Re: New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3
I seem to have almost excatly the same problem except that I could not solve it
by removing the Cygwin-X folder. In this case during the reinstallation of the
xinit package the folder is recreated again and then the original error message
(xinit.sh exit code 3) reappears. The directory again has strange permissions
when checked with Windows Explorer and I am not allowed the enter it or see its
contents before resetting the security settings.
When doing an "ls -l" (within Cygwin) in the "Start Menu" folder the group and
owner for the Cygwin-X directory seem to be reversed compared to other folders manually created
from Windows Explorer (i.e. the user name appears in the group column and vice versa) but I'm not
sure if this is important:
d---rwxr-x+ 1 myusername Administratoren 0 May 10 02:27 Cygwin-X
For all other folders the group is displayed before the username.
I had to fix the security settings for the Cygwin-X folder and then manually execute the last two
"mkshortcut" commands from "/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh" (replacing $CYGWINFORALL with
"-A" and ${wow64} with an empty string).
Should this be the only problem and should my "fix" be correct? And is there
anything I can do to help find the cause for this problem?
On 23.10.2023 17:41, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote:
On 2023-10-23 06:05, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote:
<< Detail >>
When I used Explorer to visit C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Cygwin-X I was told:
"You don't currently have permission to access this folder"
and clicking on Continue to get access I was told:
"You have been denied permission to access this folder"
There was then offered an option to edit Permissions which I didn't feel like
pursuing.
(I am the Administrator on my own standalone Windows machine. The denial of
access to Cygwin-X feels odd.
PS I also have Cygwin32 installed and running. I _am_ permitted access to the
equivalent folder Cygwin-X (32-bit).)
Please try running the following command/s, under Cygwin 32 and 64, and posting
the outputs:
$ for p in "`cygpath -A -P -U`"{,/Cygwin-X}; do for c in 'lsattr -d' 'ls -dl'
getfacl; do $c "$p"; echo; done; icacls "`cygpath -m "$p"`"; done
Thank you. (Again.)
1. Actually before reading this I had deleted both folders
(successfully, despite not being permitted entry into one
of them) and the re-ran the xinit installation with no
bother at all.
I'm guessing the Permissions glitch resulted from some local
recent accidental keypress or sequence.
2. icacls? Haven't got this though I have got getfacl; found icacl in
"Search packages" under libattica-devel and ng-spice-debuginfo?
$ /proc/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/icacls /?
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Re: New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3
On 2023-10-23 06:05, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote:
<< Detail >>
When I used Explorer to visit C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Cygwin-X I was told:
"You don't currently have permission to access this folder"
and clicking on Continue to get access I was told:
"You have been denied permission to access this folder"
There was then offered an option to edit Permissions which I didn't feel like
pursuing.
(I am the Administrator on my own standalone Windows machine. The denial of
access to Cygwin-X feels odd.
PS I also have Cygwin32 installed and running. I _am_ permitted access to the
equivalent folder Cygwin-X (32-bit).)
Please try running the following command/s, under Cygwin 32 and 64, and posting
the outputs:
$ for p in "`cygpath -A -P -U`"{,/Cygwin-X}; do for c in 'lsattr -d' 'ls -dl'
getfacl; do $c "$p"; echo; done; icacls "`cygpath -m "$p"`"; done
Thank you. (Again.)
1. Actually before reading this I had deleted both folders
(successfully, despite not being permitted entry into one
of them) and the re-ran the xinit installation with no
bother at all.
I'm guessing the Permissions glitch resulted from some local
recent accidental keypress or sequence.
2. icacls? Haven't got this though I have got getfacl; found icacl in
"Search packages" under libattica-devel and ng-spice-debuginfo?
$ /proc/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/icacls /?
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RE: New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3
<< Detail >>
>> When I used Explorer to visit C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>> Menu\Cygwin-X I was told:
>> "You don't currently have permission to access this folder"
>> and clicking on Continue to get access I was told:
>> "You have been denied permission to access this folder"
>>There was then offered an option to edit Permissions which I didn't feel like
>>pursuing.
>> (I am the Administrator on my own standalone Windows machine. The denial of
>> access to Cygwin-X feels odd.
>> PS I also have Cygwin32 installed and running. I _am_ permitted access to
>> the equivalent folder Cygwin-X (32-bit).)
