RE: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10
Hi David, Can you please check at your end on the below issue. Thanks Pramod -Original Message- From: Brian Inglis [mailto:brian.ing...@systematicsw.ab.ca] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 11:52 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Chevva,Pramod Kumar ; Deval,Ananth Nag Subject: [External] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 To reset all Cygwin Setup program settings rm /etc/setup/setup.rc or delete the file from the equivalent path relative to your Cygwin root directory under Windows. Please get your own IT team to diagnose why the Cygwin Setup program is not or is no longer working on your system, when it worked two days earlier, and works on thousands of others without issues. Your own IT team most likely have added blocks to prevent it running, contacting the Cygwin site, or your local mirror. Cygwin is maintained and supported totally by a global network of volunteers in their spare time, and is only available via email here to accommodate that. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] On 2020-10-15 11:57, Chevva,Pramod Kumar via Cygwin wrote: > Please join the call from the below meeting link to discuss on this issue. > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__teams.microsoft.c > om_l_meetup-2Djoin_19-253ameeting-5FMGM4MDNjNDYtN2Q0Ni00MDcxLWFmNWMtOW > Q1ZmNkMWM4M2Vl-2540thread.v2_0-3Fcontext-3D-257b-2522Tid-2522-253a-252 > 2d3a74ac8-2Defe4-2D4fe8-2Db707-2Db1bf8c6a25bd-2522-252c-2522Oid-2522-2 > 53a-2522fb3e46e2-2D56bd-2D474e-2Db8a0-2D95044bf99197-2522-257d=DwICa > Q=MrQrGL4Bt1iC3sN_evS3dQ=8W125fbX-rSGJE_x2u_ToQkE5WeLjSf9l_q-6CNjJ > 1Q=OSmxjdaYT0tRvemORQdEjQ3WvLXMJg7k8QO_HjI1xlo=A8vPs2RtfqNgpvC_Bgq > 8II2rSuThllbnn-MZZmXFW-w= > > > Thanks > Pramod > > -Original Message- > From: Chevva,Pramod Kumar > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:39 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Cc: Deval,Ananth Nag > Subject: RE: [External] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 > > I don't have access to the AV logs but the application is working fine > two days before > > -Original Message- > From: Marco Atzeri [mailto:marco.atz...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:02 PM > To: Chevva,Pramod Kumar ; > cygwin@cygwin.com > Cc: Deval,Ananth Nag > Subject: [External] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 > > On 15.10.2020 18:47, Chevva,Pramod Kumar via Cygwin wrote: >> Hi Team, >> >> Cygwin installation fails in windows 10 after we ran the setup-x86_64.exe >> and unable to see the installation window. >> >> Please advise. >> >> Thanks >> Pramod > > > Have you checked your Antivirus logs or settings ? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10
To reset all Cygwin Setup program settings rm /etc/setup/setup.rc or delete the file from the equivalent path relative to your Cygwin root directory under Windows. Please get your own IT team to diagnose why the Cygwin Setup program is not or is no longer working on your system, when it worked two days earlier, and works on thousands of others without issues. Your own IT team most likely have added blocks to prevent it running, contacting the Cygwin site, or your local mirror. Cygwin is maintained and supported totally by a global network of volunteers in their spare time, and is only available via email here to accommodate that. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] On 2020-10-15 11:57, Chevva,Pramod Kumar via Cygwin wrote: > Please join the call from the below meeting link to discuss on this issue. > > https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MGM4MDNjNDYtN2Q0Ni00MDcxLWFmNWMtOWQ1ZmNkMWM4M2Vl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22d3a74ac8-efe4-4fe8-b707-b1bf8c6a25bd%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fb3e46e2-56bd-474e-b8a0-95044bf99197%22%7d > > > Thanks > Pramod > > -Original Message- > From: Chevva,Pramod Kumar > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:39 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Cc: Deval,Ananth Nag > Subject: RE: [External] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 > > I don't have access to the AV logs but the application is working fine two > days before > > -Original Message- > From: Marco Atzeri [mailto:marco.atz...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:02 PM > To: Chevva,Pramod Kumar ; cygwin@cygwin.com > Cc: Deval,Ananth Nag > Subject: [External] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 > > On 15.10.2020 18:47, Chevva,Pramod Kumar via Cygwin wrote: >> Hi Team, >> >> Cygwin installation fails in windows 10 after we ran the setup-x86_64.exe >> and unable to see the installation window. >> >> Please advise. >> >> Thanks >> Pramod > > > Have you checked your Antivirus logs or settings ? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
RE: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10
Please join the call from the below meeting link to discuss on this issue. https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MGM4MDNjNDYtN2Q0Ni00MDcxLWFmNWMtOWQ1ZmNkMWM4M2Vl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22d3a74ac8-efe4-4fe8-b707-b1bf8c6a25bd%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fb3e46e2-56bd-474e-b8a0-95044bf99197%22%7d Thanks Pramod -Original Message- From: Chevva,Pramod Kumar Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:39 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Deval,Ananth Nag Subject: RE: [External] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 I don't have access to the AV logs but the application is working fine two days before -Original Message- From: Marco Atzeri [mailto:marco.atz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:02 PM To: Chevva,Pramod Kumar ; cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Deval,Ananth Nag Subject: [External] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 On 15.10.2020 18:47, Chevva,Pramod Kumar via Cygwin wrote: > Hi Team, > > Cygwin installation fails in windows 10 after we ran the setup-x86_64.exe and > unable to see the installation window. > > Please advise. > > Thanks > Pramod Have you checked your Antivirus logs or settings ? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
RE: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10
I don't have access to the AV logs but the application is working fine two days before -Original Message- From: Marco Atzeri [mailto:marco.atz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:02 PM To: Chevva,Pramod Kumar ; cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Deval,Ananth Nag Subject: [External] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 On 15.10.2020 18:47, Chevva,Pramod Kumar via Cygwin wrote: > Hi Team, > > Cygwin installation fails in windows 10 after we ran the setup-x86_64.exe and > unable to see the installation window. > > Please advise. > > Thanks > Pramod Have you checked your Antivirus logs or settings ? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10
On 15.10.2020 18:47, Chevva,Pramod Kumar via Cygwin wrote: Hi Team, Cygwin installation fails in windows 10 after we ran the setup-x86_64.exe and unable to see the installation window. Please advise. Thanks Pramod Have you checked your Antivirus logs or settings ? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
Cygwin installer annoys virus checkers which never used to care. White list setup.exe before casting blame Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active, an AT 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Arkady <lary...@gmail.com> Date: 12/20/17 7:37 AM (GMT-05:00) To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode I have little doubt that here is a bug in the Cygwin installer. I reproduce the problem consistently. I use the following command 10 times setup-x86.exe -q -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com The setup fails one time of three in my Win10 64 bits setup. On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Arkady <lary...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> wrote: >> Arkady writes: >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v >>> >>> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to >>> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped >>> working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." >> >> That is usually caused by BLODA that recognizes an application that >> tries to elevate itself while run from some script. The solution may be >> as simple as to remove the ADS annotation that says "this executable was >> downloaded from the dangerous internet" or you may have to explicitly > > Thank you, Achim, > > I am running in the Administrator console - there is "Administrator: > Command Prompt" at the top > of the windows. I am pulling the file from Internet using a power shell > script. > According to dir /R there is only one data stream for the file > >> except setup.exe someplace. Other potential solutions are to start the >> CMD or script with administrative privileges so setup doesn't need to >> elevate itslef or use a program like runas that can start setup directly >> with elevated privileges. Which of these is most appropriate to your >> environment is something you'll have to find out yourself. >> >> >> Regards, >> Achim. >> -- >> +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ >> >> SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: >> http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada >> >> -- >> 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 >> -- 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 -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
On 20/12/2017 12:43, Arkady wrote: I can upload VirtualBox VM which demonstrates the problem - this is 14GB image for VirtualBox 5.1.30 Please don't. In any case, you might wish to consult the license you have for Windows to see if you are permitted to do this... On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Arkadywrote: Another clue - flags -d -n -N probably solve the problem or make the problem very rare On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Arkady wrote: I have little doubt that here is a bug in the Cygwin installer. I reproduce the problem consistently. I use the following command 10 times setup-x86.exe -q -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com The setup fails one time of three in my Win10 64 bits setup. Wait what? are you using setup-x86.exe? or setup-x86_64.exe? I have run this command many times, but I can't reproduce this problem. Despite more than 10 emails from you on this subject, you still haven't mentioned what version of setup you are using. You might like to try installing the cygwin upx and gdb packages, and then (assuming you are using setup 2.883): upx -d setup-x86-64.exe wget https://cygwin.com/setup/setup-2.883.x86_64.dbg mv setup-2.883.x86_64.dbg setup.dbg and then, in an elevated shell: gdb --args setup-x86-64.exe -q -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com at the '(gdb)' prompt (gdb) r when your error occurs: (gdb) bt -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
I can upload VirtualBox VM which demonstrates the problem - this is 14GB image for VirtualBox 5.1.30 On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Arkadywrote: > Another clue - flags -d -n -N probably solve the problem or make the > problem very rare > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Arkady wrote: >> I have little doubt that here is a bug in the Cygwin installer. I >> reproduce the problem >> consistently. I use the following command 10 times >> setup-x86.exe -q -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com >> The setup fails one time of three in my Win10 64 bits setup. >> >> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Arkady wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: Arkady writes: > setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v > > The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to > Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped > working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." That is usually caused by BLODA that recognizes an application that tries to elevate itself while run from some script. The solution may be as simple as to remove the ADS annotation that says "this executable was downloaded from the dangerous internet" or you may have to explicitly >>> >>> Thank you, Achim, >>> >>> I am running in the Administrator console - there is "Administrator: >>> Command Prompt" at the top >>> of the windows. I am pulling the file from Internet using a power shell >>> script. >>> According to dir /R there is only one data stream for the file >>> except setup.exe someplace. Other potential solutions are to start the CMD or script with administrative privileges so setup doesn't need to elevate itslef or use a program like runas that can start setup directly with elevated privileges. Which of these is most appropriate to your environment is something you'll have to find out yourself. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- 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 -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
Another clue - flags -d -n -N probably solve the problem or make the problem very rare On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Arkadywrote: > I have little doubt that here is a bug in the Cygwin installer. I > reproduce the problem > consistently. I use the following command 10 times > setup-x86.exe -q -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com > The setup fails one time of three in my Win10 64 bits setup. > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Arkady wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: >>> Arkady writes: setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." >>> >>> That is usually caused by BLODA that recognizes an application that >>> tries to elevate itself while run from some script. The solution may be >>> as simple as to remove the ADS annotation that says "this executable was >>> downloaded from the dangerous internet" or you may have to explicitly >> >> Thank you, Achim, >> >> I am running in the Administrator console - there is "Administrator: >> Command Prompt" at the top >> of the windows. I am pulling the file from Internet using a power shell >> script. >> According to dir /R there is only one data stream for the file >> >>> except setup.exe someplace. Other potential solutions are to start the >>> CMD or script with administrative privileges so setup doesn't need to >>> elevate itslef or use a program like runas that can start setup directly >>> with elevated privileges. Which of these is most appropriate to your >>> environment is something you'll have to find out yourself. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Achim. >>> -- >>> +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ >>> >>> SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: >>> http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
