It seems that profile is not called. I put several aliases and "Hello from Cygwin" in profile. However 'declare' doesn't show them. Also Cywing window doesn't print "Hello from Cygwin".
$ cygcheck -c cygwin Cygwin Package Information Package Version Status cygwin 1.5.11-1 OK -- Alex Vinokur email: alex DOT vinokur AT gmail DOT com http://mathforum.org/library/view/10978.html http://sourceforge.net/users/alexvn -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/