> Please try running the following command/s, under Cygwin 32 and 64, and
> posting
> the outputs:
> $ for p in "`cygpath -A -P -U`"{,/Cygwin-X}; do for c in 'lsattr -d' 'ls -dl'
> getfacl; do $c "$p"; echo; done; icacls "`cygpath -m "$p"`"; done
Thank you. (Again.)
1. Actually before reading this I had deleted both folders
(successfully, despite not being permitted entry into one
of them) and the re-ran the xinit installation with no
bother at all.
I'm guessing the Permissions glitch resulted from some local
recent accidental keypress or sequence.
2. icacls? Haven't got this though I have got getfacl; found icacl in
"Search packages" under libattica-devel and ng-spice-debuginfo?
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Re: New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3
On 2023-10-21 22:46, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote:
Should have added: the file /var/log/setup.log shows no detail beyond
2023/10/21 09:29:46 running: G:\console64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile
"/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh"
2023/10/21 09:29:49 abnormal exit: exit code=3
-Original Message-
I made a new installation of Cygwin 64 on a new USB stick, including the
package xinit.
(I use setup -P followed by a longish but far from complete list of required
packages ..,..,xinit,..,..)
At this first use of setup I got a single error message:
Package: _/xinit xinit.sh exit code 3
At 2nd and all subsequent uses of setup (i.e. as update) I get the slightly
altered error message:
Package: _/Unknown package xinit.sh exit code 3
In practice, any usage of xinit (e.g. to launch xterm) seems to work perfectly
well, but the repeated
error message at any update transaction (including when empty) is disconcerting.
I have not tried an explicit command "bash (or dash) /etc/postinstall/xinit.sh"
as - even if this worked -
I would prefer to canvass opinion on this minor glitch.
All the same - the glitch is recent, despite being minor .. ..
What filesystem is the drive formatted as: NTFS, ExFAT, FAT32, or other?
Try rerunning the xinit postinstall script as follows and report the failing
command(s) and error messages:
$ CYGWINFORALL=-A /bin/sh -vx /etc/postinstall/xinit.sh
Thank you!
1. The identical error msg occurs on all of NTFS, FAT32, exFAT file systems.
2. The output from your test command is identical on all file systems,
3. The failing commands are the two separate "case .. mkdir .. mkshortcut"
sequences that occur
at the end of the xinit.sh script, with consequent error notification as
follows:
case $(uname -s) in *-WOW*) wow64=" (32-bit)" ;; esac
+ case $(uname -s) in
++ uname -s
/usr/bin/mkdir -p "$(/usr/bin/cygpath $CYGWINFORALL -P)/Cygwin-X${wow64}"
++ /usr/bin/cygpath -A -P
+ /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X'
/usr/bin/mkshortcut $CYGWINFORALL -P -w / -i /usr/bin/xwin-xdg-menu.exe -n
"Cygwin-X${wow64}/XWin Server" -a "--quote /usr/bin/bash.exe
-l -c \"cd; exec /usr/bin/startxwin\"" /usr/bin/run.exe
+ /usr/bin/mkshortcut -A -P -w / -i /usr/bin/xwin-xdg-menu.exe -n
'Cygwin-X/XWin Server' -a '--quote /usr/bin/bash.exe
-l -c "cd; exec /usr/bin/startxwin"' /usr/bin/run.exe
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X/XWin Server.lnk" failed;
does the target directory exist?
case $(uname -s) in *-WOW*) wow64=" (32-bit)" ;; esac
+ case $(uname -s) in
++ uname -s
/usr/bin/mkdir -p "$(/usr/bin/cygpath $CYGWINFORALL -P)/Cygwin-X${wow64}"
++ /usr/bin/cygpath -A -P
+ /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X'
/usr/bin/mkshortcut $CYGWINFORALL -P -w / -i /usr/bin/XWin.exe -n "Cygwin-X${wow64}/User
script" -a "--quote /usr/bin/bash.exe
-l -c \"cd; XSESSION_ICON= exec /usr/bin/startx /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession
xinit-compat\"" /usr/bin/run.exe
+ /usr/bin/mkshortcut -A -P -w / -i /usr/bin/XWin.exe -n 'Cygwin-X/User script'
-a '--quote /usr/bin/bash.exe
-l -c "cd; XSESSION_ICON= exec /usr/bin/startx /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession
xinit-compat"' /usr/bin/run.exe
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X/User script.lnk" failed;
does the target directory exist?
