Thank you for your help. I found that using the "Use IE5 Settings" connection mode works. Performing a packet trace shows that this mode adds a bit more text in the HTTP transactions:
GET /cygwin/mirrors.lst HTTP/1.1\r\n If-Modified-Since: <deleted>\r\n If-None-Match: <deleted>\r\n User-Agent: Cygwin Setup\r\n Host: sources.redhat.com\r\n Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n \r\n
My question would be why offer "Direct Connection" if it is not going to work?
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Soh Kok Hong wrote:
Hi,
I seem to be having problem with running setup.exe because it says "Can't get the list of download sites.". This is what I've found so far:
1. I can use my mozilla browser to access http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
2. Performed a packet trace on setup.exe and found the following HTTP transaction by setup.exe:
GET /cygwin/mirrors.lst HTTP/1.0\r\n Host: sources.redhat.com\r\n \r\n
and remote site reset the TCP link.
3. I ran "telnet sources.redhat.com 80" and executed the above instructions and it failed as expected
4. I then tried the telnet again with the following instructions:
GET /cygwin/mirrors.lst HTTP/1.0\r\n Host: sources.redhat.com\r\n User-Agent: cygwin \r\n
And it works!
P.S. I do not use a web proxy and I don't think my ISP uses a
transparent proxy.
Make sure you didn't install and run any firewall software. Also, try the "Use IE5 Settings" connection mode in setup.
I suggest that the setup.exe program be fixed so that the download can work.
Feel free to check out the sources (for instructions see
<http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html>) and send in a patch.
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC>.
Igor
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