I have little doubt that here is a bug in the Cygwin installer. I reproduce the problem consistently. I use the following command 10 times setup-x86.exe -q -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com The setup fails one time of three in my Win10 64 bits setup. On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Arkadywrote: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: >> Arkady writes: >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v >>> >>> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to >>> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped >>> working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." >> >> That is usually caused by BLODA that recognizes an application that >> tries to elevate itself while run from some script. The solution may be >> as simple as to remove the ADS annotation that says "this executable was >> downloaded from the dangerous internet" or you may have to explicitly > > Thank you, Achim, > > I am running in the Administrator console - there is "Administrator: > Command Prompt" at the top > of the windows. I am pulling the file from Internet using a power shell > script. > According to dir /R there is only one data stream for the file > >> except setup.exe someplace. Other potential solutions are to start the >> CMD or script with administrative privileges so setup doesn't need to >> elevate itslef or use a program like runas that can start setup directly >> with elevated privileges. Which of these is most appropriate to your >> environment is something you'll have to find out yourself. >> >> >> Regards, >> Achim. >> -- >> +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ >> >> SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: >> http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada >> >> -- >> 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 >> -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Achim Gratzwrote: > Arkady writes: >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v >> >> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to >> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped >> working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." > > That is usually caused by BLODA that recognizes an application that > tries to elevate itself while run from some script. The solution may be > as simple as to remove the ADS annotation that says "this executable was > downloaded from the dangerous internet" or you may have to explicitly Thank you, Achim, I am running in the Administrator console - there is "Administrator: Command Prompt" at the top of the windows. I am pulling the file from Internet using a power shell script. According to dir /R there is only one data stream for the file > except setup.exe someplace. Other potential solutions are to start the > CMD or script with administrative privileges so setup doesn't need to > elevate itslef or use a program like runas that can start setup directly > with elevated privileges. Which of these is most appropriate to your > environment is something you'll have to find out yourself. > > > Regards, > Achim. > -- > +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ > > SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: > http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada > > -- > 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 > -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
Arkady writes: > Another update: the quite mode sometimes succeeds. I estimate that the > success rate is 30%. It rarely succeeds very first time. > > The problem is definitely not new. See, for example, > https://github.com/boxcutter/windows/blob/master/floppy/cygwin.bat#L50 > The batch start with rather encouraging "Force CYGWIN_ARCH to 32-bit - > 64-bit seems to crash a lot" This is long outdated nonsense just like many of the options they use in the CYGWIN environment variable (that are also missing a space, so they wouldn't have worked on an old enough Cygwin either. BTW, you shouldn't download setup-x86_64 and then store it as setup-x86 in CYGWIN.PS1. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
Arkady writes: > setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v > > The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to > Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped > working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." That is usually caused by BLODA that recognizes an application that tries to elevate itself while run from some script. The solution may be as simple as to remove the ADS annotation that says "this executable was downloaded from the dangerous internet" or you may have to explicitly except setup.exe someplace. Other potential solutions are to start the CMD or script with administrative privileges so setup doesn't need to elevate itslef or use a program like runas that can start setup directly with elevated privileges. Which of these is most appropriate to your environment is something you'll have to find out yourself. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quiet-mode
On 2017-12-19 01:37, Arkady wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Arkady wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Arkady wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Arkady wrote: I am trying to do: setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." I tried setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B and setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B -R C:\Windows\Temp The same result - the setup fails The interactive GUI installation works fine. The quiet mode fails to install/update Cygwin on the machine where it is already installed. What am I missing? Thanks. >>> I tried again on the clean Windows VM >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s >>> http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com >>> After that I tried >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s >>> http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com -p wget,screen >>> Both worked. Looks like my bad >> Reproduced again with Autounattend.xml >> My goal is to prepare a Windows machine with Cygwin installed. I am >> trying to script the process. >> I have the following section the Autounattend.xml file >> >> cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\Temp\setup-x86.exe -q >> -R C:\cygwin -l C:\Windows\Temp --packages "wget,zip,screen" -s >> http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com >> Install Cygwin >> 99 >> true >> >> The whole file is >> https://github.com/larytet/auto-win/blob/master/autounattend/packer-floppy-win10/Autounattend.xml >> The installation fails with the same >> "setup-x86.exe has stopped working". >> I do not see output, but I bet that this is the same >> "Changing gid to Administrators" problem.>> I suspect that this is something >> related to running as an >> Administrator or System. >> I will greatly appreciate any tip. > Another update: the quite mode sometimes succeeds. I estimate that the > success rate is 30%. It rarely succeeds very first time. > The problem is definitely not new. See, for example, > https://github.com/boxcutter/windows/blob/master/floppy/cygwin.bat#L50 > The batch start with rather encouraging > "Force CYGWIN_ARCH to 32-bit - 64-bit seems to crash a lot" If you complete the quote with the later comment suffix "... on Windows 2008 and 2012" that may have been true on server installs five or ten years ago, almost half Cygwin's history, but Cygwin 64 bit has come a long way in that time, as has Windows 64 itself, Cygwin Windows server support, and the Cygwin 64 bit packages supported. Many of us with 64 bit machines and OSes have been running Cygwin 64 bit since the Cygwin packages we needed became available on Cygwin 64 bit. Nowadays, you should install the Cygwin arch matching your OS, and Cygwin 64 bit is recommended if you need to install a lot of packages with DLLs, e.g. X Window System, especially if you want to run full Gnome or KDE desktops, with many apps and many dependencies on library packages. > Indeed 32 bits installer sometimes works. Cygwin 32 bit and setup-x86 will not work on Windows 64 bit server (2008R2 and newer) that no longer have 32 bit WoW subsystem support. You may be unable to set up to run a lot of apps with many dependencies on libraries in the available address space. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
For the sake of other desperate developers searching for a solution after 14 hours of work This line works (most of the time?): C:\Users\user\Downloads\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -s http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin -P "wget,screen,cat" -a x86 -v -B -d -n -N On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Arkadywrote: > This is the full log > C:\Users\user\Downloads>C:\Users\user\Downloads\setup-x86.exe -q -R > C:\cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -P "wget,screen,cat" -a > x86 -v > > C:\Users\user\Downloads>note: Hand installation over to elevated child > process. > Starting cygwin install, version 2.883 > User has backup/restore rights > Current Directory: C:\Users\user\Downloads > Could not open service McShield for query, start and stop. McAfee may > not be installed, or we don't have access. > root: C:\cygwin system > Selected local directory: C:\Users\user\Downloads > net: IE5 > Loaded cached mirror list > Request for URL http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst satisfied from cache > Fetched URL: http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst > site: http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/ > Request for URL http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/x86/setup.xz.sig > satisfied from cache > Fetched URL: http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/x86/setup.xz.sig > Request for URL http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/x86/setup.xz > satisfied from cache > Fetched URL: http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/x86/setup.xz > compress_xz::bid_xz: success: 48 > compress_xz::bid_xz: success: 48 > INSTALLED.DB version 3 > package gdb comparing versions 7.11.1-2 and 7.12.1-1, result was -1 > package gdb comparing versions 7.12.1-2 and 7.12.1-1, result was 1 > package gdb-debuginfo comparing versions 7.11.1-2 and 7.12.1-1, result was -1 > package gdb-debuginfo comparing versions 7.12.1-2 and 7.12.1-1, result was 1 > package xorg-server comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result was 1 > package xorg-server-common comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, > result was 1 > package xorg-server-debuginfo comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and > 1.19.3-1, result was 1 > package xorg-server-devel comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result > was 1 > package xorg-server-dmx comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result was 1 > package xorg-server-extra comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result > was 1 > package xwinclip comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result was 1 > .ini setup_version is 2.883, our setup_version is 2.883 > Added manual package screen > Added manual package wget > Changing gid back to original > Visited: 87 nodes out of 10233 while creating dependency order. > Dependency order of packages: base-cygwin cygwin dash _autorebase > libiconv2 libintl8 alternatives libattr1 libgcc1 libgmp10 tzdata > libstdc++6 terminfo libncursesw10 libreadline7 tzcode coreutils bash > findutils sed base-files libbz2_1 bzip2 libffi6 libp11-kit0 libtasn1_6 > p11-kit p11-kit-trust ca-certificates libpopt-common libpopt0 cygutils > libsigsegv2 diffutils editrights zlib0 file libmpfr4 gawk libargp > getent libpcre1 grep groff gzip hostname info ipc-utils less libuuid1 > libblkid1 libcrypt0 libdb5.3 libgdbm4 libnettle4 libhogweed2 > libgnutls28 libnettle6 libhogweed4 libunistring2 libidn2_0 libgnutls30 > libiconv liblzma5 libopenssl100 libpipeline1 publicsuffix-list-dafsa > libpsl5 libsmartcols1 libssp0 login util-linux man-db mintty ncurses > openssl perl_autorebase perl_base perl rebase run screen xz tar > vim-minimal wget which > running: C:\cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" > Updating package information in /var/cache/rebase/rebase_pkg. > Updating rebase information for installed dynamic objects in > /var/cache/rebase/rebase_lst. > Updating rebase information for installed executables in > /var/cache/rebase/rebase_exe. > removing /var/cache/rebase/rebase_dyn > creating empty /var/cache/rebase/rebase_dyn > Updating rebase information for user-defined dynamic objects > /var/cache/rebase/rebase_user. > Updating rebase information for user-defined executables > /var/cache/rebase/rebase_user_exe. > Rebasing with list /var/cache/rebase/rebase_all, built from > /var/cache/rebase/rebase_lst /var/cache/rebase/rebase_dyn > /var/cache/rebase/rebase_user. > > running: C:\cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_update-info-dir.dash" > running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile > "/etc/postinstall/zp_man-db.sh" > Changing gid to Administrators > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Arkady wrote: >> Another update: the quite mode sometimes succeeds. I estimate that the >> success rate is 30%. It rarely succeeds very first time. >> >> The problem is definitely not new. See, for example, >> https://github.com/boxcutter/windows/blob/master/floppy/cygwin.bat#L50 >> The batch start with rather encouraging "Force CYGWIN_ARCH to 32-bit - >> 64-bit seems to crash a lot" >> Indeed 32 bits installer sometimes works. >> >> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Arkady wrote: >>>
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
