Re: Just can't seem to get started....

[Mike Bienvenu]

> > I'm trying to get Swarm up and running on my laptop (running WinNT, SP5).
> I know it can be done :)


oh, I believe you.  ;-)

> What do you see in the environment for HOMEPATH and HOMEDRIVE?
> I think Marcus said that is where NT systems keep them,
> individually for each user.
> >

1) I'm only setting it up for one user -- me.

I have the following:

HOME      E:\
include     E:\Swarm-2.1.1\include; and other directories

SWARMDIR   e:\Swarm-2.1.1
path         E:\Swarm-2.1.1\bin;E:\Swarm-2.1.1;E:\Swarm-2.1.1\include; 
                    and other directories


> Tip 1. The swarm Terminal is just a dos box with the bash shell,
> it is not very good. Run Emacs, do alt-x and then type shell,
> and you get a much better terminal program because it scrolls.

okay, I'll try that.  never did get the hang of emacs when I used to work 
on sun/solaris, tho.. ;-)


> Tip 2. Cygnus and Swarm don't coexist well together. I think you
> have the right tack to uninstall Cygwin and install Swarm. If
> Swarm's install can't tell where your home is, it dumps .bashrc
> and .emacs and such in the Swarm install directory.  If it
> doesn't detect a HOME for you, then, in your case, the bash and
> other files will be in E:\Swarm-2.1.1

yeah, E:\Swarm-2.1.1 is full of stuff.  but *everything* is in there, I'm 
not sure.  I may be missing something, but how will I know? (rhetorical...)

> You are installing Swarm as the same user that is trying to
> compile/run swarm, right? Not installing as an administrator,
> then trying to use as a user? That causes some setup
> complications, we can work it out I'm sure.

yes, I am me, and installing Swarm as me.  Not as admin, although since 
it's my laptop, I'm also admin, but not today.


> > I once had cygwin installed, but had the same exact problem, so I have
> > uninstalled that, uninstalled Swarm, re-installed Swarm.  The problem
> > persists.  Swarm is installed on my E:\ drive (E:\Swarm-2.1.1).
> SwarmOnlineFaq I had some other diagnostic information about the
> environment.
> What does it say in a terminal if you type "mount"?
(all entries are Type user, Flags textmode)
Device                   Directory
e:\Swarm-2.1.1\bin    /bin
e:\Swarm-2.1.1\bin   /usr/bin
e:\Swarm-2.1.1         /Swarm-2.1.1
E:\cygwin\lib             /usr/lib
E:\cygwin                 /
C:\TEMP                  /tmp

where those cygwin entries came from, I'm not sure.

> If you type "env" it should show your PATH. Is the swarm\bin
> directory in it?

no, but it's in the System/Environment window. odd.  and there are other 
weird things in the $PATH --- there seem to be "cygdrive/d" in front of 
other directory paths.   Maybe that's normal....


> >
> > Where does one set the prompt string, without cygwin?  I cannot find a
> > .bashrc file anywhere, or a .profile file, now that cygwin is gone.  but my
> > prompt (in the swarm-term) reads:
> >
> > "E:/Swarm-2.1.1/bin/bash.exe"-2.03$
> >
> Swarm has bash in its bin directory, it looks like you have it
> above.

no, bash.exe is in E:\Swarm-2.1.1\bin.


> Another thing to check: make sure cygwin did not leave behind
> their dll in  your windows\system directory.  You want to be
> using swarm's cygwin dll file, which is in swarm\bin, but I
> believe some newer cygwin dlls may work.

if we're talking about cygwin1.dll, then there arent any copies of it or 
anything similar in c:\winnt\system32 or \system.  there is one in 
e:\swarm-2.1.1\bin, which I gather is correct.


The linker report seems to indicate that the linker isn't finding all the 
<file.h> that are in the source code for the hello-world problem.  I've 
been trying to get the include paths right, but i haven't had much effect yet.

next steps?

-Mike


Dr. Mike Bienvenu
Systems Engineering/Operations Research
George Mason University
4400 University Drive,
Fairfax, VA  22030
phone: 703-993-1693


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