X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <489B4113.8090702@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:38:11 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080723 Remi/2.0.0.16-1.fc5.remi Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.16 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Fresh install of Cygwin, not working References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Oliver Jones wrote: > Can anyone tell me why the latest version of Cygwin will not work? > > I have downloaded the complete version from my local mirror, which is on the > mirrors list. When I install, I do not get the X Server icon, or any of the > X applications that normally appear, on my desktop (fresh Windows XP > install). > > Nor does the Cygwin.bat shortcut, placed on my desktop after the install, > work. When running from the Windows cmd shell, it reports "Bad command - > bash". > > I've tried to download from other mirrors, often with the same result. It > seems that if I want to actually *use* Cygwin, I'll have to see if I can dig > up a version I saved on CD-ROM, because none of the mirrors work anymore. > > Anyone else experiencing this issue? Clearly, this is not a wide-spread issue, otherwise you'd see the list swamped by complaints like this. My suggestion is to read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found here - . This will give folks on this list that wish to help some basic information on which to start a meaningful dialog. Absent that, my WAG is that your postinstall scripts didn't run for some reason. Check '/etc/postinstall' to see if there are any scripts that don't have a ".done" suffix. If there are, you can try rerunning 'setup.exe' again. It should run the remaining postinstall scripts. If that doesn't help or isn't the obvious issue, a look at /var/log/setup.log* may provide some insight (if the postinstall scripts failed), assuming you haven't rerun 'setup.exe' again since the initial install failure. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/