From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24259 invoked by alias); 9 Jan 2009 21:32:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 24120 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Jan 2009 21:32:45 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pop.prospeed.net (HELO mail.prospeed.net) (64.25.80.140) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:32:32 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (lhall.prospeed.net [64.25.83.123]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.prospeed.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD46928016103 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:32:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4967C22D.9070808@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:57:00 -0000 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Octave has stopped running for me - no error msg References: <78873ACC6D2C36429F9867F87C2DCA3B8EF269@expwn01.int.pwnets.com> In-Reply-To: <78873ACC6D2C36429F9867F87C2DCA3B8EF269@expwn01.int.pwnets.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 X-SW-Source: 2009-01/txt/msg00243.txt.bz2 Bruce McNamara wrote: >> Bruce McNamara wrote: >>> Before: I have cygwin (ver 1.5.25-15) with octave (ver 3.0.2-1), X > and a >>> few other packages. My OS is XP with Service Pack 3. Everything > works >>> fine. >>> >>> Possible cause: I installed the GNUARM tools >> Argh. http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#3PP alert! >> >>> After: When I run octave, either from a bash shell or an xterm > window, it >>> just thinks for a couple of seconds and then gives me another prompt > - if >>> octave ran, it quit right away. There is no error message or other >>> indication of what went wrong. Other /usr/bin executables run just > fine. >> Standard shell advice: use "echo $?" to check the exit status if > there's no >> error message. > > When I run echo $? after running octave I get: 53 That means you're missing a DLL octave needs to run. Run 'cygcheck octave' and look for DLL(s) it reports missing. Then, look up the packages that contain the DLL(s) that are missing with . Install those packages with 'setup.exe'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/