reinstallation problems

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 10/02/2009 10:14 AM, Frank Kim wrote:
> Because of problems mentioned previously I uninstalled cygwin
> following all the instructions at
> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all.
>
> However when I installed again and started up the bash shell I did not
> get my usual prompt, i.e. the typical Cygwin prompt.  Instead I got
> this prompt:
>
> bash-3.2$
>
> Also I was started in /usr/bin.
>
> No /home directory was created.  No skeleton files were created.
>
> I thought Cygwin automatically does this the first time you start up.
> How come it didn't do it?  What steps do I manually have to do?

(Fingers to temples, eyes closed) Quite please!  I need absolute silence
while I read your mind and determine your configuration.

'/etc/passwd' is wrong, for one thing.  Check 'setup.log.full' in '/var/log' or
the directory you ran 'setup.exe' from (your mind is cloudy - I can't see
this clearly).  Your post-install scripts didn't run successfully.  You can 
try to
re-run them by hand but they will likely complain again until you determine
the source of the problem, unless it was just a question of timing.

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