This is the full log C:\Users\user\Downloads>C:\Users\user\Downloads\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -P "wget,screen,cat" -a x86 -v C:\Users\user\Downloads>note: Hand installation over to elevated child process. Starting cygwin install, version 2.883 User has backup/restore rights Current Directory: C:\Users\user\Downloads Could not open service McShield for query, start and stop. McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access. root: C:\cygwin system Selected local directory: C:\Users\user\Downloads net: IE5 Loaded cached mirror list Request for URL http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst satisfied from cache Fetched URL: http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst site: http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/ Request for URL http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/x86/setup.xz.sig satisfied from cache Fetched URL: http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/x86/setup.xz.sig Request for URL http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/x86/setup.xz satisfied from cache Fetched URL: http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/x86/setup.xz compress_xz::bid_xz: success: 48 compress_xz::bid_xz: success: 48 INSTALLED.DB version 3 package gdb comparing versions 7.11.1-2 and 7.12.1-1, result was -1 package gdb comparing versions 7.12.1-2 and 7.12.1-1, result was 1 package gdb-debuginfo comparing versions 7.11.1-2 and 7.12.1-1, result was -1 package gdb-debuginfo comparing versions 7.12.1-2 and 7.12.1-1, result was 1 package xorg-server comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result was 1 package xorg-server-common comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result was 1 package xorg-server-debuginfo comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result was 1 package xorg-server-devel comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result was 1 package xorg-server-dmx comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result was 1 package xorg-server-extra comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result was 1 package xwinclip comparing versions 1.19.3-2 and 1.19.3-1, result was 1 .ini setup_version is 2.883, our setup_version is 2.883 Added manual package screen Added manual package wget Changing gid back to original Visited: 87 nodes out of 10233 while creating dependency order. Dependency order of packages: base-cygwin cygwin dash _autorebase libiconv2 libintl8 alternatives libattr1 libgcc1 libgmp10 tzdata libstdc++6 terminfo libncursesw10 libreadline7 tzcode coreutils bash findutils sed base-files libbz2_1 bzip2 libffi6 libp11-kit0 libtasn1_6 p11-kit p11-kit-trust ca-certificates libpopt-common libpopt0 cygutils libsigsegv2 diffutils editrights zlib0 file libmpfr4 gawk libargp getent libpcre1 grep groff gzip hostname info ipc-utils less libuuid1 libblkid1 libcrypt0 libdb5.3 libgdbm4 libnettle4 libhogweed2 libgnutls28 libnettle6 libhogweed4 libunistring2 libidn2_0 libgnutls30 libiconv liblzma5 libopenssl100 libpipeline1 publicsuffix-list-dafsa libpsl5 libsmartcols1 libssp0 login util-linux man-db mintty ncurses openssl perl_autorebase perl_base perl rebase run screen xz tar vim-minimal wget which running: C:\cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" Updating package information in /var/cache/rebase/rebase_pkg. Updating rebase information for installed dynamic objects in /var/cache/rebase/rebase_lst. Updating rebase information for installed executables in /var/cache/rebase/rebase_exe. removing /var/cache/rebase/rebase_dyn creating empty /var/cache/rebase/rebase_dyn Updating rebase information for user-defined dynamic objects /var/cache/rebase/rebase_user. Updating rebase information for user-defined executables /var/cache/rebase/rebase_user_exe. Rebasing with list /var/cache/rebase/rebase_all, built from /var/cache/rebase/rebase_lst /var/cache/rebase/rebase_dyn /var/cache/rebase/rebase_user. running: C:\cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_update-info-dir.dash" running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_man-db.sh" Changing gid to Administrators On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Arkadywrote: > Another update: the quite mode sometimes succeeds. I estimate that the > success rate is 30%. It rarely succeeds very first time. > > The problem is definitely not new. See, for example, > https://github.com/boxcutter/windows/blob/master/floppy/cygwin.bat#L50 > The batch start with rather encouraging "Force CYGWIN_ARCH to 32-bit - > 64-bit seems to crash a lot" > Indeed 32 bits installer sometimes works. > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Arkady wrote: >> Reproduced again with Autounattend.xml >> My goal is to prepare a Windows machine with Cygwin installed. I am >> trying to script the process. >> >> I have the following section the Autounattend.xml file >> >> >> cmd.exe /c >> C:\Windows\Temp\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -l C:\Windows\Temp >> --packages "wget,zip,screen" -s >> http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com >> Install Cygwin >> 99 >> true >> >> >> >>
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
Another update: the quite mode sometimes succeeds. I estimate that the success rate is 30%. It rarely succeeds very first time. The problem is definitely not new. See, for example, https://github.com/boxcutter/windows/blob/master/floppy/cygwin.bat#L50 The batch start with rather encouraging "Force CYGWIN_ARCH to 32-bit - 64-bit seems to crash a lot" Indeed 32 bits installer sometimes works. On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Arkadywrote: > Reproduced again with Autounattend.xml > My goal is to prepare a Windows machine with Cygwin installed. I am > trying to script the process. > > I have the following section the Autounattend.xml file > > > cmd.exe /c > C:\Windows\Temp\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -l C:\Windows\Temp > --packages "wget,zip,screen" -s > http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com > Install Cygwin > 99 > true > > > > The whole file is > https://github.com/larytet/auto-win/blob/master/autounattend/packer-floppy-win10/Autounattend.xml > > The installation fails with the same "setu-x86.exe has stopped > working". I do not see output, but I bet that this is the same > "Changing gid to > Administrators" problem. > I suspect that this is something related to running as an > Administrator or System. > > I will greatly appreciate any tip. > > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Arkady wrote: >> I tried again on the clean Windows VM >> >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s >> http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com >> >> After that I tried >> >> >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s >> http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com -p wget,screen >> >> Both worked. Looks like my bad >> >> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Arkady wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am trying to do: >>> >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v >>> >>> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to >>> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped >>> working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." >>> >>> I tried >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B >>> and >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B -R C:\Windows\Temp >>> >>> The same result - the setup fails >>> The interactive GUI installation works fine. >>> The quite mode fails to install/update Cygwin on the machin where it >>> is already installed. >>> >>> >>> What am I missing? >>> >>> Thanks. -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
On 2017-12-18 11:50, Arkady wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Arkady wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Arkady wrote: >>> I am trying to do: >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v >>> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to >>> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped >>> working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." >>> I tried >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B >>> and >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B -R C:\Windows\Temp >>> The same result - the setup fails >>> The interactive GUI installation works fine. >>> The quite mode fails to install/update Cygwin on the machin where it >>> is already installed. >>> What am I missing?> Reproduced again with Autounattend.xml >> I tried again on the clean Windows VM >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s >> http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com >> After that I tried >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s >> http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com -p wget,screen >> Both worked. Looks like my bad > My goal is to prepare a Windows machine with Cygwin installed. I am > trying to script the process. > I have the following section the Autounattend.xml file > > cmd.exe /c > C:\Windows\Temp\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -l C:\Windows\Temp > --packages "wget,zip,screen" -s > http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com > Install Cygwin > 99 > true > > The whole file is > https://github.com/larytet/auto-win/blob/master/autounattend/packer-floppy-win10/Autounattend.xml > The installation fails with the same "setu-x86.exe has stopped > working". I do not see output, but I bet that this is the same > "Changing gid to > Administrators" problem. > I suspect that this is something related to running as an > Administrator or System. > I will greatly appreciate any tip. Suggest the first step in your process should be to download https://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe as you will get warnings if setup .exe and .ini versions mismatch (setup just changed again). Use -B to install for current user only, or run under admin account and use -W to wait for elevated child, You could add -v to get more info in ROOT/var/log/setup.log (appended summaries) and .../setup.log.full (last run details). You might want to add -g to be able to rerun and keep versions in old installs upgraded in sync with new installs, as Cygwin does rolling releases and supports only current releases; you might also need this for initial installs to get base packages: it's been a long time since I tried any initial installs. You should not need to run cmd unless you want to run a bat[ch] or c[om]m[an]d script. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
Reproduced again with Autounattend.xml My goal is to prepare a Windows machine with Cygwin installed. I am trying to script the process. I have the following section the Autounattend.xml file cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\Temp\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -l C:\Windows\Temp --packages "wget,zip,screen" -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com Install Cygwin 99 true The whole file is https://github.com/larytet/auto-win/blob/master/autounattend/packer-floppy-win10/Autounattend.xml The installation fails with the same "setu-x86.exe has stopped working". I do not see output, but I bet that this is the same "Changing gid to Administrators" problem. I suspect that this is something related to running as an Administrator or System. I will greatly appreciate any tip. On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Arkadywrote: > I tried again on the clean Windows VM > > setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s > http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com > > After that I tried > > > setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s > http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com -p wget,screen > > Both worked. Looks like my bad > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Arkady wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to do: >> >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v >> >> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to >> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped >> working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." >> >> I tried >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B >> and >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B -R C:\Windows\Temp >> >> The same result - the setup fails >> The interactive GUI installation works fine. >> The quite mode fails to install/update Cygwin on the machin where it >> is already installed. >> >> >> What am I missing? >> >> Thanks. -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
Ok, I have figured it out setup-x86_64.exe -p "wget,screen" -q -R C:\cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Arkadywrote: > The following command on a clean Windows 10 virtual machine > setup-x86_64.exe -p wget,screen -q -R C:\cygwin -s > http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com > completes fine, sets the icon on the desktop. > When I open the cygwin terminal and try commands wget or screen I am > getting "command not found" > Indeed folder C:\cygwin does not contain wget and screen utilities. > Apparently I am still missing something about the usage of quiet mode > > > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Arkady wrote: >> I tried again on the clean Windows VM >> >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s >> http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com >> >> After that I tried >> >> >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s >> http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com -p wget,screen >> >> Both worked. Looks like my bad >> >> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Arkady wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am trying to do: >>> >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v >>> >>> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to >>> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped >>> working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." >>> >>> I tried >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B >>> and >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B -R C:\Windows\Temp >>> >>> The same result - the setup fails >>> The interactive GUI installation works fine. >>> The quite mode fails to install/update Cygwin on the machin where it >>> is already installed. >>> >>> >>> What am I missing? >>> >>> Thanks. -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
The following command on a clean Windows 10 virtual machine setup-x86_64.exe -p wget,screen -q -R C:\cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com completes fine, sets the icon on the desktop. When I open the cygwin terminal and try commands wget or screen I am getting "command not found" Indeed folder C:\cygwin does not contain wget and screen utilities. Apparently I am still missing something about the usage of quiet mode On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Arkadywrote: > I tried again on the clean Windows VM > > setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s > http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com > > After that I tried > > > setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s > http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com -p wget,screen > > Both worked. Looks like my bad > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Arkady wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to do: >> >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v >> >> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to >> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped >> working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." >> >> I tried >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B >> and >> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B -R C:\Windows\Temp >> >> The same result - the setup fails >> The interactive GUI installation works fine. >> The quite mode fails to install/update Cygwin on the machin where it >> is already installed. >> >> >> What am I missing? >> >> Thanks. -- 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
Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
