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On 12/17/2019 2:58 PM, Brent Epp wrote:

> I've been using cygwin for years with no problems.  I just updated
> cygwin again and I suddenly can't get into the terminal. When I click
> the cygwin icon, the window just flashes and immediately closes.
> 
> What's interesting is that I have a number of cygwin/mintty shortcuts
> for SSH servers as `c:\path\to\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe /bin/ssh
> user AT server DOT com`, which work just fine. I can also get in if I run
> `cygwin.bat` in `cmd`, `console2` or any other Windows command terminal.
> 
> I've tried running the latest cygwin setup, reinstalling `mintty`, and
> the shortcut still fails. The shortcut is just the default target:
> `C:\path\to\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe /bin/bash --login -i`
> 
> I don't know what else to try.  What happened here and how do I fix this?

Probably a problem with your bash init scripts.

Try (for the shortcut): C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe --noprofile --norc -

If that works, then start spelunking those init files (.bashrc,
.profile, /etc/{profile,bash.bashrc}).

BTW you don't need to call bash in the shortcut, mintty by default opens
bash with those parameters; but the "-" at the end is required.

HTH
-- 
R.Berber


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