Re: login differs between cygwin and cygwin/X

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Sat, 29 May 2004, Alder wrote:

> I'm trying to set up Cygwin for the first time and have run into an
> access issue I can't resolve.  I RTFM, but being no expert in Unix I
> could not find what I needed to know, namely, how the login process
> differs for the same user between a bash login shell started on the X
> server, and one that is started without the X server.
>
> The bash login shell on the X server starts up by sending this message
> before the command prompt appears:
>
>         lstat(./kpsewhich) failed ...
>         ./kpsewhich: No such file or directory
>
> The bash login shell without the X server starts up "normally".
>
> The user in both cases is the same, so is it safe to conclude that file
> permissions are not the cause of this difference?
>
> I've attached the output of "cygcheck -s -r -v" in the hopes that
> someone can spot the problem there.  In any case, I'd really appreciate
> some guidance on how to start debugging this issue.  Thanks.
>
> Alder

You need to pass the "--login" option to the bash shell started by the
xterm, either by changing the "xterm" invocation to "xterm -e bash --login
-i" or by passing the "-ls" option to xterm.
	Igor
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