I tried again on the clean Windows VM setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com After that I tried setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com -p wget,screen Both worked. Looks like my bad On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Arkadywrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to do: > > setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v > > The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to > Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped > working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." > > I tried > setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B > and > setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B -R C:\Windows\Temp > > The same result - the setup fails > The interactive GUI installation works fine. > The quite mode fails to install/update Cygwin on the machin where it > is already installed. > > > What am I missing? > > Thanks. -- 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
Re: Cygwin installation issues with Powerbroker
Akshay Belle writes: > I am trying to use cygwin on my office laptop, which as a software > called powerbroker that provide admin privileges for installation of > third party software like cygwin. Powerbroker has worked well with all > other software installations, however cygwin is not installing > correctly with powerbroker. It seems to me that PowerBroker, advertising itself as providing application based policies, would need specific rules for Cygwin. This would either need cooperation from your IT department or even enhancements from BeyondTrust. > 2017/04/04 11:52:56 running: C:\cygwin\bin\dash.exe > "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" > 0 [main] dash 10092 fork: child 20984 - died waiting for dll > loading, errno 11 It seems that PowerBroker works by inserting itself into every process image. That's not going to work. Until Beyond Trust comes up with a fix, I'd say PowerBroker should be added to the BLODA. https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.using.bloda Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Q+, Q and microQ: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds -- 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
Re: cygwin installation on a synology NAS drive
Greetings, Dr. Volker Zell! I created a shared folder on a Synology NAS and mapped it to a Windows 7 host system. Both Windows 7 and Synology NAS have the same named user account (part of admin groups). The named user has full access to the shared folder on the NAS side. I then tried installing latest cygwin versions (x86/x64) on the mapped drive (at the root filesystem) but got permissions errors from setup.exe Setup was actually able to create the cygwin directory structure but could not write to the log file. Creating directories/files and writing to files is no problem with windows tools on the mapped drive. Anybody else tried this setup or knows what's going on here ? Or is a cygwin installation on a NAS not supported ? Have you authorized admin session on NAS before starting setup? How do you do this ? I'm mapping disks twice :) First as regular user, second as elevated. Setup by default request elevation and that change all authorization context of the application. Even mapped drive letters are different for elevated process. Can you try to start elevated cmd.exe, make sure you have correct maps/write access to destination directory in there and start setup.exe from it? Same result Opss... bad. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdae...@yandex.ru) 03.03.2015, 00:04 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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
Re: cygwin installation on a synology NAS drive
On Mar 2 15:43, U-leila\vzell wrote: Hi I created a shared folder on a Synology NAS and mapped it to a Windows 7 host system. Both Windows 7 and Synology NAS have the same named user account (part of admin groups). The named user has full access to the shared folder on the NAS side. I then tried installing latest cygwin versions (x86/x64) on the mapped drive (at the root filesystem) but got permissions errors from setup.exe Setup was actually able to create the cygwin directory structure but could not write to the log file. Creating directories/files and writing to files is no problem with windows tools on the mapped drive. Anybody else tried this setup or knows what's going on here ? Or is a cygwin installation on a NAS not supported ? Does the NAS screw up POSIX-like ACLs? Problems with FILE_DELETE_CHILD? The /var/log dir is created with 1777 perms, so the FILE_DELETE_CHILD flag is not set in the ACEs. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat pgpdgfICJxoLp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: cygwin installation on a synology NAS drive
Corinna Vinschen writes: On Mar 2 15:43, U-leila\vzell wrote: Hi I created a shared folder on a Synology NAS and mapped it to a Windows 7 host system. Both Windows 7 and Synology NAS have the same named user account (part of admin groups). The named user has full access to the shared folder on the NAS side. I then tried installing latest cygwin versions (x86/x64) on the mapped drive (at the root filesystem) but got permissions errors from setup.exe Setup was actually able to create the cygwin directory structure but could not write to the log file. Creating directories/files and writing to files is no problem with windows tools on the mapped drive. Anybody else tried this setup or knows what's going on here ? Or is a cygwin installation on a NAS not supported ? Does the NAS screw up POSIX-like ACLs? Problems with FILE_DELETE_CHILD? The /var/log dir is created with 1777 perms, so the FILE_DELETE_CHILD flag is not set in the ACEs. This is how it looks like with icacls: Q:\var Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\etc Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\bin Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\dev Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\home Everyone:(NP)(RX,W) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\lib Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\tmp Everyone:(NP)(RX,W) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\usr Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\var\log Everyone:(NP)(RX,W) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\var\run Everyone:(NP)(RX,W) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\var\tmp Everyone:(NP)(RX,W) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\var\log\setup.log Everyone:(R) Q:\var\run\utmp Everyone:(R,W) Q:\etc\setup Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\etc\fstab.d Everyone:(NP)(RX,W) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\etc\postinstall Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\etc\setup\timestamp Everyone:(I)(RX) (I)(F) Q:\etc\setup\_autorebase.lst.gz Everyone:(R) Q:\etc\setup\setup.rc Everyone:(R) Q:\etc\postinstall\0p_000_autorebase.dash Everyone:(RX) Q:\etc\postinstall\0p_000_autorebase.dash.new Everyone:(RX) Q:\dev\mqueue Everyone:(NP)(RX,W) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\dev\shm Everyone:(NP)(RX,W) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\usr\local Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\usr\src Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\usr\tmp Everyone:(NP)(RX,W) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\usr\local\bin Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\usr\local\etc Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Q:\usr\local\lib Everyone:(NP)(RX) Everyone:(OI)(CI)(IO)(RX) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) Successfully processed 29 files; Failed processing 0 files -- 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
Re: cygwin installation on a synology NAS drive
Greetings, U-leila\vzell! I created a shared folder on a Synology NAS and mapped it to a Windows 7 host system. Both Windows 7 and Synology NAS have the same named user account (part of admin groups). The named user has full access to the shared folder on the NAS side. I then tried installing latest cygwin versions (x86/x64) on the mapped drive (at the root filesystem) but got permissions errors from setup.exe Setup was actually able to create the cygwin directory structure but could not write to the log file. Creating directories/files and writing to files is no problem with windows tools on the mapped drive. Anybody else tried this setup or knows what's going on here ? Or is a cygwin installation on a NAS not supported ? Have you authorized admin session on NAS before starting setup? Setup by default request elevation and that change all authorization context of the application. Even mapped drive letters are different for elevated process. Can you try to start elevated cmd.exe, make sure you have correct maps/write access to destination directory in there and start setup.exe from it? -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdae...@yandex.ru) 02.03.2015, 19:52 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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
Re: cygwin installation on a synology NAS drive
On 02.03.2015 17:56, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, U-leila\vzell! I created a shared folder on a Synology NAS and mapped it to a Windows 7 host system. Both Windows 7 and Synology NAS have the same named user account (part of admin groups). The named user has full access to the shared folder on the NAS side. I then tried installing latest cygwin versions (x86/x64) on the mapped drive (at the root filesystem) but got permissions errors from setup.exe Setup was actually able to create the cygwin directory structure but could not write to the log file. Creating directories/files and writing to files is no problem with windows tools on the mapped drive. Anybody else tried this setup or knows what's going on here ? Or is a cygwin installation on a NAS not supported ? Have you authorized admin session on NAS before starting setup? How do you do this ? Setup by default request elevation and that change all authorization context of the application. Even mapped drive letters are different for elevated process. Can you try to start elevated cmd.exe, make sure you have correct maps/write access to destination directory in there and start setup.exe from it? Same result -- 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
Re: Cygwin installation scope
On 1/5/2014 11:48 AM, Gerry Reno wrote: Is there a way to install Cygwin such that it would only be accessible to Users within a specific Windows Group? Right now you either get it just for the installing user or for All Users. We would like access to be limited to a Group. setup*.exe's option for current/all users has more to do with setting up the services to permit changing the user context. It's not meant as a feature to implement some kind of security. In other words, setup*.exe does not support limiting access to particular users. I could restrict permissions on C:\cygwin but will that interfere with running Setup if we want to update packages? It shouldn't so long as individuals that run setup*.exe have access to the installation location. Using Windows security is really the only way to enforcing the kind of security I believe you're looking for here. And then what about the desktop and start menu icons in all the other User's desktops who aren't in the Group? You'd need to remove these after the fact. -- Larry _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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
Re: Cygwin installation - Download Incomplete on perl package
On 9/10/2013 3:32 PM, B Baldwin wrote: Attempting to install Cygwin. Keep getting Download Incomplete errors, eventually got all except Perl (perl-5.14.2-3.tar.bz2), which continues to return this error. This has been occurring for the last ~5 hours, on every mirror listed. There are about 10 mirrors listed in the setup program, and the ~ 10 listed changed within the last hour, but still same error on each mirror with the perl package. Do I have a problem on my end or do I just need to wait longer for some mirror updates to occur? The latter. Give it until tomorrow to see if the mirrors can catch their breath with the recent deluge of updates. -- Larry _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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
Re: Cygwin Installation Stops in Middle
On 07/04/2013 06:31 AM, Fitzharris, Margaret A wrote: I have been waiting for hours and the installation is stuck at the same point. I have tried both methods of installing all the files and just the default files, and the installation process always gets stuck at the same place. I have turned off the firewall and anti-virus software on my computer. Is there anything else that I could be doing wrong? Are you sure that it is really stuck? When you are installing TexLive, things seemingly stop progressing for a long time because it takes a long time to install it and run all post installation scripts for it. -- VZ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Cygwin Installation Stops in Middle
Il 7/4/2013 6:31 AM, Fitzharris, Margaret A ha scritto: I have been waiting for hours and the installation is stuck at the same point. I have tried both methods of installing all the files and just the default files, and the installation process always gets stuck at the same place. I have turned off the firewall and anti-virus software on my computer. Is there anything else that I could be doing wrong? Thanks, Margaret Fitzharris Margaret please follow up on the same thread. Opening a new one to discuss always the same issue make difficult to support you This script is not part of base /etc/postinstall/dbus.sh so you have residual of previous failed trials. Setup is trying to run all scripts/etc/postinstall/*.sh all completed are renamed/etc/postinstall/*.sh.done Remove the full cygwin install directory, and install only the Base category (that is the default) Regards Marco -- 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
Re: Cygwin Installation Stops in the Middle
On 7/3/2013 8:22 PM, Fitzharris, Margaret A wrote: I was downloading the first Cygwin setup installation located at http://www.cygwin.com/install.html. I tried installing directly from the internet, using all the default settings, such as root directory: C:/Cygwin. However, the installation gets stuck whenever it starts installing something like, /etc/postinstall/dbus.sh. I have turned off my firewall. Is there anything else that could be causing this problem? It's not installing anything at this point. It's running postinstall scripts, some of which can be time consuming. Maybe you just weren't patient enough. Did you by any chance choose to install more than the packages that are installed by default? (These are the packages in the Base category.) If so, I recommend that you start by just installing the Base packages. You can always re-run setup.exe later and choose additional packages. Ken -- 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
Re: Cygwin Installation Stops in Middle
