Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-24 Thread pichi032 .
Didn't work.. I'll give it up until I get a new HDD.. then I'll install Linux and Windows on it and presto. Thanks for the help to everyone. On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 4:49 PM, cyg Simple wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 7:37 AM, pichi032 . wrote: >> But cygcheck is in t

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-23 Thread pichi032 .
But cygcheck is in the bin folder along with the "missing" dll . Is there a way to edit the path so they get recognized ? On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:27 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Andrew DeFaria! > >>> Warning: cygwin1.dll not found on your path >> >> this is curious > >>

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-22 Thread pichi032 .
Regarding the dll it is indeed in the same folder , just checked it. I even tried installing Cygwin on a friend's computer and it worked on the first try. Perhaps my sistem is faulty or is there an special way to install it under windows 8.1 ? On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-21 Thread pichi032 .
win1.dll not found on your path Can't find the cygrunsrv utility, skipping services check. Use -h to see help about each section On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Warren Young wrote: > On Nov 19, 2014, at 2:12 PM, pichi032 . wrote: > >> Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics > > I

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-19 Thread pichi032 .
OK rebase 4.4.1-1OK run 1.3.3-1OK sed 4.2.2-3OK tar 1.27.1-1 OK terminfo 5.9-20140524-1 OK tzcode 2014i-1OK util-linux 2.25.1-1

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-18 Thread pichi032 .
strange thing is that bash works. On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:24 AM, pichi032 . wrote: > Still the same thing.. and no.. I'm not playing around with u.. =/ > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Warren Young wrote: >> On Nov 18, 2014, at 8:09 PM, pichi032 . wrote: >> &g

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-18 Thread pichi032 .
Still the same thing.. and no.. I'm not playing around with u.. =/ On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Warren Young wrote: > On Nov 18, 2014, at 8:09 PM, pichi032 . wrote: > >> same thing.. it glimpses and closes on my face. > > How about this, then? > >d:\cygwi

Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-18 Thread pichi032 .
same thing.. it glimpses and closes on my face. On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:56 AM, pichi032 . wrote: > I just read about cygwin and decided to give it a go.. Installed the > 64-bit version on Windows 8.1 with default settings but as soon as I > click the Desktop Icon it opens a she

Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install

2014-11-18 Thread pichi032 .
I just read about cygwin and decided to give it a go.. Installed the 64-bit version on Windows 8.1 with default settings but as soon as I click the Desktop Icon it opens a shell but it immediately closes.. like a glimpse .. I believe that should be Mintty. The path on the shortcut is the following