Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Originating-IP: [65.83.134.51] From: "Joel Bushart" To: "Cygwin" References: <000f01c1c6bf$2959aac0$d700a8c0 AT mchasecompaq> Subject: Re: install bash-login problem Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 12:05:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Mar 2002 17:05:25.0978 (UTC) FILETIME=[70FF33A0:01C1C6C3] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael A Chase" To: "Joel Bushart" ; "Cygwin" Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 11:33 AM Subject: Re: install bash-login problem > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joel Bushart" > To: "Cygwin" > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 08:29 > Subject: install bash-login problem > > > > I stripped cygwin completely off my system, including registrary systems. > > Then reinstalled it from a fresh version of setup.exe > > > > get this error when I try login from cmd prompt. > > > > C:\>.\cygwin\bin\login > > login: joel > > Password: > > No directory /home/Joel! > > Logging in with home = "/". > > Fanfare!!! > > You are successfully logged in to this server!!! > > 14 [main] -bash 2936 sync_with_child: child 3980(0x628) died before > > initial > > ization with status code 0x0 > > 35279 [main] -bash 2936 sync_with_child: *** child state waiting for > > longjmp > > bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable > > bash-2.05a$ > > The correct way to get a bash prompt is the same as shown in > c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat, start bash: bash --login -i > > You are not logging into UNIX, you are starting an alternate shell in > Windows. > -- My apologies I forgot to mention that that login error also occurs from the cygwin.bat file when I double click it. :( anywho, I thought that some greater minds than I may make some sense out of it as bash seems to work fine but login fails. I'm not sure if cygwin or login is in error. thanks again, Joel -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/