Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-02 Thread Max Bowsher
Martin Magnusson wrote: Max Bowsher wrote: Does it hang in the middle of installing a package, or between packages? It varies. Now I have actually managed to install the basic Cygwin packages (everything set to default, no compilers or anything). It worked on the second attempt. But I'm

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Colin Harrison
Hi, I'm getting the same sort of problems:- compress+bz::error calls + blank chooser lines and various hangs. I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use. Colin -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Max Bowsher
Martin Magnusson wrote: I have used Cygwin for a few months now. I'm trying to reinstall it with a couple of extra packages, but I've run into serious trouble. Downloading seems to work fine, but while installing setup just hangs, randomly (with no error message). When looking at setup.log I

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Max Bowsher
Colin Harrison wrote: Hi, I'm getting the same sort of problems:- compress+bz::error calls + blank chooser lines and various hangs. I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use. You might like to consider that many *many* people use Cygwin and don't have these problems. In fact, I'd

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Martin Magnusson
Max Bowsher wrote: Please describe exactly where setup hangs. It happens after download, during install. But it hangs at different files each time. Somtimes it hangs at 4%, sometimes at 29% etc. Does it hang if you download only first, and then re-run setup, choosing install from local

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Pavel Tsekov
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Martin Magnusson wrote: Max Bowsher wrote: Please describe exactly where setup hangs. It happens after download, during install. But it hangs at different files each time. Somtimes it hangs at 4%, sometimes at 29% etc. Does it hang if you download only first, and

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread L Anderson
Pavel Tsekov wrote: On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Martin Magnusson wrote: Max Bowsher wrote: Please describe exactly where setup hangs. It happens after download, during install. But it hangs at different files each time. Somtimes it hangs at 4%, sometimes at 29% etc. Does it hang if you

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Martin Magnusson
Pavel Tsekov wrote: Now this is a hell of a bugreport... Would you care to be more specific ? What choices do you make on the various pages of the setup wizard. * First, either Install from Internet or Install from Local Directory. * Then I specify the root directory (same as I used to have when

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Max Bowsher
Martin Magnusson wrote: * First, either Install from Internet or Install from Local Directory. * Then I specify the root directory (same as I used to have when it worked), Install For All Users, Default Text File Type: Unix. * At Select You Internet Connection I choose Direct Connection. I

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 02:05:37PM +, Colin Harrison wrote: I'm getting the same sort of problems:- compress+bz::error calls + blank chooser lines and various hangs. I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use. Phew. That's a relief. With this attitude, I can only imagine the scenario

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Elfyn McBratney
I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use. Phew. That's a relief. With this attitude, I can only imagine the scenario when it was time to set up ssh or change the prompt in bash. B... cgf LOL!!! I can't believe I've been using alpha's for all this time with knowone telling me

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Randall R Schulz
Oh, Chris, Face it. The whole concept of software is pre-alpha and definitely not for the faint of heart. But just imagine the songs and epic poems that will be written to honor us, the brave pioneers of these first, archaic, nay even dangerous computers. Will anybody remember the cowards who

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Martin Magnusson
Max Bowsher wrote: Does it hang in the middle of installing a package, or between packages? It varies. Now I have actually managed to install the basic Cygwin packages (everything set to default, no compilers or anything). It worked on the second attempt. But I'm still struggling, trying to

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread David A. Case
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote: I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use. This is probably why most experienced users recommend using one of the beta releases, in particular b19. There are no problems using setup.exe in that version (such as not being able to resize the

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Max Bowsher
David A. Case wrote: On Sat, Feb 01, 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote: I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use. This is probably why most experienced users recommend using one of the beta releases, in particular b19. There are no problems using setup.exe in that version (such as not

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Elfyn McBratney
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote: I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use. ^^^[*] This is probably why most experienced users recommend using one of the beta releases, in particular b19. There are no problems using

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 02:00:35PM -0800, David A. Case wrote: On Sat, Feb 01, 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote: I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use. This is probably why most experienced users recommend using one of the beta releases, in particular b19. There are no problems using

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Dockeen
This is probably why most experienced users recommend using one of the beta releases, in particular b19. There are no problems using setup.exe in that version (such as not being able to resize the window...) As someone who goes back to the Bx days (maybe I should call that the Bs days), I think

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Randall R Schulz
Wayne, Now, now. It's true Cygwin has improved immensely in the past six years or so, but it was useful even back then. I started using it in 1997 (beginning about a week after I first had to use Windows for development) and it was indispensable, even if not entirely mature. I tried MKS, but

RE: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Oh, Chris, Face it. The whole concept of software is pre-alpha and definitely not for the faint of heart. But just imagine the songs and epic poems that will be written to honor us, the brave pioneers of these first, archaic, nay even dangerous computers. Will anybody remember the cowards

Re: Setup hangs repetedly

2003-02-01 Thread Doug Wyatt
FWIW, some time ago I thought that setup was hanging regularly while doing 'Install from a local directory' when the directory was on a network share. Then on one occasion I started one such install and got sidetracked for about 5 hrs. When I returned to check on this install I found that it