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From: Pablo Halpern <phalpern@halpernwightsoftware.com>
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Possible issue with run.exe under Windows 7 x64
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:40:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20100604T203402-974@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik3PEjJPwjXJlUufaMLbWMvWYoxnljjzXDKw7HU@mail.gmail.com>

Daniel Roe <daniel.r.roe <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I have this command:
> 
> run urxvt -g 100x40 -e /bin/bash --login
> 
> When I start up the X-server using the default shortcut
> (C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe)
> I receive an error message like this:
> 
> Error: could not start C:\cygwin\etc\alternatives\urxvt   j-g 100x40 -e
> /bin/bash --login
> 
> The characters between 'urxvt' and '-g' change each time. If I change
> the command so that run.exe is not used it works fine. Maybe there is
> some memory issue with run.exe on 64-bit systems?

I'm having the same problem with 32-bit cygwin on Windows XP since upgrading to
Cygwin 1.7.  Also, where does the path C:\cygwin\etc\alternatives come from?

- Pablo



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      reply	other threads:[~2010-06-04 18:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-25 15:39 Daniel Roe
2010-06-04 18:40 ` Pablo Halpern [this message]

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