When I used Explorer to visit C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Cygwin-X I was told:
"You don't currently have permission to access this folder"
and clicking on Continue to get access I was told:
"You have been denied permission to access this folder"
There was then offered an option to edit Permissions which I didn't feel like
pursuing.
(I am the Administrator on my own standalone Windows machine. The denial of
access to Cygwin-X feels odd.
PS I also have Cygwin32 installed and running. I _am_ permitted access to the
equivalent folder Cygwin-X (32-bit).)
Please try running the following command/s, under Cygwin 32 and 64, and posting
the outputs:
$ for p in "`cygpath -A -P -U`"{,/Cygwin-X}; do for c in 'lsattr -d' 'ls -dl'
getfacl; do $c "$p"; echo; done; icacls "`cygpath -m "$p"`"; done
[I just typoed Cygwin 23 and thought - could that be a package of Cygwin, Perl,
Python, etc. for DNA analysis? ;^> ]
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RE: New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3
>> Should have added: the file /var/log/setup.log shows no detail beyond
>> 2023/10/21 09:29:46 running: G:\console64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile
>> "/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh"
>> 2023/10/21 09:29:49 abnormal exit: exit code=3
>>
>> -Original Message-
>>
>> I made a new installation of Cygwin 64 on a new USB stick, including the
>> package xinit.
>> (I use setup -P followed by a longish but far from complete list of required
>> packages ..,..,xinit,..,..)
>> At this first use of setup I got a single error message:
>>Package: _/xinit xinit.sh exit code 3
>> At 2nd and all subsequent uses of setup (i.e. as update) I get the slightly
>> altered error message:
>>Package: _/Unknown package xinit.sh exit code 3
>> In practice, any usage of xinit (e.g. to launch xterm) seems to work
>> perfectly well, but the repeated
>> error message at any update transaction (including when empty) is
>> disconcerting.
>> I have not tried an explicit command "bash (or dash)
>> /etc/postinstall/xinit.sh" as - even if this worked -
>> I would prefer to canvass opinion on this minor glitch.
>> All the same - the glitch is recent, despite being minor .. ..
> What filesystem is the drive formatted as: NTFS, ExFAT, FAT32, or other?
> Try rerunning the xinit postinstall script as follows and report the failing
> command(s) and error messages:
> $ CYGWINFORALL=-A /bin/sh -vx /etc/postinstall/xinit.sh
Thank you!
1. The identical error msg occurs on all of NTFS, FAT32, exFAT file systems.
2. The output from your test command is identical on all file systems,
3. The failing commands are the two separate "case .. mkdir .. mkshortcut"
sequences that occur
at the end of the xinit.sh script, with consequent error notification as
follows:
case $(uname -s) in *-WOW*) wow64=" (32-bit)" ;; esac
+ case $(uname -s) in
++ uname -s
/usr/bin/mkdir -p "$(/usr/bin/cygpath $CYGWINFORALL -P)/Cygwin-X${wow64}"
++ /usr/bin/cygpath -A -P
+ /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X'
/usr/bin/mkshortcut $CYGWINFORALL -P -w / -i /usr/bin/xwin-xdg-menu.exe -n
"Cygwin-X${wow64}/XWin Server" -a "--quote /usr/bin/bash.exe
-l -c \"cd; exec /usr/bin/startxwin\"" /usr/bin/run.exe
+ /usr/bin/mkshortcut -A -P -w / -i /usr/bin/xwin-xdg-menu.exe -n
'Cygwin-X/XWin Server' -a '--quote /usr/bin/bash.exe
-l -c "cd; exec /usr/bin/startxwin"' /usr/bin/run.exe
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X/XWin Server.lnk" failed;
does the target directory exist?
