On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com> wrote: > On 10/02/2009 10:14 AM, Frank Kim wrote: >> >> Because of problems mentioned previously I uninstalled cygwin >> following all the instructions at >> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all. >> >> However when I installed again and started up the bash shell I did not >> get my usual prompt, i.e. the typical Cygwin prompt. Instead I got >> this prompt: >> >> bash-3.2$ >> >> Also I was started in /usr/bin. >> >> No /home directory was created. No skeleton files were created. >> >> I thought Cygwin automatically does this the first time you start up. >> How come it didn't do it? What steps do I manually have to do? > > (Fingers to temples, eyes closed) Quite please! I need absolute silence > while I read your mind and determine your configuration. > > '/etc/passwd' is wrong, for one thing. Check 'setup.log.full' in '/var/log' > or > the directory you ran 'setup.exe' from (your mind is cloudy - I can't see > this clearly). Your post-install scripts didn't run successfully. You can > try to > re-run them by hand but they will likely complain again until you determine > the source of the problem, unless it was just a question of timing. >
Thanks Larry. You're funny. :-) I did what you suggested and checked the logs and there were no errors. I tried to rerun the post-install scripts but I saw some syntax errors and wasn't sure if it was because the scripts were changed when they became .done files. Becoming suspicious of my favorite download site, mirrors.xmission.com, I decided I'd try a different site mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca. Reinistalling with this site caused _no_ problems. I'm back up and running. Anyone know what could be wrong with the mirrors.xmission.com. I used to always use it because it was the fastest. I'm happy, today has been a productive morning. :-) -- 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
