On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 02:39:04PM -0700, Ian Puleston wrote: >On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 2:05PM, Ren? Berber wrote: >>On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:35:02 -0700, 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. >> >>You probably don't have C:\Cygwin\bin on your Windows PATH (and is >>needed to pull all the required dynamic libraries). > >I didn't but I fixed that and it's still doing the same.
WJFFM, with Cygwin 1.7, on Windows 7 Build 7201. Since we won't be fixing any problems in 1.5 for Windows 7, it might be time to upgrade. cgf http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#WJFFM -- 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