Il 7/3/2013 3:36 AM, Fitzharris, Margaret A ha scritto: I used to code in C using Cygwin and Netbeans to compile but have not used it since Spring, 2012.When I went to use an old program, I received a warning saying that my Cygwin version was out of date. When I tried to update my Cygwin installation online, the program would get stuck in the middle of the update/install Cygwin program. Thinking that this was related to my previous Cygwin files on my computer, I deleted all previous versions of Cygwin and Netbeans. The only C compiler on my desktop is now Code Composer Studio. Whenever I try installing Cygwin after all these alterations, the installation process still gets stuck at the same point when installing. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks, Margaret Fitzharris More info please : where setup get stuck ? - downloading what ? - configuring what ? Any unfiendrely antivirus running ? May I suggest the following reading: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html additional info FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Regards Marco -- 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
Re: CYGWIN Installation Issues
Oops...didn't realize gmail was sending in rich text...that might explain why I never got a reply, eh? Here it is again On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Steven Julianstjulia...@gmail.com wrote: OK, upon doing more testing, and after several uninstalls/reinstalls, I finally got cygcheck to run. Output is attached, however, while running, it popped up several error messages from id.exe that said The instruction at 0x6100365f referenced memory at 0c0065da90. The memory could not be written. At the same time, the message garbled output from 'id' command - no uid= found was echoed to the console. It seems like something is not installing completely, but I have no idea what that may be. On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Steven Julian stjulia...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am still fairly new to cygwin, but have successfully installed it on several computers, with multiple operating systems with the steps my predecessor left for me. These directions tell me to install in cygwin, taking all the defaults, and to be sure to add cygrunsrv, gcc-core, gcc-g++, gzip, make, openssl, ruby, and subversion. Normally, when I do this, and then run cygwin, I get a prompt that reads: administra...@servername ~ $ I can type ls here, and it immediately goes to another prompt. On the problematic installation, the prompt comes up as: bash-3.2$ If I type ls here, nothing happens for a while, then the window closes. As a matter of fact, any command I have tried causes the window to close. Am I missing something on the installation? All installations are Win32a mix of server 2003, server 2008, XP and Vista So far, I've tried reinstalling, uninstalling then reinstalling, copying the entire cygwin directory from a working computer, and reinstalling on top of that, but nothing seems to be fixing it. I even tried just doing the default installation, with the same results. So, is there any advice on what to do next? Did I break it? Thanks in advance for your help. PS: I also cannot seem to run cygcheck, either from cygwin or the command prompt. Thanks, Terry Julian cygcheck.out Description: Binary data -- 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
Re: CYGWIN Installation Issues
On 08/07/2009 01:12 PM, Steven Julian wrote: Oops...didn't realize gmail was sending in rich text...that might explain why I never got a reply, eh? Yeah, could be. ;-) I don't see allot here, other than the path is wrong, which likely leads to many of your other troubles. Check your '/etc/postinstall' directory for scripts with the .done suffix. If you find some, try rerunning 'setup.exe' again and just Next through all the pages. This should run any postinstall scripts that haven't been run already. Check the '/etc/postinstall' directory again to see if that's true (i.e. they all have the .done suffix.) If not, it could be BLODA http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA. You can also look at your 'setup.log.full' where you ran 'setup.exe' for any failures that may have occurred. These may be cryptic however. Still, it may give some insight into the problem. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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
Re: CYGWIN Installation Issues
Thanks for the response. I tried adding c:\cygwin\bin\ to the path, with the same results as before, so I checked the /etc/postinstall/ directory as you mentioned. The files in there all end in .sh.done except for two .tgz files (gcc-mingw-core and gcc-mingw-g++). I ran the installer from the desktop, but there was no 'setup.log.full' there. So, I did a complete uninstall from setup, deleted the cygwin folder, and removed the registry entries. I left the path there, since I was about to reinstall anyways. Then I rebooted the system, ran the install as usual, and got the same results, even in the postinstall directory. I found the setup.log.full in /var/log/, and at the bottom of it, it has the following lines: 2009/08/07 14:42:25 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/terminfo.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/terminfo.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory 2009/08/07 14:42:29 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2009/08/07 14:42:29 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/update-info-dir.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/update-info-dir.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory 2009/08/07 14:42:29 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2009/08/07 14:42:29 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/00bash.sh 2009/08/07 14:42:29 abnormal exit: exit code=128 2009/08/07 14:42:29 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:29 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory 2009/08/07 14:42:29 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2009/08/07 14:42:29 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:29 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/00ash.sh 2009/08/07 14:42:29 abnormal exit: exit code=128 2009/08/07 14:42:29 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:29 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/coreutils.sh /etc/postinstall/00ash.sh: Can't open /etc/postinstall/00ash.sh: No such file or directory ectory 2009/08/07 14:42:30 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2009/08/07 14:42:30 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:30 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/findutils.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/findutils.sh: No such file or directory 2009/08/07 14:42:30 abnormal exit: exit code=127 2009/08/07 14:42:30 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:30 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/base-files-mketc.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/base-files-mketc.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory 2009/08/07 14:42:30 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2009/08/07 14:42:30 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:30 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/base-files-profile.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/base-files-profile.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory 2009/08/07 14:42:30 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2009/08/07 14:42:30 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:30 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/bzip2.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/bzip2.sh: No such file or directory 2009/08/07 14:42:30 abnormal exit: exit code=127 2009/08/07 14:42:30 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:31 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/man.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/man.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory 2009/08/07 14:42:31 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2009/08/07 14:42:31 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:31 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/cygwin-doc.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/cygwin-doc.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory 2009/08/07 14:42:31 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2009/08/07 14:42:31 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:31 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:31 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/gcc-mingw-core.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/gcc-mingw-core.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory 2009/08/07 14:42:31 abnormal exit: exit code=126 2009/08/07 14:42:31 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:31 error: Unable to remove temporary file '/var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa03504' 2009/08/07 14:42:31 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/gcc-mingw-g++.sh /usr/bin/bash: /etc/postinstall/gcc-mingw-g++.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or
Re: Cygwin installation breaks ALL telnet clients
On Aug 12 00:16, David Greenhouse wrote: We are seeing an issue where after installing Cygwin and including the inetutils package in order to get telnet access, none of the telnet clients on the system will work properly (not Cygwin's, Microsoft's, PuTTY, nothing). The issue persists even after removing Cygwin. Cygwin is just a DLL. It's impossible that it influences telnet clients which are not linked against this DLL. You will have to look for the culprit elsewhere. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation breaks ALL telnet clients
* David Greenhouse (Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:16:54 -0400) We are seeing an issue where after installing Cygwin and including the inetutils package in order to get telnet access, none of the telnet clients on the system will work properly (not Cygwin's, Microsoft's, PuTTY, nothing). The issue persists even after removing Cygwin. Which telnet server are you using? Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Cygwin installation breaks ALL telnet clients
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:40:37 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin installation breaks ALL telnet clients On Aug 12 00:16, David Greenhouse wrote: We are seeing an issue where after installing Cygwin and including the inetutils package in order to get telnet access, none of the telnet clients on the system will work properly (not Cygwin's, Microsoft's, PuTTY, nothing). The issue persists even after removing Cygwin. Cygwin is just a DLL. It's impossible that it influences telnet clients which are not linked against this DLL. You will have to look for the culprit elsewhere. If it helps any, I would comment that,IIRC, when I set up a dual boot system, I was a bit surprised to see that network settings in Windoze and Debian could, IIRC, effect each other. My memory may not be totally accurate but they did seem to interact. That is, IIRC, I had set a static IP on one system and it ended up being applied to the other one. I'd look for a network configuration thing that may not be stored on disk or reset during OS init. I guess those cards do have EEPROM but I have no idea what, besides maybe a MAC addres, is in them. Not sure if this is possible but it is what I remember. I think there were also issues with clock settings but again my memory isn't real clear. In any case, at least check your network settings. It it possible someone changed something irrelevant during setup. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ _ Get Windows Live and get whatever you need, wherever you are. Start here. http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Home_082008 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation breaks ALL telnet clients
On 8/12/08, Mike Marchywka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:40:37 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin installation breaks ALL telnet clients On Aug 12 00:16, David Greenhouse wrote: We are seeing an issue where after installing Cygwin and including the inetutils package in order to get telnet access, none of the telnet clients on the system will work properly (not Cygwin's, Microsoft's, PuTTY, nothing). The issue persists even after removing Cygwin. Cygwin is just a DLL. It's impossible that it influences telnet clients which are not linked against this DLL. You will have to look for the culprit elsewhere. If it helps any, I would comment that,IIRC, when I set up a dual boot system, I was a bit surprised to see that network settings in Windoze and Debian could, IIRC, effect each other. My memory may not be totally accurate but they did seem to interact. That is, IIRC, I had set a static IP on one system and it ended up being applied to the other one. I'd look for a network configuration thing that may not be stored on disk or reset during OS init. I guess those cards do have EEPROM but I have no idea what, besides maybe a MAC addres, is in them. Not sure if this is possible but it is what I remember. I think there were also issues with clock settings but again my memory isn't real clear. In any case, at least check your network settings. It it possible someone changed something irrelevant during setup. Well I don't know about the telnet issue as Corinna is right on that one. It is technically impossible for a cygwin application to affect a non-cygwin application directly. It may however be a setting in the OS that got affected. I don't know if I have installed the inetutils package however it may be worth a shot just to see if I can reproduce it myself. As for a Dual-boot affecting each others' networking configuration. It can happen but it isn't due to an OS interaction. Rather Debian is requesting a static or specific ip address and the router is caching the lease. When Windows requests a new ip the old lease still exists in the router as being assigned to the adapter' mac address. The router matches the mac address to the lease and hands back the lease to Windows so both Debian and Windows have the same IP but Windows hasn't actually been setup to use it as a static address. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ _ Get Windows Live and get whatever you need, wherever you are. Start here. http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Home_082008 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Robert Pendell [EMAIL PROTECTED] A perfect world is one of chaos. Thawte Web of Trust Notary CAcert Assurer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation breaks ALL telnet clients
$ telnet rd00d20 Trying 172.28.48.32... Connected to rd00d20. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. (In other words, the connection is opened and immediately closed.) ...by the foreign host. The telnet clients appears to be working properly. I would suspect a hosts.allow type issue on the server side, which means make sure that the connection is coming from the IP address you think it should be coming from; routing tables on the client might also be the culprit if it's routing through the wrong interface. I notice you're using 172.16.0.0/12 addresses - any chance this is a virtual network between VM's (or between host and VM)? -- Mark J. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation a permissions of /home...
