X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49B17F12.1080406@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:52:50 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.5.25: Regtool can not find registry? References: <20090306152153.GB14325@raven.wolf.lan> In-Reply-To: <20090306152153.GB14325@raven.wolf.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Josef Wolf wrote: > Hello, > > I had a working cygwin installation for several years on this machine. > > But then I decided to remove and reinstall it. (I reinstalled cygwin > only, not the whole machine). Since the reinstall, regtool refuses to > work. It always complains that it can not find the specified file. > Strange enough, cygcheck _is_ able to read information from the > registry. > > Here are examples of what I get: > > $ regtool get '/HKLM/SOFTWARE/Cygnus Solutions/Cygwin > Error (2): Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden. > $ regtool get '/HKLM/SOFTWARE/Cygnus Solutions/Cygwin/mounts v2' > Error (2): Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden. > > Any ideas how to track down this problem? Two thoughts: 1. Try running this under 'strace' to see if you can spot something. 2. Remove the values from your CYGWIN environment variable and reboot. Either of these two thoughts may lead nowhere but that's the best I can come up with. -- 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/