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Re: 1.5.18-1: cannot start executables (except cygcheck.exe) on windows server 2003 web edition


Hi Eduard,

I'm not sure I understand your problem, but in any event here's what I do (running cygwin on a WindowsXP laptop) to start the xterm and then a session on a different machine:

first, I have a shortcut on my desktop to:

C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat

Once oyu double click on the shortcut, also in this case you'll have a window that pops-up and then disappears. That's fine, because you've simply opened your xterm from within windows.

In startxwin.bat I think I have only un-commented the following line:

run XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error +bs

After that I have created several shortcuts for an xterm window and also to connect to external Linux boxes:

C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -fn 7x14 -g 120x24 -si -sk -sb -fg black -bg white -T "cygwin terminal Window" -e /usr/bin/tcsh -l

C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -ls -si -sk -sb -fg white -bg blue -fn 7x14 -g 120x24 -T "lxplus.cern.ch" -e ssh -X -Y -l mylogin mymachine.cern.ch

I hope this may help you.

Cheers,

Fab

Eduard Witteveen wrote:
When i double click on the Cygwin shortcut on the desktop a new window
pops up and after 2 seconds it hides again. Since i want to use cygwin,
i run start > "cmd" and i tried to lauch bash from the console:

C:\cygwin\bin>bash.exe --version

C:\cygwin\bin>bash.exe

C:\cygwin\bin>


I also tried a few (maybe another also works) other executables with the
same result. Since i was working on a windows machine, i assumed that i
had to reboot the machine, but this didnt influence the results in any way

I also tried to see if the application needed the path in anyway or the
executable to be started with the current directory specification

C:\cygwin\bin>bash.exe

C:\cygwin\bin>set PATH=c:\cygwin\bin\

C:\cygwin\bin>bash

C:\cygwin\bin>./bash
'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\cygwin\bin>bash.exe

C:\cygwin\bin>


When i look in the taskmanager's processlist, i dont see any cygwin
processes running.

I was happy to see cygcheck.exe working:

C:\cygwin\bin>cygcheck.exe -c -v -r
Cygwin Package Information
Last downloaded files to: c:\cygwin\download
Last downloaded files from: ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/cygwin

Package              Version            Status
_update-info-dir     00328-1            OK
alternatives         1.3.20a-1          OK
ash                  20040127-3         OK
base-files           3.6-1              OK
base-passwd          2.2-1              OK
bash                 3.0-11             OK
bzip2                1.0.3-1            OK
coreutils            5.3.0-9            OK
crypt                1.1-1              OK
cygrunsrv            1.11-1             OK
cygutils             1.2.9-1            OK
cygwin               1.5.18-1           OK
cygwin-doc           1.4-3              OK
diffutils            2.8.7-1            OK
editrights           1.01-1             OK
findutils            4.2.25-2           OK
gawk                 3.1.5-1            OK
gdbm                 1.8.3-7            OK
grep                 2.5.1a-2           OK
groff                1.18.1-2           OK
gzip                 1.3.5-1            OK
less                 381-1              OK
libbz2_1             1.0.3-1            OK
libcharset1          1.9.2-1            OK
libgdbm              1.8.0-5            OK
libgdbm-devel        1.8.3-7            OK
libgdbm3             1.8.3-3            OK
libgdbm4             1.8.3-7            OK
libiconv             1.9.2-1            OK
libiconv2            1.9.2-1            OK
libintl              0.10.38-3          OK
libintl1             0.10.40-1          OK
libintl2             0.12.1-3           OK
libintl3             0.14.1-1           OK
libncurses5          5.2-1              OK
libncurses6          5.2-8              OK
libncurses7          5.3-4              OK
libncurses8          5.4-4              OK
libpcre0             6.3-1              OK
libpopt0             1.6.4-4            OK
libreadline4         4.1-2              OK
libreadline5         4.3-5              OK
libreadline6         5.0-4              OK
login                1.9-7              OK
man                  1.5p-1             OK
minires              1.00-1             OK
mktemp               1.5-3              OK
ncurses              5.4-4              OK
openssh              4.1p1-2            OK
openssl              0.9.8a-1           OK
openssl097           0.9.7i-1           OK
rsync                2.6.6-1            OK
run                  1.1.6-1            OK
sed                  4.1.4-1            OK
tar                  1.15.1-2           OK
termcap              20050421-1         OK
terminfo             5.4_20041009-1     OK
texinfo              4.8-1              OK
wget                 1.9.1-2            OK
which                1.7-1              OK
zlib                 1.2.3-1            OK


How can i get the executables working? If more information is needed
about the system please ask.

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