Angelo Graziosi wrote: I have noticed that after installing Cygwin, /home has the following permissions: drwxrwxrwx+ 4 Administrator Administrators 0 Mar 18 17:52 home and in /home drwxrwxrwx+ Administrator Administrators 0 Mar 18 22:49 Administrator drwxrwxrwx+ pippo Users 0 Mar 19 23:51 pippo Should all these dirs have all these perms (drwxrwxrwx)? On GNU/Linux Kubuntu 7.10: drwxr-xr-x root root 0 Mar 18 17:52 home drwxr-xr-x pippo pippo 0 Mar 18 17:52 home/pippo cygwin doesn't over-ride Windows. Windows has very different default permissions, compared to linux. Did you try this with various Windows memberships for pippo? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista (killing sh.exe helps)
lent wrote: On the semi-broken installation: Actually, the problem was that the whatever vital job that /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh was doing never completed. 30 minutes of wait time by multiple Vista users on multiple brands of spanking new laptops indicates some sort of interaction bug of these shell scripts (or the programs they run) with the wonders of Vista. This hang at 99% forever symptom persists even with setting the Properties of setup.exe to run in Windows XP(SP2) compatibility mode. It's a very disappointing installation experience for novice programmers. Our XP and Windows 2000 users do not have these problems as setup.exe completes just fine. Thanks again for your attention to this annoying bug. Chris Lent Actually I'm having this same problem right now with good ol' Windows XP. If it doesn't hang in /etc/postinstall/update-info-dir.sh, it hangs somewhere else. I've walked away and let it run for hours. There's something wrong with the scripts. And this is three months later. -Q -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin-Installation-Problems-on-Windows-Vista-tp9889324p14339689.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation on windows server2003
Thanks Larry. Firewall was on!! Could successfully install cygwin and working fine. Regards, Pradnya --- Larry Hall (Cygwin X) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pradnya Vairagare wrote: Hi, I'm facing problem in installing cygwin on windows server 2003. Installation doesn't proceed after 10% or so. Can someone suggest what is missing to install cywin successfully? What are the steps need to follow or some settings need to do? This can be caused by http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA. Check into this or other AV/firewall/anti-spam software you have installed. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 429-6305 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation on windows server2003
I did that several times. Works just fine. No special steps. (Windows 2003 is very compatible to XP) Regards, David -Original Message- From: Pradnya Vairagare [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:04:45 -0800 (PST) Subject: Cygwin installation on windows server2003 Hi, I'm facing problem in installing cygwin on windows server 2003. Installation doesn't proceed after 10% or so. Can someone suggest what is missing to install cywin successfully? What are the steps need to follow or some settings need to do? Thanks, Pradnya Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation on windows server2003
Pradnya Vairagare wrote: Hi, I'm facing problem in installing cygwin on windows server 2003. Installation doesn't proceed after 10% or so. Can someone suggest what is missing to install cywin successfully? What are the steps need to follow or some settings need to do? This can be caused by http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA. Check into this or other AV/firewall/anti-spam software you have installed. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 429-6305 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista (gnuplot.sh, texhash and .bashrc: Bad address)
lent wrote: Hi, Please point out if I'm wrong or misinformed... I'm trying to trace down the Vista cygwin setup.exe /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh hang forever at 99% problem. Well, I think I was wrong about pointing fingers at install-info. The install-info was a guess and hunting a bit more we find this lovely weblog: http://conorcahill.blogspot.com/2007/07/cygwin-on-microsoft-vista.html Conor's Web Log of Esoterica: Cygwin on Microsoft Vista In particular: Emphasis added Wednesday, July 04, 2007 http://conorcahill.blogspot.com/2007/07/cygwin-on-microsoft-vista.html Cygwin on Microsoft Vista I've run into a few problems using http://www.cygwin.com Cygwin on http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/ Microsoft Vista on my new laptop: The installation hung during the post-install step /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh. http://www.google.com/search?hl=enamp;q=cygwin+postinstall+hang+gnuplotamp;btnG=Google+Search Researching this problem on the google found an http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-04/msg00753.html article on the cygwin mailing list which worked around the problem by setting the Windows XP compatibility mode on the installation executable. I wasn't comfortable with this solution as it might cause things to not work well later on Vista. So I poked around a bit, turned on the Command Line output for the Processes tab in the Windows Task Manager and found that the script was hanging on /usr/bin/texhash, which rebuilds a directory listing used by Tex. I was able to run the command successfully on the cygwin command line, but it was still hung in the installation process. So I used Task Manager to kill the texhash process and the installation continued to a later step postinstall-ec-fonts-mftraced.sh where it was trying to run mktexlsr - which is the same program. I again used Task Manager to kill that process and the installation now went on to a succesfull completion. Following the install, I went back and ran the texhash program manually, which did require me to change the mode of the files /var/cache/fonts/ls-R and /usr/share/texmf/ls-R files which had been left read-only when I killed the process. Everything seems to be working fine now. This description matches, and I believe we also saw the postinsall-ec-fonts-mftraced.sh failure as well. Wish I had remember the Command Line option. Darn! Well, so perhaps the culprit is texhash. Or maybe the victim, as I saw another weird thing with this particular install. I had access to the user's machine again and found in /var/log a number of files. $ find . . ./var ./var/log ./var/log/apache2 ./var/log/setup.log ./var/log/setup.log.full ./var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa01604 ./var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa04116 ./var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa04144 ./var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa04492 ./var/log/setup.log.postinstallXa04892 Looking through these we see quite a few messages of the form: /usr/bin/bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/srtg9/.bashrc: Bad address From: /var/log/setup.log.full (starting at line 3239) 2007/09/19 11:15:15 xemacs-mule-sumo 2007/09/19 11:15:15 xemacs-sumo 2007/09/19 11:15:15 xemacs-tags 2007/09/19 11:15:15 xerces-c-devel 2007/09/19 11:15:15 XmHTML 2007/09/19 11:15:15 xpm-nox 2007/09/19 11:15:16 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/gnuplot. sh /usr/bin/bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/srtg9/.bashrc: Bad address 2007/09/19 11:26:55 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/gsl.sh /usr/bin/bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/srtg9/.bashrc: Bad address install-info: menu item `gsl-ref' already exists, for file `gsl-ref' install-info: menu item `gsl-ref' already exists, for file `gsl-ref' install-info: menu item `gsl-ref' already exists, for file `gsl-ref' install-info: menu item `gsl-ref' already exists, for file `gsl-ref' install-info: menu item `gsl-ref' already exists, for file `gsl-ref' install-info: menu item `gsl-ref' already exists, for file `gsl-ref' 2007/09/19 11:27:00 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/gtk+-devel.sh /usr/bin/bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/srtg9/.bashrc: Bad address I am guessing Bad address would result from trying to execve() a .bashrc and getting an EFAULT. The EFAULT seems come from some problem loading the .bashrc (or perhaps the .bashrc filename in an execve() call?). Rather odd :-) Chris still guessing Lent -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin-Installation-Problems-on-Windows-Vista-tf3542482.html#a12835293 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista (killing sh.exe helps)
For getting the installation to keep going, killing off an sh.exe process via Task Manager's End Process, moves things along. This also seems to need to be done for texf (I think that was the name) package. At least we get to the final setup screen this way :-) Chris Lent Kevin Hilton-3 wrote: Here are the two files I found broken on the installation: gnuplot.sh postinstall-ec-fonts-mftraced.sh And just for kicks How do I manually change the passwd and group files. Although under windows Im listed as an administrator, cygwin states my group as none. And Im unable to chmod chgroup these two files. Never had this problem with XP. -- Kevin Hilton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin-Installation-Problems-on-Windows-Vista-tf3542482.html#a12780123 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista (killing sh.exe helps)
On 19 September 2007 16:42, lent wrote: For getting the installation to keep going, killing off an sh.exe process via Task Manager's End Process, moves things along. This also seems to need to be done for texf (I think that was the name) package. Hell, you can make the whole thing move along even better, by simply killing 'setup.exe' instead of sh.exe. Sure, it may not be correct, but at least it's fast, eh? Or you could wait for it to finish doing whatever vital job it was doing. Your choice. At least we get to the final setup screen this way :-) Works my way too, *and* with the added advantage you don't end up with a semi-broken installation. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista (killing sh.exe helps)
Dave Korn wrote: On 19 September 2007 16:42, lent wrote: Hi Dave, thanks for the quick reply. Sorry, but I wasn't able to find the solution you refer to for the problem of setup.exe hanging in Windows Vista. Where can I find it? For getting the installation to keep going, killing off an sh.exe process via Task Manager's End Process, moves things along. This also seems to need to be done for texf (I think that was the name) package. Hell, you can make the whole thing move along even better, by simply killing 'setup.exe' instead of sh.exe. Sure, it may not be correct, but at least it's fast, eh? Or you could wait for it to finish doing whatever vital job it was doing. Your choice. At least we get to the final setup screen this way :-) Works my way too, *and* with the added advantage you don't end up with a semi-broken installation. I'm new to the cygwin development community and would love to chase this problem down and resolve it once and for all. Is there a way to log the shell scripts as they are run from setup.exe? On the semi-broken installation: Actually, the problem was that the whatever vital job that /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh was doing never completed. 30 minutes of wait time by multiple Vista users on multiple brands of spanking new laptops indicates some sort of interaction bug of these shell scripts (or the programs they run) with the wonders of Vista. This hang at 99% forever symptom persists even with setting the Properties of setup.exe to run in Windows XP(SP2) compatibility mode. It's a very disappointing installation experience for novice programmers. Our XP and Windows 2000 users do not have these problems as setup.exe completes just fine. Do I want to kill any part of a carefully crafted installation process? Of course not :-) The problem is if the user kills setup.exe, they wind up with a more broken installation, and lack the Cygwin Desktop icon and the Cygwin Start Menu entry. Killing sh.exe (hopefully the right one) moves the installation process past the block of /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh. Our reason for using Cygwin is to teach young engineering students about C programming in a command line environment. If they can't install it on their brand new laptop, I have a difficult time having them use it :-) Thanks again for your attention to this annoying bug. Chris Lent cheers, DaveK -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin-Installation-Problems-on-Windows-Vista-tf3542482.html#a12786663 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista (gnuplot.sh and install-info)
Hi, Please point out if I'm wrong or misinformed... I'm trying to trace down the Vista cygwin setup.exe /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh hang forever at 99% problem. The current /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh contains the line: /usr/bin/install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir --info-file=/usr/share/info/gnuplot.info.gz From Googling about, the install-info part seems to be the part of the shell scripts that is hanging. The install-info command is supposed to insert the info format information about gnuplot into the indexing file /usr/share/info/dir. The info format stuff is basically plain text with ^_'s ('\x1F' characters) as section markers and ^? (DEL) as field separators in the index at the end of the info file. The file is GZIP'd, to save space. The gnuplot.info.gz gunzip's fine on my XP machine, so a corrupt distribution file seems unlikely. So perhaps the problem is the install-info.exe program banging into some Vista difference. The install-info.exe program seems to be texinfo package, as shown by: http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=install-info.exe which yields: http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-cat.cgi?file=texinfo%2Ftexinfo-4.8a-1grep=install-info.exe This seems to imply that the package version is something like texinfo 4.8a-1. Installing the source for the texinfo 4.8a-1 , we find the file: /usr/src/texinfo-4.8a-1/util/install-info.c See Lines 604-643 at end of this post: My guess is that the popen is not working right. Pipe emulation is often cranky. I can imagine Vista breaking something. Or perhaps as all postinstall steps are not finished at that point in setup.exe, so perhaps gzip is unavailable at that point in the setup.exe's initial environment. Or perhaps the hang is related to the fact that install-info.exe reads the entire file into memory, xmalloc'ing along the way. I expect to have a Vista machine available again soon to check this out. Any suggestions on best investigative tactics? Lines 604-643: if (!compression_program) compression_program = local_compression_program; if (data[0] == '\x1f' data[1] == '\x8b') #if STRIP_DOT_EXE /* An explicit .exe yields a better diagnostics from popen below if they don't have gzip installed. */ *compression_program = gzip.exe; #else *compression_program = gzip; #endif else if(data[0] == 'B' data[1] == 'Z' data[2] == 'h') #ifndef STRIP_DOT_EXE *compression_program = bzip2.exe; #else *compression_program = bzip2; #endif else if(data[0] == 'B' data[1] == 'Z' data[2] == '0') #ifndef STRIP_DOT_EXE *compression_program = bzip.exe; #else *compression_program = bzip; #endif else *compression_program = NULL; if (*compression_program) { /* It's compressed, so fclose the file and then open a pipe. */ char *command = concat (*compression_program, -cd , *opened_filename); if (fclose (f) 0) pfatal_with_name (*opened_filename); f = popen (command, r); if (f) *is_pipe = 1; else pfatal_with_name (command); } else { /* It's a plain file, seek back over the magic bytes. */ if (fseek (f, 0, 0) 0) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin-Installation-Problems-on-Windows-Vista-tf3542482.html#a12791093 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Cygwin installation hanging during post-install shell scripts
If anyone is interested, this issue was resolved with the new Cygwin installer that was released yesterday. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kyle Getz Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 2:16 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Cygwin installation hanging during post-install shell scripts I'm trying to install Cygwin on a Windows XP machine, but the install hangs every time with these symptoms: * The installation makes it to about 97% * The window says that the install is running some post-install shell script (I've seen coreutils.sh and update-dir-info.sh) * Task Manager shows nothing running (System Idle Process is at 99% usage) * Both shell scripts contain a call to 'system-info', which shows up in Task Manager I was unable to kill install-info.exe from Task Manager, so I had to kill sh.exe instead. After I did that, the installation finished, but I'm worried that something important got skipped. The logfile doesn't have anything useful: ... 2007/07/02 10:00:37 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/tar.sh 2007/07/02 10:00:37 abnormal exit: exit code=0 2007/07/02 10:00:37 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/terminfo.sh 2007/07/02 10:00:37 abnormal exit: exit code=0 2007/07/02 10:00:37 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/update-info-dir.sh 2007/07/02 10:10:58 mbox note: Installation Complete 2007/07/02 10:11:01 Ending cygwin install Anyone have any ideas? - Kyle Getz -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation on Windows Server 2003
--On 22 June 2007 17:18 +0100 DGFM-dfmsdev5b-Andrew Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Additionally, is anyone aware of McaFee 8.0i causing Cygwin SSH problems when installed on Windows Server 2003 - currently SSH keeps receiving the message ' ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host' when issuing command 'ssh -v localhost' Yes - turn off Buffer Overflow Protection in VirusScan Console. That usually fixes it. -- Robin Walker (Junior Bursar), Queens' College, Cambridge CB3 9ET, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/ Tel:+44 1223 335528 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation on Windows Server 2003
On 6/22/07, DGFM-dfmsdev5b-Andrew Clark wrote: Hi, Can anyone please confirm whether Cygwin 2.510.2.2 should be installed on Windows Server 2003 only as a LOCAL ADMIN account, NOT a ADMIN USER or DOMAIN ADMIN account ? I have no idea what Cygwin 2.510.2.2 is. Additionally, is anyone aware of McaFee 8.0i causing Cygwin SSH problems when installed on Windows Server 2003 - currently SSH keeps receiving the message ' ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host' when issuing command 'ssh -v localhost' For dodgy apps see this thread in the archives: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-talk/2007-q1/msg00234.html Many thanks in advance of your help. Andy If it is McAfee, my guess would be with the 'Access Protection' port blocking feature. If you can make changes to that, disable it or look around its log or something. -Jason -- NOTICE: This email is being sent in clear-text across the public Internet. Therefore, any attempts to include unenforceable legalese restrictions are ridiculous and pointless. If you can read this, consider yourself authorized (whether I like it or not). -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation on Windows Server 2003
DGFM-dfmsdev5b-Andrew Clark wrote: Hi, Can anyone please confirm whether Cygwin 2.510.2.2 should be installed on Windows Server 2003 only as a LOCAL ADMIN account, NOT a ADMIN USER or DOMAIN ADMIN account ? Additionally, is anyone aware of McaFee 8.0i causing Cygwin SSH problems when installed on Windows Server 2003 - currently SSH keeps receiving the message ' ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host' when issuing command 'ssh -v localhost' Many thanks in advance of your help. If previous replies haven't resolved all your problems, let me suggest that you follow the problem reporting guidelines outlined here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista
I've had this problem with my installation as well and solve it by using the Windows XP Service Pack 2 compatibility mode (selectable in the Properties window of the Cygwin setup.exe executable). It installs fine now... hope it works out for you too. Kevin Hilton-3 wrote: Being using cygwin for years with XP, however when attempting to install everything (every package as I usually do) on new Vista computer, the installation script gets stuck during the post install step. During /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh the process hangs. Anyone else find a problem with this??? Ive even cancelled the installation, manually deselected the gnuplot package, but same thing happens. -- Kevin Hilton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin-Installation-Problems-on-Windows-Vista-tf3542482.html#a10216408 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista
dprusak wrote: I'm also have the same problem. I googled, but didn't find a solution to this. Any ideas? Have you reviewed the thread and worked through things already covered? If so, what have you found? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista
I'm also have the same problem. I googled, but didn't find a solution to this. Any ideas? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin-Installation-Problems-on-Windows-Vista-tf3542482.html#a10110868 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista
I have the same problem. Did you already found the solution for it? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin-Installation-Problems-on-Windows-Vista-tf3542482.html#a9958456 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista
Im not sure they are broken in the purest sense, however I waited over 2 hours for the gnuplot.sh script to finish. It never did. The script seems simple: #!/bin/sh if [ -f /usr/bin/texhash ] then /usr/bin/texhash fi /usr/bin/install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir --info-file=/usr/share/info/gnuplot.info.gz The first if statement should be false since I never found the texhash file in the /usr/bin or /bin directory. Im assuming something is wrong with the final line. On 4/7/07, Kevin Hilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are the two files I found broken on the installation: gnuplot.sh postinstall-ec-fonts-mftraced.sh And just for kicks How do I manually change the passwd and group files. Although under windows Im listed as an administrator, cygwin states my group as none. And Im unable to chmod chgroup these two files. Never had this problem with XP. -- Kevin Hilton -- Kevin Hilton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista
Here are the two files I found broken on the installation: gnuplot.sh postinstall-ec-fonts-mftraced.sh And just for kicks How do I manually change the passwd and group files. Although under windows Im listed as an administrator, cygwin states my group as none. And Im unable to chmod chgroup these two files. Never had this problem with XP. -- Kevin Hilton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista
On 08 April 2007 03:01, Kevin Hilton wrote: Here are the two files I found broken on the installation: gnuplot.sh postinstall-ec-fonts-mftraced.sh How did you verify whether they are actually broken, or were just taking so long to run that you thought they were stuck? And just for kicks How do I manually change the passwd and group files. Although under windows Im listed as an administrator, cygwin states my group as none. And Im unable to chmod chgroup these two files. Never had this problem with XP. http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkpasswd http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkgroup Also http://cygwin.com/problems.html cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: cygwin installation batch file?
On 2006-09-17, Mike Verstegen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, a few apologies... - I just joined this mailing list, so this reply is cobbled together using the original message from the archives. - Though I've used cygwin for several years as an administrative user, I'm brand new to using cygwin in any complex ways - I'm not at all skilled at Windows batch files (this is my first one...) With that said, I have a similar need to what (the other) Mike needed to do -- namely the ability to install cygwin in a batch mode, preferably from an autostart CD. My goal is to have ssh running at the completion. In particular, the problem I tried to address was how to install something other than the set of packages that setup.exe chooses by default. After searching the archives, I found two suggested approaches: - Igor suggested that one could have one dummy package in the Base category and make it depend on everything you want. http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-05/msg00244.html - Fergus' approach was to create a template installed.db listing only those packages you want, with the version numbers of each set to zero. For example rxvt rxvt-0.tar.bz2 0 tar tar-0.tar.bz2 0 Setup.exe will find this file and update each listed package to the current (non-zero) version. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cygwinm=110538795118459w=2 Since making the dummy package in setup.ini would require some magic to edit setup.ini (downloaded fresh with each execution of setup.exe??) on the fly that I couldn't quite figure out how to do, I chose the latter approach. With the goal of getting sshd completely up and running, I used the procedure described at http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html and attempted to turn it in to a batch file. One tool that I could not find in cygwin was a way to set the Windows System Environment variables. For ssh it looks like both PATH and CYGWIN need to be updated/created. To get this done, I used setenv.exe from http://barnyard.syr.edu/~vefatica/ which looks quite old, is only available as an executable (ouch!), but solved the immediate problem. Suggestions welcome on how to do this better. The following batch file is intended (haven't actually done the CD part yet) to be put on a CD containing the following files: - cygwin_inst.bat -- the following file - setup.exe -- the cygwin set up program - setenv.exe -- the program described previously to set environment variables - to_be_installed.db -- the list of packages desired, with the versions set to zero === begin batch file = rem -- Batch install file for cygwin rem -- MDV 9/16/06 rem rem -- To set system environment variables (PATH, CYGWIN), this script depends on rem -- setenv.exe from http://barnyard.syr.edu/%7Evefatica rem -- which is used instead of Microsoft setx (which is in a Windows resource pack) rem -- because of possible MS licensing restrictions on copying to an install CD. rem -- There may be a better way to do this! rem -- CYG_MIRROR is the URL of a public or private server from where cygwin can be downloaded. rem -- This particular site works, but necessarily the best one... to do... rem -- the http:// is important set CYG_MIRROR=http://www.signal42.com; mkdir c:\cygwin rem -- Assume that setup.exe and setenv.exe are in the working directory on the CD when started rem -- Copy executables from CD to disk copy setup.exe c:\cygwin copy setenv.exe c:\cygwin rem -- Now put a hand-crafted installed.db in cygwin's /etc/setup rem -- This installed.db has the list of packages desired with the revision level set to zero rem -- as suggested by Fergus in http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cygwinm=110538795118459w=2 rem -- For example rem -- openssh openssh-0.tar.bz2 0 if exist c:\cygwin\etc\setup\installed.db ( echo cygwin already installed goto end ) else ( mkdir c:\cygwin\etc mkdir c:\cygwin\etc\setup copy to_be_installed.db c:\cygwin\etc\setup\installed.db ) rem -- Instead of goto end, above, do something more appropriate rem -- Future work: compare the list of packages in our target to_be_installed.db to the list of rem -- packages already in /etc/setup/installed.db to make sure that all the packages that we want rem -- are included. If not, merge them in with the rev level set to zero. rem -- #UNTESTED bash code rem -- CURRENT_INSTALLED=/etc/setup/installed.db rem -- TO_BE_INSTALLED=to_be_installed.db rem -- cat $TO_BE_INSTALLED | while read rem -- do rem -- if grep $1 $CURRENT_INSTALLED rem -- then rem -- echo Package $1 already included rem -- else rem -- echo $0 $CURRENT_INSTALLED rem -- echo Added: $0 rem --fi rem --DOES INSTALLED.DB NEED TO BE SORTED? ` c: cd \cygwin rem -- Now we can finally run setup. Though this will show a status window, no user interaction rem -- is
Re: cygwin installation batch file?
