Re: Please help with 4NT and cygwin problem?? (WinXP) - 2 attachments Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 15:07:43 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Cathartes Aura Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <20040803201806.GA24082@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20040804044219.GB14293@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20040804142632.GD15068@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20040804143628.GE15068@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-6-105-157.client.comcast.net User-Agent: Xnews/06.08.25 X-IsSubscribed: yes Christopher Faylor wrote in news:20040804143628.GE15068@trixie.casa.cgf.cx: >>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/