X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:10:29 +0200 Message-Id: Subject: Improvement of the FAQ MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Sensitivity: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: "tony\.reix" To: "cygwin" X-XaM3-API-Version: 4.1 (B103) X-SenderIP: 127.0.0.1 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id l2VJAiS7006065 Hello, I had a problem after installing cygwin, and (I think that) my problem does not appear in the FAQ. My problem: - an old (and broken) version of cygwin was installed. - installing a fresh new one led to the cygwin shell to NOT start: - the window opens and closes very fast The solution: - reboot the PC ! The explanation: - an old version of cygwin1.dll did exist and was incompatible with the new one. What the FAQ could say: - if the cygwin shell does not start, open a Windows shell and type the following: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash --login -i then read the message . - if the install seems to install with success but the cygwin shell does not start, reboot the PC. Hope it helps, Tony Créez votre adresse électronique prenom.nom@laposte.net 1 Go d'espace de stockage, anti-spam et anti-virus intégrés. -- 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/