X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT 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: <4A4115D4.1030401@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:50:12 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT 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 AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 'emacs' command becomes a no-op References: <4948BF98-4A64-4665-B3EB-F3969DAB8F84 AT pobox DOT com> In-Reply-To: <4948BF98-4A64-4665-B3EB-F3969DAB8F84@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Chap Harrison wrote: > After bringing everything up-to-date in Cygwin (Windows Server 2003), > emacs won't run. I give the command, it thinks for half a second, and > then gives me the command prompt. > > I'm also noticing different behavior from readline in a Perl script. > > I'm using mintty, which got upgraded in the process. > > If there's a system log somewhere, I don't know where it is, to look for > error messages. > > Could anyone suggest a next step? After starting emacs, type 'echo $?' at the shell prompt. If you get '53' (Cygwin's equivalent to '42' ;-) ), then you're missing a DLL emacs needs. Run 'cygcheck emacs' to find out which one and then install (or reinstall) the package containing that DLL. -- 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