Re: mksnt sh is invoked when executing cygwin icon;

[Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 4:02 AM, Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net> wrote:
> On 26.11.2015 09:26, EXT David Macek wrote:
>>
>> On 26. 11. 2015 2:27, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi;
>>>
>>>    It seems that a 32bit Windows server with a pre-existing MKS Toolkit
>>> installation prevents an interactive Cygwin window (mintty) from
>>> starting properly.
>>>
>>>    If the c:\mksnt directory (where MKS Tookkit is installed) is
>>> renamed to c:\NOTmksnt, then double-clicking the Cygwin icon results
>>> in:
>>>
>>> "Failed to run C:/mksnt/sh.exe: No such file or directory"
>>>
>>> But if the c:\NOTmksnt directory is renamed back to what it was, then
>>> the window opens up with sh.exe from mksnt instead of bash and seems
>>> to hang for a very long time.
>>>
>>>     Why is this?  Part of me thinks that Cygwin and MKS Toolkit should
>>> just coexist just fine, each not knowing about the other (c:\cygwin
>>> and c:\mksnt).  Part of me thinks that I'd like to have Cygwin come
>>> first in the path rather than having c:\mksnt first in the path.  Is
>>> there a way to force the Cygwin install process (or fix it afterward)
>>> to put Cygwin first?
>>>
>>>    I tried to change /etc/profile so that the PATH variable was set to
>>> exclusively Cygwin stuff, but that had no effect.
>>>
>>>    How to fix this outside Cygwin? (The Windows side)
>>>
>>>    How to fix this inside Cygwin?
>>
>> Sounds to me like your login shell is hard-coded to C:/mksnt/sh.exe.
>>
>> What does `getent passwd $(whoami) | cut -d: -f7` say (run
>> `C:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -i` directly to get a working shell)?

/bin/bash

> And what does `readshortcut -a "$Desktop/Cygwin Terminal.lnk"` say?

readshortcut: Load failed on C:\cygwin\Cygwin Terminal.lnk

What does that imply?

Thanks!
Ken

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