case $(uname -s) in *-WOW*) wow64=" (32-bit)" ;; esac
+ case $(uname -s) in
++ uname -s
/usr/bin/mkdir -p "$(/usr/bin/cygpath $CYGWINFORALL -P)/Cygwin-X${wow64}"
++ /usr/bin/cygpath -A -P
+ /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X'
/usr/bin/mkshortcut $CYGWINFORALL -P -w / -i /usr/bin/XWin.exe -n
"Cygwin-X${wow64}/User script" -a "--quote /usr/bin/bash.exe
-l -c \"cd; XSESSION_ICON= exec /usr/bin/startx /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession
xinit-compat\"" /usr/bin/run.exe
+ /usr/bin/mkshortcut -A -P -w / -i /usr/bin/XWin.exe -n 'Cygwin-X/User script'
-a '--quote /usr/bin/bash.exe
-l -c "cd; XSESSION_ICON= exec /usr/bin/startx /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession
xinit-compat"' /usr/bin/run.exe
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X/User script.lnk" failed;
does the target directory exist?
When I used Explorer to visit C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Cygwin-X I was told:
"You don't currently have permission to access this folder"
and clicking on Continue to get access I was told:
"You have been denied permission to access this folder"
There was then offered an option to edit Permissions which I didn't feel like
pursuing.
(I am the Administrator on my own standalone Windows machine. The denial of
access to Cygwin-X feels odd.
PS I also have Cygwin32 installed and running. I _am_ permitted access to the
equivalent folder Cygwin-X (32-bit).)
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Re: New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3
On 2023-10-21 04:52, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote: Should have added: the file /var/log/setup.log shows no detail beyond 2023/10/21 09:29:46 running: G:\console64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh" 2023/10/21 09:29:49 abnormal exit: exit code=3 -Original Message- I made a new installation of Cygwin 64 on a new USB stick, including the package xinit. (I use setup -P followed by a longish but far from complete list of required packages ..,..,xinit,..,..) At this first use of setup I got a single error message: Package: _/xinit xinit.sh exit code 3 At 2nd and all subsequent uses of setup (i.e. as update) I get the slightly altered error message: Package: _/Unknown package xinit.sh exit code 3 In practice, any usage of xinit (e.g. to launch xterm) seems to work perfectly well, but the repeated error message at any update transaction (including when empty) is disconcerting. I have not tried an explicit command "bash (or dash) /etc/postinstall/xinit.sh" as - even if this worked - I would prefer to canvass opinion on this minor glitch. All the same - the glitch is recent, despite being minor .. .. What filesystem is the drive formatted as: NTFS, ExFAT, FAT32, or other? Try rerunning the xinit postinstall script as follows and report the failing command(s) and error messages: $ CYGWINFORALL=-A /bin/sh -vx /etc/postinstall/xinit.sh -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
RE: New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3
Should have added: the file /var/log/setup.log shows no detail beyond 2023/10/21 09:29:46 running: G:\console64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh" 2023/10/21 09:29:49 abnormal exit: exit code=3 -Original Message- I made a new installation of Cygwin 64 on a new USB stick, including the package xinit. (I use setup -P followed by a longish but far from complete list of required packages ..,..,xinit,..,..) At this first use of setup I got a single error message: Package: _/xinit xinit.sh exit code 3 At 2nd and all subsequent uses of setup (i.e. as update) I get the slightly altered error message: Package: _/Unknown package xinit.sh exit code 3 In practice, any usage of xinit (e.g. to launch xterm) seems to work perfectly well, but the repeated error message at any update transaction (including when empty) is disconcerting. I have not tried an explicit command "bash (or dash) /etc/postinstall/xinit.sh" as - even if this worked - I would prefer to canvass opinion on this minor glitch. All the same - the glitch is recent, despite being minor .. .. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3
I made a new installation of Cygwin 64 on a new USB stick, including the package xinit. (I use setup -P followed by a longish but far from complete list of required packages ..,..,xinit,..,..) At this first use of setup I got a single error message: Package: _/xinit xinit.sh exit code 3 At 2nd and all subsequent uses of setup (i.e. as update) I get the slightly altered error message: Package: _/Unknown package xinit.sh exit code 3 In practice, any usage of xinit (e.g. to launch xterm) seems to work perfectly well, but the repeated error message at any update transaction (including when empty) is disconcerting. I have not tried an explicit command "bash (or dash) /etc/postinstall/xinit.sh" as - even if this worked - I would prefer to canvass opinion on this minor glitch. All the same - the glitch is recent, despite being minor .. .. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
