From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 117341 invoked by alias); 22 Jun 2017 19:58:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 117295 invoked by uid 89); 22 Jun 2017 19:58:33 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=wear, watson, Watson, Holmes X-HELO: mrvideo.vidiot.com Received: from 24-196-68-46.static.mdsn.wi.charter.com (HELO mrvideo.vidiot.com) (24.196.68.46) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:58:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=mrvideo.vidiot.com) by mrvideo.vidiot.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1dO8FJ-0004tv-Ud for cygwin@cygwin.com; Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:58:29 -0500 Received: (from brown@localhost) by mrvideo.vidiot.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/Submit) id v5MJwTnA018842 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:58:29 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:58:00 -0000 From: Mike Brown To: cygwin mail list Subject: Re: rxvt won't stay running Message-ID: <20170622195829.GZ1003@mrvideo.vidiot.com> References: <20170622094542.GW1003@mrvideo.vidiot.com> <2e15ac57-a240-58e5-d49e-b205a2479d07@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2e15ac57-a240-58e5-d49e-b205a2479d07@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-SW-Source: 2017-06/txt/msg00273.txt.bz2 On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 09:48:43AM -0400, cyg Simple wrote: > On 6/22/2017 5:45 AM, Mike Brown wrote: > > I've installed the latest (as of this writing) Cygwin base and a few other > > packages. > > > > You don't say if it was 32 or 64 bit. But ... Sorry, 64bit. > > I have a startup batch file on my XP box that I copied over to the new Win7 > > box (modifying the HOME variable to match the new box). > > > > I also copied over the home directory from the XP box, so that I can get the > > .z* setup files and scripts that I have in my bin directory. > > > > But, when I run it, it just flashes and dies. > > > > Here is the contents: > > ========== > > @echo off > > > > > > C: > > chdir C:\cygwin\bin > > set HOME=\cygwin\home\Brown > > > > rxvt -e /bin/zsh --login -i > > ========== > > > > Any ideas why it is failing? Something you need me to look at? It isn't > > anything in the home files that I copied over from the XP box, because before > > I did that, I tried starting and it flashed and died. > > > > Simply, it isn't supported any longer. Use mintty instead which should > have been installed if you actually used setup.exe to install Cygwin. > If not, start over and use it. Yep, it put a shortcut on the desktop. I run zsh, not bash. Since rxvt is no longer viable, I went digging into the properties and help for mintty and added what was needed to start zsh. All is well now. MB -- e-mail: vidiot@vidiot.com | vidiot@vidiot.net /~\ The ASCII 6082066843@email.uscc.net (140 char limit) \ / Ribbon Campaign Visit - URL: http://vidiot.com/ X Against http://vidiot.net/ / \ HTML Email "You're Sherlock Holmes, wear the damn hat!" - Watson to Sherlock Sherlock - The Abominable Bride - 1/01/16 -- 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