Unable to Run Latest Cygwin in Win2k

[Loh Kok Jeng]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for your response.  Below is the output on my PC:

dir cygcheck.exe strace.exe

C:\Program Files>cd cygwin\bin

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>dir cygcheck.exe strace.exe
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 8488-6831

 Directory of C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin

21/01/2006  02:29a              87,552 cygcheck.exe

 Directory of C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin

21/01/2006  02:29a              24,064 strace.exe
              2 File(s)        111,616 bytes
              0 Dir(s)   6,455,077,888 bytes free

cacls cygcheck.exe

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>cacls cygcheck.exe

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>

cacls strace.exe

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>cacls strace.exe

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>

strace.exe --mask=all --output=strace-chk.out cygcheck.exe -svr > cygcheck.out

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>strace.exe --mask=all --output=strace-chk.out cygche
ck.exe -svr > cygcheck.out

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>

type ..\cygwin.bat

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>type  ..\cygwin.bat
@echo off

C:
chdir C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin

bash --login -i

strace.exe --mask=all --output=strace-bash.out bash.exe --login -x -i

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>strace.exe --output=strace-bash.out bash.exe --login
 -x -i

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>

dir cygcheck.out strace-chk.out strace-bash.out

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>dir cygcheck.out strace-chk.out strace-bash.out
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 8488-6831

 Directory of C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin

05/05/2006  10:38a                   0 cygcheck.out

 Directory of C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin


 Directory of C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin

              1 File(s)              0 bytes
              0 Dir(s)   6,455,839,232 bytes free

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>

path

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>path
PATH=C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\QuickTim
e\QTSystem\;C:\PROGRA~1\PuTTY;C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin

set

C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\jegoh\Application Data
CLASSPATH=C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\QTJava.zip
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=O7400159
ComSpec=C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\jegoh
LOGONSERVER=\\SIWDC002
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
OS=Windows_NT
Os2LibPath=C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;
Path=C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\QuickTim
e\QTSystem\;C:\PROGRA~1\PuTTY;C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0803
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\QTJava.zip
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINNT
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\jegoh\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\jegoh\LOCALS~1\Temp
USERDNSDOMAIN=XXX.yyy.com
USERDOMAIN=XXX
USERNAME=jegoh
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\jegoh
windir=C:\WINNT



On 5/4/06, Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> wrote:
> On 04 May 2006 06:01, Loh Kok Jeng wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm facing problem running the latest Cygwin on Win2K.
> >
> > I can install Cygwin from the Internet using an account belonging to
> > the Administrators group.  The installation can be completed without
> > any error.
> >
> > However, when I try to run cygwin.bat, it simple quits without any
> > message.  All executable under cygwin\bin exits without any message.
> > Same for:
> >  cygcheck -s -v -r
> >
> > I have tried uninstalling and installing Cygwin a number of times and
> > the problem still persists.  Any hint would be greatly appreciated.
>
>   Well, cygcheck is just a plain completely ordinary windows program, so if
> you can't run that, your computer has /serious/ problems.
>
>   Please open a dos box, cd into the cygwin\bin dir, and run the following
> commands, one per line, and cut-and-paste the exact output into an email and
> send it back to the list.  This will start to give us some clues.
>
> dir cygcheck.exe strace.exe
> cacls cygcheck.exe
> cacls strace.exe
> strace.exe --mask=all --output=strace-chk.out cygcheck.exe -svr > cygcheck.out
> type ..\cygwin.bat
> strace.exe --mask=all --output=strace-bash.out bash.exe --login -x -i
> dir cygcheck.out strace-chk.out strace-bash.out
> path
> set
>
>
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
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> Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
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