Ian Puleston wrote: > I just tried cygwin (1.5.25) on the Windows 7 RC for the first time. Seems > to work fine from a Windows cmd window, but I can't get it to run an rxvt > window launched directly from Windows. In previous Vista and XP > installations I used a Windows shortcut to run the command > "C:\Cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /usr/bin/bash.exe --login -i" but that is not > working on my Windows 7 RC system - the rxvt window opens then immediately > closes. If it is reporting any error message it doesn't stay open long > enough for me to see it. > > I get the same if I enter "C:\Cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /usr/bin/bash.exe > --login -i" in a Windows cmd window, but if I launch cygwin in a cmd window > and then enter "/bin/rxvt.exe -e /usr/bin/bash.exe --login -i" in bash then > that works. > > Any ideas on what the problem is or on how to get some info on what's going > wrong when it fails?
You probably don't have C:\Cygwin\bin on your Windows PATH (and is needed to pull all the required dynamic libraries). -- René Berber -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
