On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 05:48:31PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >On 10/4/2013 4:39 PM, Sean McKell wrote: >> Hi, >> Running 'setup-x86_64.exe' in Win7, the 'Available Download Sites' list is >> empty. How do I get that to be filled in? >> I don't use a proxy. >> I've also tried putting in a mirror site from your website >> 'ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/', but it fails with 'Unable to >> get setup.ini'. >> thanks for any help > >WFFM. If you're still having problems, see if you can get to the page >below. It's what "setup*.exe" references to find mirrors. > ><http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html> > >It's a link that's available on the Cygwin site main page. If that works >through the broswer, check your browser settings to see how it is set up >to access the Internet. You'll want to replicate that configuration for >"setup*.exe". If you can't get there through the browser or other tools, >you may just be blocked on your end (locally or somewhere along the path). >"tracert cygwin.com" may help find the problem spot.
Just in the interests of accuracy: That isn't what setup.exe references. It references http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst . But, Larry is right. If you can access either of these then setup.exe shouldn't have a problem. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple