Hi, I have a new PC at work, a 64-bit Dell T3500 with Windows XP Pro x64 Edition 2003 with svc pack 2.
After running the cygwin install, the problem is that when I run a perl script in a cygwin bash shell, or just fire up perl.exe, it just returns instantly without doing anything or reporting a problem. For grins, though, I launched a dos window and tried to run perl.exe there, and a msg box pops up saying cygcrypt-0.dll was not found (if that's the problem what do I do to fix it?) FYI I ran the install by 1) Saving setup.exe from cygwin.com in my new PC 2) Running setup.exe for a network install, selecting c:\cygwin and ftp cygwin.mirrors.pair.com 3) Changing from "Default" to "Install" the following: Base, Devel, Editors, Interpreters, Libs, Perl, Python, Shells, System, X11 4) Checking OK for any dependencies it wanted After the install completed, I fired up a Cygwin bash shell window and it all seems to work except for Perl - it just instantly returns to the cmd prompt. Other things work though. For example, there is no problem with starting and using the python interpreter; I can use vi to write a helloworld.c program which compiles and runs OK; the various unix commands like ls, mkdir, grep all seem OK. I've tried reinstalling the perl package, uninstalling and installing perl, uninstalling all and reinstalling, using other mirrors, but it always ends up the same. The windows firewall is turned off during the install. Is there some incompatibility with x64? Have you heard of this problem happening? Help! Thanks, Bart Koestner Honeywell, Inc -- 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