> However, now when I click the bash icon a terminal appears and just as > quickly disappears. I can't use any cygwin tools since the terminal > just flashes once and is gone. > > What on earth might cause such behavior?
Deja vu! http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-01/msg01363.html If you expect help, then try opening a plain cmd.com window first, running bash there and seeing if any error messages appear. Also, send, as a text attachment, the output of 'cygcheck -svr'. -- Eric Blake volunteer cygwin bash maintainer -- 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/