X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: Cygwin Window closes immediately Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:56:49 +0100 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 * David FAY XX (SY/EPA) (Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:32:07 +1000) > I am having problems opening cygwin. You cannot "start" Cygwin. You start bash. > A window pops up when I double click on the shortcut on the desktop > but it immediately closes. Ever curious where this shortcut shortcuts to? It's called "cygwin.bat". > Cygwin is installed in the following location: c:/cygwin. And that's where the batch is located. > Any suggestions? I'm using Windows XP. Also in setup.log file in > /var/log directory it says "Installation Complete" Are there other > log files I could check to see what is going on? I thought it was common knowledge to start a batch from the command line if something does not work as it's supposed to do: Start > Run > cmd.exe [Enter] cd /d c:\cygwin [Enter] cygwin.bat [Enter] -- 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/