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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Berber?= <r.berber@computer.org>
Subject:  Re: bash shell not responding
Date:  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:02:02 -0600
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Alexander wrote:

> alright... i admit it, i'm a hopeless newbie, but this is really frustrat=
ing
> me... I've succesfully installed cygwin and the supporting files, but whe=
n I try
> to open the batch file, it opens a single cmd-like window that doesn't re=
spond
> to anything. is it possible that it's responding poorly to my hardware (i=
 have a
> laptop)?=20

No, unless the laptop is an Apple laptop ;-)

OK, seriously now, do you see bash running in Task Manager's processes?

Does the contents of cygwin.bat look correct?  What happens if you open a
Windows Command Prompt and do what the batch file does?
--=20
Ren=E9 Berber


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