Installing cygwin failing - some Windows errors

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 01/05/2009, Phil Reynolds wrote:
> I find that I can start cygwin bash but if I try to ls (for example), it 
> fails. Nothing happens, and then bash closes.
> 
> I want cygwin mainly for X but I need to solve this first, of course. 

So you're saying that you're starting bash from an xterm or similar
X proggie?  If so, is this not just an instance of this?

<http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-i-cant-type-anything>

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