X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4AC675FB.4000600@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:51:55 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: reinstallation problems References: In-Reply-To: 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 On 10/02/2009 10:14 AM, Frank Kim wrote: > Because of problems mentioned previously I uninstalled cygwin > following all the instructions at > http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all. > > However when I installed again and started up the bash shell I did not > get my usual prompt, i.e. the typical Cygwin prompt. Instead I got > this prompt: > > bash-3.2$ > > Also I was started in /usr/bin. > > No /home directory was created. No skeleton files were created. > > I thought Cygwin automatically does this the first time you start up. > How come it didn't do it? What steps do I manually have to do? (Fingers to temples, eyes closed) Quite please! I need absolute silence while I read your mind and determine your configuration. '/etc/passwd' is wrong, for one thing. Check 'setup.log.full' in '/var/log' or the directory you ran 'setup.exe' from (your mind is cloudy - I can't see this clearly). Your post-install scripts didn't run successfully. You can try to re-run them by hand but they will likely complain again until you determine the source of the problem, unless it was just a question of timing. -- 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? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple