[Mingw-users] msys.bat file not opening shell
David Starkweather
also tried with just the command line). When I go to open a mingw
shell, using either a shortcut or menu item, it is unable to open a
terminal window. Also tried it with the arguments, msys.bat --xvrt with
no luck. A new terminal flashes on the screen but quickly closes.
Anybody know what the problem is ? I'm working on Windows Vista.
Thanks.
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Earnie Boyd
> Just downloaded a fresh install of mingw using the gui installer. (I
> also tried with just the command line). When I go to open a mingw
> shell, using either a shortcut or menu item, it is unable to open a
> terminal window. Also tried it with the arguments, msys.bat --xvrt with
> no luck. A new terminal flashes on the screen but quickly closes.
>
What is --xvrt? That should be --rxvt but anyway ...
> Anybody know what the problem is ? I'm working on Windows Vista.
>
Many are using MSYS on Windows 7. If you open a cmd.exe and execute
``c:\path\to\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe --login -i'' does it function?
--
Earnie
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David Starkweather
If so, that doesnt work either. It immediately closes the cmd window.
Ralph Engels
Hash: SHA1
I think he means opening the windows command prompt and changedir to
where bash lives (usually C:\msys\1.0\bin so type cd C:\msys\1.0\bin
and hit enter) then typing bash --login -i and hit enter, and write
the output here.
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Keith Marshall
> do you mean executing msys.bat right after "sh.exe --login -i" ?
No, he means forget about msys.bat altogether:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Local\PortableApps\MsysPortable> bin\sh --login -i
keith@localhost ~
$ pwd -W
C:/Local/PortableApps/MsysPortable/home/keith
keith@localhost ~
$
This is on Vista 32-bit. IIRC, if you are on 64-bit, you MUST run
this under SysWOW64.
--
Regards,
Keith.
David Starkweather
onto bash.
bash --login -i
Is there a new msys.bat file i should get ? or is this a new way of
doing it ?
thanks.
Ralph Engels
Hash: SHA1
its not the new way, just a test to see if bash works and maybe figure
out why the bat fails. bash seems to work though so im inclined to
believe that some software deleted the comspec variable (noticed this
with some old dev-cpp at one time) and in that case msys.bat wont work
correctly. A simple test to see if thats the case is typing %comspec%
in windows search and hitting enter.If its allright it should open a
command prompt, if it does not its time to repair a few things in
windows PATH variable.
Reckless
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David Starkweather
Is there a simple way to repair the msys.bat file on my system ? or can
I run a shell simply by executing the sh.exe program ? Just wonderring
if i'm missing some things with it that way. I don't seem to be able to
execute ./configure scripts this way.
My path variable hash c:\mingw\bin and c:\mingw\msys\1.0\bin in it.
Keith Marshall
Please stop top-posting. If you persist with the practice, this is
positively the last you will hear from me.
On 02/02/12 21:57, David Starkweather wrote:
> Is there a simple way to repair the msys.bat file on my system ?
What makes you think it needs to be repaired? If it really is damaged,
just copy it from a fresh installation.
> or can I run a shell simply by executing the sh.exe program ?
Yes. Run it as 'path/to/sh.exe --login -i'.
> Just wonderring if i'm missing some things with it that way.
It's not so easy to start it under rxvt -- definitely not recommended --
or under mintty. Otherwise, within a native MSW console -- where it's
most reliable anyway -- there should be no difference.
> I don't seem to be able to execute ./configure scripts this way.
WJFFM, and I haven't used msys.bat in years; if this isn't working for
you, there is some other reason.
> My path variable hash c:\mingw\bin and c:\mingw\msys\1.0\bin in it.
In your windows environment? Don't set them there. Let MSYS set them
up, as it will, when you start sh.exe with the --login option.
--
Regards,
Keith.
David Starkweather
Right now, the msys.bat file brings up a command window, but it
terminates immediately after opening. The %comspec% also brings up a
cmd.exe window, but it too closes immediately after opening. I would
like to fix the msys.bat file or whatever env variable i need to fix.
Where does msys find those paths to affix to automatically affix to the
PATH variable ?
thanks,
dgs.
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Ralph Engels
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Ok thats good :) atleast the windows variables seem ok.
Small experiment copy the below to a txt file and rename it to msys.bat
@echo off
rem Copyright (C): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Earnie Boyd
rem mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem This file is part of Minimal SYStem
rem http://www.mingw.org/msys.shtml
rem
rem File: msys.bat
rem Revision: 2.4
rem Revision Date: December 8th, 2005
rem ember to set the "Start in:" field of the shortcut.
rem A value similar to C:\msys\1.0\bin is what the "Start in:" field needs
rem to represent.
SET VSENVPATH=unknown
if defined VS110COMNTOOLS (
CALL SET VSENVPATH=%%VS110COMNTOOLS%%
) else if defined VS100COMNTOOLS (
CALL SET VSENVPATH=%%VS100COMNTOOLS%%
) else if defined VS90COMNTOOLS (
CALL SET VSENVPATH=%%VS90COMNTOOLS%%
) else if defined VS80COMNTOOLS (
CALL SET VSENVPATH=%%VS80COMNTOOLS%%
) else if defined VS70COMNTOOLS (
CALL SET VSENVPATH=%%VS70COMNTOOLS%%
)
if exist "%VSENVPATH%vsvars32.bat" (
CALL "%%VSENVPATH%%vsvars32.bat"
)
SET VSENVPATH=
rem ember value of GOTO: is used to know recursion has happened.
if "%1" == "GOTO:" goto %2
if NOT "x%WD%" == "x" set WD=
rem ember command.com only uses the first eight characters of the label.
goto _WindowsNT
rem ember that we only execute here if we are in command.com.
:_Windows
if "x%COMSPEC%" == "x" set COMSPEC=command.com
start /min %COMSPEC% /e:4096 /c %0 GOTO: _Resume %0 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6
%7 %8 %9
goto EOF
rem ember that we execute here if we recursed.
:_Resume
for %%F in (1 2 3) do shift
if NOT EXIST %WD%msys-1.0.dll set WD=.\bin\
rem ember that we get here even in command.com.
:_WindowsNT
rem Hopefully a temporary workaround for getting MSYS shell to run on x64
rem (WoW64 cmd prompt sets PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE to x86)
if not "x%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%" == "xAMD64" goto _NotX64
set COMSPEC=%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
%COMSPEC% /c %0 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
goto EOF
:_NotX64
if NOT EXIST %WD%msys-1.0.dll set WD=%~dp0\bin\
rem ember Set up option to use rxvt based on value of %1
set MSYSCON=unknown
if "x%1" == "x-nomintty" set MSYSCON=rxvt.exe
if "x%1" == "x--nomintty" set MSYSCON=rxvt.exe
if "x%1" == "x-mintty" set MSYSCON=mintty.exe
if "x%1" == "x--mintty" set MSYSCON=mintty.exe
if "x%1" == "x-norxvt" set MSYSCON=sh.exe
if "x%1" == "x--norxvt" set MSYSCON=sh.exe
if "x%1" == "x-rxvt" set MSYSCON=rxvt.exe
if "x%1" == "x--rxvt" set MSYSCON=rxvt.exe
if NOT "x%MSYSCON%" == "xunknown" shift
if "x%MSYSCON%" == "xunknown" set MSYSCON=mintty.exe
if "x%MSYSTEM%" == "x" set MSYSTEM=MSYS
if "%1" == "MINGW32" set MSYSTEM=MINGW32
if "%1" == "MINGW64" set MSYSTEM=MINGW64
if "%1" == "LLVM" set MSYSTEM=LLVM
if "%1" == "MSYS" set MSYSTEM=MSYS
if NOT "x%DISPLAY%" == "x" set DISPLAY=
if "x%MSYSCON%" == "xmintty.exe" goto startmintty
if "x%MSYSCON%" == "xrxvt.exe" goto startrxvt
if "x%MSYSCON%" == "xsh.exe" goto startsh
if "x%MSYSCON%" == "xksh.exe" goto startksh
:unknowncon
echo %MSYSCON% is an unknown option for msys.bat.
pause
exit 1
:notfound
echo Cannot find the mintty.exe, rxvt.exe or sh.exe binary -- aborting.
pause
exit 1
:startmintty
if NOT EXIST %WD%mintty.exe goto startrxvt
start %WD%mintty /bin/bash -li
exit
rem If you don't want to use rxvt then rename the file rxvt.exe to
something
rem else. Then sh.exe will be used instead.
:startrxvt
if NOT EXIST %WD%rxvt.exe goto startsh
rem Setup the default colors for rxvt.
if "x%MSYSBGCOLOR%" == "x" set MSYSBGCOLOR=White
if "x%MSYSFGCOLOR%" == "x" set MSYSFGCOLOR=Black
if "x%MINGW32BGCOLOR%" == "x" set MINGW32BGCOLOR=LightYellow
if "x%MINGW32FGCOLOR%" == "x" set MINGW32FGCOLOR=Navy
if "%MSYSTEM%" == "MSYS" set BGCOLOR=%MSYSBGCOLOR%
if "%MSYSTEM%" == "MSYS" set FGCOLOR=%MSYSFGCOLOR%
if "%MSYSTEM%" == "MINGW32" set BGCOLOR=%MINGW32BGCOLOR%
if "%MSYSTEM%" == "MINGW32" set FGCOLOR=%MINGW32FGCOLOR%
start %WD%rxvt -backspacekey -sl 2500 -fg %FGCOLOR% -bg %BGCOLOR%
- -sr -fn Courier-12 -tn msys -geometry 80x25 -e /bin/sh --login -i
exit
:startsh
if NOT EXIST %WD%sh.exe goto notfound
start %WD%sh --login -i
exit
:startksh
if NOT EXIST %WD%ksh.exe goto notfound
start %WD%ksh --login -i
exit
:EOF
rem ChangeLog:
rem 2002.03.07 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Move the @echo off to the top.
rem * Change the binmode setting to nobinmode.
rem * Remove the angle brackets around email address to workaround MS
rem buggy command processor.
rem
rem 2002.03.12 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Add filter logic to find rxvt.exe
rem
rem 2002.03.13 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Revert the nobinmode change.
rem
rem 2002.03.20 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Add logic for stating bash.
rem
rem 2002.04.11 Earnie Boyd mailto;ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Add logic for setting MSYSTEM value based on parameter.
rem
rem 2002.04.15 Olivier Gautherot mailto:olivier_...@mentorg.com
rem * Reduce number test conditions for finding an executable.
rem
rem 2002.04.15 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Unset DISPLAY if set before starting shell.
rem
rem 2002.04.16 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Remove use of DEFINED in conditional statments for variables for
rem command.com support.
rem * Add check for nonexistance of USERNAME variable for Win9x support.
rem
rem 2002.04.17 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Add foreground and background color defaults based on MSYSTEM value.
rem
rem 2002.04.22 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * More Win 9x changes.
rem
rem 2002.05.04 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Remove the SET of USERNAME and HOME.
rem
rem 2002.11.18 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Add command.com detection and restart with a larger environment to
rem avoid errors on w9x.
rem Many thanks to Randy W. Sims mailto:Ran...@ThePierianSpring.org.
rem See Randy's response to "RE: [Mingw-msys] Installation on WindowsME"
rem from 11/06/2002 in the archives of mingw...@lists.sf.net.
rem
rem 2002.11.19 Paul Garceau mailto:pgar...@attbi.com
rem * Fix a typo: Change COMPSPEC to COMSPEC.
rem
rem 2002.11.25 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Remove the SET CYGWIN since it doesn't matter any longer.
rem
rem 2003.02.03 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Win9x doesn't like ``EXISTS dir'' so change it to ``EXISTS
dir\nul''.
rem Thanks to Nicolas Weber mailto:nicola...@gmx.de.
rem
rem 2003.03.06 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Add -backspacekey switch to rxvt startup.
rem * Move RXVT color setup to startrxvt label
rem
rem 2004.01.30 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Add -geometry parameter to work around an off by one issue with
rem the default values.
rem Thanks to Dave Schuyler mailto:para...@users.sf.net
rem
rem 2004.03.28 Earnie Boyd mailto:ear...@users.sf.net
rem * Add -norxvt or --norxvt switch argument.
rem Thanks to Keith Marshall mailto:Keith.M...@total.com.
rem * Add method to determine absolute path of msys.bat so that we no
rem longer need to change to the bin directory. This allows msys.bat
to be
rem called from any working directory.
rem Thanks to Kevin Mack mailto:kevin...@us.cd-adapco.com
rem
rem 2005.07.06 Max TE Woodbury mailto:mt...@users.sf.net
rem * Fixed WD check for command.com systems.
rem * Minimized intermediate CMD window to reduce startup flashyness.
rem * If rxvt.exe cannot be found, try sh.exe.
rem
rem 2005.12.06 Tuomo Latto mailto:nonp...@users.sf.net
rem * Added a temporary workaround for getting MSYS shell to run
on x64.
rem
rem 2005.12.07 Keith Marshall mailto:keithm...@users.sf.net
rem * ``EXISTS %WD%\sh.exe'' should be ``EXISTS %WD%sh.exe'';
corrected.
rem * Modified Tuomo's patch, to avoid trashing Window settings in
Win32.
rem
rem 2005.12.08 Tuomo Latto mailto:nonp...@users.sf.net
rem * Keith's modified patch fails on x64; start did funny things.
rem Reworked, for correct behaviour on both platforms.
rem
rem 2009.03.17 Keith Marshall mailto:keithm...@users.sf.net
rem * Add -rxvt or --rxvt switch; start in --norxvt mode by default.
rem Make it deterministic; (do not inherit MSYSCON from parent).
rem
now replace yours and get the mintty package from mingw-get let me
know if that changes anything. if it does you get a few benefits like
being able to copy text directly to the msys terminal. And if you can
do me a favor try opening your /etc/profile in notepad and post the
contents here.
Best wishes Reckless
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Sorry was quite early here when i responded. So %comspec% closes
immediatly ... well i was afraid of that, some program you uninstalled
deleted windows PATH variable instead of just the part it had been a
part of and cmd.exe is no longer globally accessible.
The fix is easy if you know where to look in windows but instead of
yapping of a ton of things ill show you the easy route.
make a text file in the root of C:\ and write this in it.
_________________________________________________________________
@echo off
SET
PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%PATH%
SET COMSPEC=%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe;%COMSPEC%
SHUTDOWN /R
__________________________________________________________________
save and rename the txt file to repair.bat
now open a windows command prompt and do cd \ then hit enter.
type in repair and hit enter. your pc will reboot and everything
should be ok.
hope this helps.
Reckless
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David Starkweather
The only thing now is that I can't execute scripts in the bash
shell - such as configure scripts with ./configure. Any idea ?
# Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Earnie Boyd <ear...@users.sf.net>
# This file is part of the Minimal SYStem.
# http://www.mingw.org/msys.shtml
#
# File: profile
# Description: Shell environment initialization script
# Last Revised: 2002.05.04
if [ -z "$MSYSTEM" ]; then
MSYSTEM=MINGW32
fi
# My decision to add a . to the PATH and as the first item in the path
list
# is to mimick the Win32 method of finding executables.
#
# I filter the PATH value setting in order to get ready for self hosting
the
# MSYS runtime and wanting different paths searched first for files.
if [ $MSYSTEM == MINGW32 ]; then
export PATH=".:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:$PATH"
else
export PATH=".:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/mingw/bin:$PATH"
fi
if [ -z "$USERNAME" ]; then
LOGNAME="`id -un`"
else
LOGNAME="$USERNAME"
fi
# Set up USER's home directory
if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then
HOME="/home/$LOGNAME"
fi
if [ ! -d "$HOME" ]; then
mkdir -p "$HOME"
cp /etc/inputrc.default "$HOME"/.inputrc
fi
if [ "x$HISTFILE" == "x/.bash_history" ]; then
HISTFILE=$HOME/.bash_history
fi
export HOME LOGNAME MSYSTEM HISTFILE
for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
if [ -f $i ]; then
. $i
fi
done
export MAKE_MODE=unix
export PS1='\[\033]0;$MSYSTEM:\w\007
\033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\]
$ '
alias clear=clsb
cd "$HOME"
Ralph Engels
Hash: SHA1
Hmm profile looks ok so nothing there. My best guess is that some
program screwed up several things when it was uninstalled especially
since %comspec% was broken. if you can start bash via the msys.bat now
it should work and configure scripts should execute unless something
(antivirus etc. is blocking it. yep that actually happens :/). also be
sure to run msys.bat as administrator by rightclicking it and
selecting run as admin as win7's UAC has a nasty habit of blocking
stuff to (i normally disable it completely but its on your hat then if
something goes wrong so i wont recommend it).
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mingw....@spamgourmet.com
> Sorry was quite early here when i responded. So %comspec% closes
> immediatly ... well i was afraid of that, some program you uninstalled
> deleted windows PATH variable instead of just the part it had been a
> part of and cmd.exe is no longer globally accessible.
>
> The fix is easy if you know where to look in windows but instead of
> yapping of a ton of things ill show you the easy route.
>
> make a text file in the root of C:\ and write this in it.
>
> _________________________________________________________________
>
> @echo off
>
> SET
> PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%PATH%
> SET COMSPEC=%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe;%COMSPEC%
> SHUTDOWN /R
>
> __________________________________________________________________
>
>
> save and rename the txt file to repair.bat
>
> now open a windows command prompt and do cd \ then hit enter.
> type in repair and hit enter. your pc will reboot and everything
> should be ok.
>
> hope this helps.
>
> Reckless
Doesn't that just set the variables for the current console session? I
think those changes will be lost after a restart (or even from another
console session without restarting Windows).
To be permanent, I think you have to set them from the System control
panel. How to get there varies from one version of Windows to another,
but from Vista:
Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > Advanced tab
> Environment Variables...
Look for Path and ComSpec in the lower section (System variables).
Path should contain somewhere (ideally as the first items):
C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;
or equivalent if Windows is not installed to C:\Windows (e.g. C:\WINNT
for some NT-based versions), or perhaps:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;
ComSpec should be:
%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
or similar. I think it should be just the one command, not a list of
commands, so you probably don't want to append any existing content.
Mark.
David Starkweather
Thanks. Yeah, somethings blocking the ability to run all scripts. I
can't even run the postinstall script, pi.sh. Oddly enough, the
security center reports that the machine has AV running, but there
doesnt appear to be any installed. And the Windows Defender from MS
will not start either. I may have try on another system.
Thanks for all your help.
Ralph Engels
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Thats the actuall way to do it aye :) but it also works this way (well
for me atleast) if i set say PATH=C:\something without ;%PATH% at the
end then it only works for the current session but when i use set
PATH=C:\something;%PATH% it saves it.
And @ David. You might get better results from reinstalling win7 or
running a repair install so windows can correct the stuff that broke.
It looks like more than one thing broke since your AV also behaves weird.
As for the help im only happy to lend a hand :)
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