i tried setup cygwin to run and use maven 2 to build some projects, but it can not run, only stay still with command line window, does anyone have got the same ?
I've installed Win 7 build 7000 and was able to put on Cygwin with X. However I am unable to run any X apps even as administrator. Has anyone been able to run X?
Hi there I didn't have any trouble with it either -- I tried running an old MVS mainframe emulator (Hercules) on the PC with some old 3270 - actually 3278/3279 (4 color IBM terminals) terminal emulation . This needs cygwin to work and the GUI (X application) worked fine. Worked a treat. Not sure what the problem is --perhaps you can include some screen dumps. cheers jimbo
I'm using windows 7 build 7077 and cygwin doesnt seem to work. I've installed the correct packages and when I go to cmd and type in: set path="c:\cygwin\bin" then gcc it displays that its not recognizable. So is it true that windows 7 can't support cygwin?
insred of via set path try and change to the command path directly and then type gcc. I haven't used gcc under cygwin but other apps work such as my MVS mainframe emulator.
incidently typing cd o:\ for example still leaves you in C:\users\username
insred of via set path try and change to the command path directly and then type gcc. I haven't used gcc under cygwin but other apps work such as my MVS mainframe emulator.
incidently typing cd o:\ for example still leaves you in C:\users\username
I've done a clean install of Cygwin, and it works for me. Here's the output of
Code:
> uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 mambo-5 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin
I do have a problem with filename expansion (aka globbing). For instance, "ls" in my home directory work, but "ls *" generates the following error message:
Code:
> ls *
ls: cannot access *: No such file or directory
The current cygwin released version (1.7.*, not the old 1.5*) runs fine on Win7. I'm guessing your problem is that your home directory in /etc/passwd is set to /home/<username>, and /home is a directory under /cygwin.
You can either fiddle around with junctions and make /home point to the right place for the windows /user structure, but if you don't understand what this means I wouldn't recommend that.
Your other choice would be to change your home directory in /etc/passwd. Try the following in your bash shell:
cd /etc vi passwd
then find the line with your user account and change /home/<username> to be /cygdrive/c/Users/<username>/Documents
write the file wq!), close the bash shell and open a new one.