Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
Hmmm. what I did was to install cygwin without any xorg. After the successful installation, I installed the xorg packages (as specified in the xorg-base README) via setup once again. IIRC, I do not remember clicking the buttons that would change the install versions.What did you do, exactly, on the last setup run? The log file shows that you installed the following packages:
startup-notification-0.7-1 transfig-3.2.4-2 xorg-x11-bin-dlls-6.8.1.0-1 xorg-x11-devel-6.8.1.0-1 xorg-x11-fcyr-6.8.1.0-2 xorg-x11-fenc-6.8.1.0-2 xorg-x11-fscl-6.8.1.0-2 xorg-x11-fsrv-6.8.1.0-1 xorg-x11-libs-data-6.7.0.0-3 xorg-x11-man-pages-html-6.8.1.0-1 xorg-x11-nest-6.8.1.0-1 xorg-x11-vfb-6.8.1.0-1
(which means you've downgraded xorg-x11-lib-data). It also shows that the
following postinstall scripts ran:
xorg-x11-devel.sh xorg-x11-f100.sh xorg-x11-fcyr.sh xorg-x11-fenc.sh xorg-x11-fnts.sh xorg-x11-fscl.sh xorg-x11-libs-data.sh xorg-x11-xwin.sh
which is odd, since you didn't reinstall xorg-x11-xwin or xorg-x11-f100 or
xorg-x11-fnts. The previous run clearly shows setup installing
xorg-x11-f100 and running the postinstall script for that package, so it
should have renamed it to .done and not re-run it.
I did install xorg *after* installing cygwin minus xorg.
Hmm, the fact that it attempts to reinstall packages, coupled with the fact that it's not renaming postinstall scripts properly, makes me wonder whether your Cygwin directory tree is writable by the user that performs the install. This would also be consistent with the "Cannot open c:\cygwin\var\log\setup.log for writing" message that others reported. Igor
I was logged as a user under the administrator's group when I did the install.
I've gotten hold of the WinXP SP2 Machine now, on line! I'll uninstall everything and try to reproduce the error once more.
I'll run ps and cygcheck at the point where it stalls and provide as much detail as possible.
Thanks!
Best Regards,
Carlo -- Carlo Florendo Astra Philippines Inc. www.astra.ph