First, a few apologies... - I just joined this mailing list, so this reply is cobbled together using the original message from the archives. - Though I've used cygwin for several years as an administrative user, I'm brand new to using cygwin in any complex ways - I'm not at all skilled at Windows batch files (this is my first one...) With that said, I have a similar need to what (the other) Mike needed to do -- namely the ability to install cygwin in a batch mode, preferably from an autostart CD. My goal is to have ssh running at the completion. In particular, the problem I tried to address was how to install something other than the set of packages that setup.exe chooses by default. After searching the archives, I found two suggested approaches: - Igor suggested that one could have one dummy package in the Base category and make it depend on everything you want. http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-05/msg00244.html - Fergus' approach was to create a template installed.db listing only those packages you want, with the version numbers of each set to zero. For example rxvt rxvt-0.tar.bz2 0 tar tar-0.tar.bz2 0 Setup.exe will find this file and update each listed package to the current (non-zero) version. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cygwinm=110538795118459w=2 Since making the dummy package in setup.ini would require some magic to edit setup.ini (downloaded fresh with each execution of setup.exe??) on the fly that I couldn't quite figure out how to do, I chose the latter approach. With the goal of getting sshd completely up and running, I used the procedure described at http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html and attempted to turn it in to a batch file. One tool that I could not find in cygwin was a way to set the Windows System Environment variables. For ssh it looks like both PATH and CYGWIN need to be updated/created. To get this done, I used setenv.exe from http://barnyard.syr.edu/~vefatica/ which looks quite old, is only available as an executable (ouch!), but solved the immediate problem. Suggestions welcome on how to do this better. The following batch file is intended (haven't actually done the CD part yet) to be put on a CD containing the following files: - cygwin_inst.bat -- the following file - setup.exe -- the cygwin set up program - setenv.exe -- the program described previously to set environment variables - to_be_installed.db -- the list of packages desired, with the versions set to zero === begin batch file = rem -- Batch install file for cygwin rem -- MDV 9/16/06 rem rem -- To set system environment variables (PATH, CYGWIN), this script depends on rem -- setenv.exe from http://barnyard.syr.edu/%7Evefatica rem -- which is used instead of Microsoft setx (which is in a Windows resource pack) rem -- because of possible MS licensing restrictions on copying to an install CD. rem -- There may be a better way to do this! rem -- CYG_MIRROR is the URL of a public or private server from where cygwin can be downloaded. rem -- This particular site works, but necessarily the best one... to do... rem -- the http:// is important set CYG_MIRROR=http://www.signal42.com; mkdir c:\cygwin rem -- Assume that setup.exe and setenv.exe are in the working directory on the CD when started rem -- Copy executables from CD to disk copy setup.exe c:\cygwin copy setenv.exe c:\cygwin rem -- Now put a hand-crafted installed.db in cygwin's /etc/setup rem -- This installed.db has the list of packages desired with the revision level set to zero rem -- as suggested by Fergus in http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cygwinm=110538795118459w=2 rem -- For example rem -- openssh openssh-0.tar.bz2 0 if exist c:\cygwin\etc\setup\installed.db ( echo cygwin already installed goto end ) else ( mkdir c:\cygwin\etc mkdir c:\cygwin\etc\setup copy to_be_installed.db c:\cygwin\etc\setup\installed.db ) rem -- Instead of goto end, above, do something more appropriate rem -- Future work: compare the list of packages in our target to_be_installed.db to the list of rem -- packages already in /etc/setup/installed.db to make sure that all the packages that we want rem -- are included. If not, merge them in with the rev level set to zero. rem -- #UNTESTED bash code rem -- CURRENT_INSTALLED=/etc/setup/installed.db rem -- TO_BE_INSTALLED=to_be_installed.db rem -- cat $TO_BE_INSTALLED | while read rem -- do rem -- if grep $1 $CURRENT_INSTALLED rem -- then rem -- echo Package $1 already included rem -- else rem -- echo $0 $CURRENT_INSTALLED rem -- echo Added: $0 rem --fi rem --DOES INSTALLED.DB NEED TO BE SORTED? ` c: cd \cygwin rem -- Now we can finally run setup. Though this will show a status window, no user interaction rem -- is required. setup --quiet-mode --site %CYG_MIRROR% --no-shortcuts --no-desktop rem -- Now set the Windows System environment variable PATH and CYGWIN as noted
Re: CYGWIN Installation-VIM
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 05:33 -0700, S.Sunil Kumar wrote: Hi, I have checked the following links. http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.what-packages http://cygwin.com/packages/ http://cygwin.com/packages/vim/ I can see the file lists only and not the EXE File. If possible I would like to know where I can get the packge and how to install it in XP Platform. Use the Cygwin setup program from http://cygwin.com/setup.exe and install the desired packages (vim et al.) with this setup program. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: CYGWIN Installation-VIM ( CYGWIN Reinstallation)
S.Sunil Kumar wrote: Hi Alexander , I got it...I did that before. But now I have realised from your word that I have to choose the packeges propoerly while downloading. Which I have missed earlier.I didnt selected properly. Now I am downloading a Packege and selected INSTALL for all Packages (not sources) Only the packege. Oknow If I want to install this new package of CYGWIN..Is there is any need of Uninstalling the previous (small one). No, no need. Setup.exe will just add to what is already there. And how can we Uninstall (Even if there is no need-Just for idea) ? http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: CYGWIN Installation Help Needed
On 14 Oct, S.Sunil Kumar wrote: I would like to install CYGWIN in my WIN-XP-HE PC. I have downloaded the CYGWIN Program from one of the FTP site by running the SETUP.EXE file. But I would like to know about how to install it in the XP System. There's a mailing list where questions like these can be answered. I have CC-ed my reply to your question there. I'm surprised you asked us directly. Anyway, it sounds like all you need to do is run setup.exe on your home PC. If that's what you meant, see http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html The complete Cygwin download these days is about 2GB. If instead you meant that you want to transfer that download to your home PC, then see http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.cd In addition, here's something you can use that makes it easier to pick out just the current version of each package (instead of every version of the packages). It assumes you have used rsync to get a mirror - so there should be a setup.exe, .bz2, and .ini file along with a release directory. It's actually excerpted from a slightly longer script, but there's no point sending that since it depends on other things we do (like automatically checking the MD5 signatures of all packages to make sure the download is complete). FWIW, here it is. With this, the download can usually fit on a CD. #!/bin/sh dst=$HOME/cygwin-for-CD test -s setup.bz2 || exit 1 test -d $dst || exit 1 echo setup.exe echo setup.bz2 echo setup.ini bzip2 -cd setup.bz2 | awk ' BEGIN { package = 0; } # Look for start of package block /^@/ { package = 1; next; } # If inside a package block, look for a line beginning with install: package /^install: / { print $2; package = 0; }' ) | cpio -pdmuv $dst luke -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation failure problem
You can try two things. 1. Install in two stages: start with the Base (default) installation and pursue to completion. Then re-start setup and continue with the Full installation. This should run to completion without any glitches. 2. Use http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/setup-2.457.2.1.exe instead of the standard setup executable. Again list experience suggests that this will proceed to completion without the (well-known) glitches induced by the standard setup. Fergus -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation failure problem
On 08.01.2005 08:38 UK Time, fergus wrote: You can try two things. 1. Install in two stages: start with the Base (default) installation and pursue to completion. Then re-start setup and continue with the Full installation. This should run to completion without any glitches. 2. Use http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/setup-2.457.2.1.exe instead of the standard setup executable. Again list experience suggests that this will proceed to completion without the (well-known) glitches induced by the standard setup. Fergus Splendid - setup-2.457.2.1.exe has overcome the problem I reported yesterday (see http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-01/msg00333.html), and the Cygwin installation completed successfully :-D Many thanks. -- Herbert Eppel www.HETranslation.co.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation failure problem
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Herbert Eppel wrote: On 08.01.2005 08:38 UK Time, fergus wrote: You can try two things. 1. Install in two stages: start with the Base (default) installation and pursue to completion. Then re-start setup and continue with the Full installation. This should run to completion without any glitches. 2. Use http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/setup-2.457.2.1.exe instead of the standard setup executable. Again list experience suggests that this will proceed to completion without the (well-known) glitches induced by the standard setup. Fergus Splendid - setup-2.457.2.1.exe has overcome the problem I reported yesterday (see http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-01/msg00333.html), and the Cygwin installation completed successfully :-D Many thanks. This looks like a good confirmation. Time to move 2.457.2.1 into the mainstream? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation failure problem
At 03:53 PM 1/8/2005, you wrote: On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Herbert Eppel wrote: On 08.01.2005 08:38 UK Time, fergus wrote: You can try two things. 1. Install in two stages: start with the Base (default) installation and pursue to completion. Then re-start setup and continue with the Full installation. This should run to completion without any glitches. 2. Use http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/setup-2.457.2.1.exe instead of the standard setup executable. Again list experience suggests that this will proceed to completion without the (well-known) glitches induced by the standard setup. Fergus Splendid - setup-2.457.2.1.exe has overcome the problem I reported yesterday (see http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-01/msg00333.html), and the Cygwin installation completed successfully :-D Many thanks. This looks like a good confirmation. Time to move 2.457.2.1 into the mainstream? Yes, please! Max? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation problem
At 09:49 AM 1/7/2005, you wrote: I'm not sure how to send an actual mail reply to that message, but since Larry said This list would, however, be interested in knowing who this third party is and where you found the software that uses the Cygwin DLL I can report that in my case I found that it was a free CD burning software called burnatonce (see http://www.burnatonce.com) that used an older (and much smaller) version of the dll file. Thanks for this. From what I understand, later posts suggest you were able to resolve your installation problems as well. :-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation failure problem
Larry Hall wrote: At 03:53 PM 1/8/2005, you wrote: This looks like a good confirmation. Time to move 2.457.2.1 into the mainstream? Yes, please! Max? I agree. I encountered a permissions problem on the server trying to put the new file into place - I've emailed about it. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation problem
Herbert Eppel wrote: I removed the burnatonce software and tried to reinstall Cygwin, but after 90% I get the same problem, i.e. I first get a warning message (see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/CygwinWarn1.jpg), This is no prblem and no error, just follow the hint displayed. immediately followed by an error message (see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/CygwinErr1.jpg), after which CygwinSetup.exe crashes. The package database is written to /etc/setup, do you have permisson on this directory? I have to admit that I didn't actually uninstall the previous failed installation of Cygwin as recommended by Larry Hall (with link to http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC19). Presumably that's what I have to actually do befor the installation can complete successfully? Is there anything else I should be aware of at this stage? Gerrit -- =^..^= -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation problem
On 07.01.2005 17:55 UK Time, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: Herbert Eppel wrote: I removed the burnatonce software and tried to reinstall Cygwin, but after 90% I get the same problem, i.e. I first get a warning message (see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/CygwinWarn1.jpg), This is no prblem and no error, just follow the hint displayed. Yes, thanks, I know it is supposed to be just a warning, but the trouble is that it is immediately followed by the error/crash described, and contrary to the warning message rebooting doesn't help. immediately followed by an error message (see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/CygwinErr1.jpg), after which CygwinSetup.exe crashes. The package database is written to /etc/setup, do you have permisson on this directory? I'm running the installation as myself, rather than administator, but I have the same rights as administrator (I'm the only one using this machine), and CygwinSetup.exe has already written more then 10 MB into C:\cygwin\etc when this happens. I can see 474 objects in C:\cygwin\etc\setup Any more ideas? Thank you. -- Herbert Eppel www.HETranslation.co.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: (Cygwin) Installation Uninstallation issues
At 08:32 PM 10/5/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you try renaming the present install, and any relevant registry entries, and retry after that (to avoid bad blocks in filesystem or a munged NTFS structure that NTFS somehow hasn't gotten around to repairing?) I've tried renaming C:\cygwin, rebooting, and attempting to delete the directory while there is no 'current' cygwin installation. Searching the registry for 'tabs' (the name of the leaf directory) finds no relevant instances. A disk check for NTFS problems didn't help. Turn heuristic virus scanners off while installing, invoke the circle before selecting the install host, 10lb. package of grits on top of machine to draw out the devil, cold pizza nearby? I'm not running any antivirus software (although the latest Cygwin installer seems to think I am). I'll do the necessary sacrifices tomorrow if I can get a two-headed goat. Thanks, - Tim -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: (Cygwin) Installation Uninstallation issues
At 08:57 PM 10/5/2003, Tim Dierks wrote: At 08:32 PM 10/5/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you try renaming the present install, and any relevant registry entries, and retry after that (to avoid bad blocks in filesystem or a munged NTFS structure that NTFS somehow hasn't gotten around to repairing?) I've tried renaming C:\cygwin, rebooting, and attempting to delete the directory while there is no 'current' cygwin installation. Searching the registry for 'tabs' (the name of the leaf directory) finds no relevant instances. A disk check for NTFS problems didn't help. I did find the problem. At some point, something had changed the owner of /ver/cron/tabs to System. Resetting the ownership on the cygwin directory and all children, then resetting the privileges on it and all children, enabled me to delete it. - Tim -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Cygwin installation choke
Chris, On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:57:43PM -, Chris January wrote: Corinna, the cpuid results are still valid if the user doesn't have NT. Only in the worst case scenario (i.e. a user running Windows 95/98 on a 486) will it be necessary to resort to falling back on the registry values alone. What I mean is the cpuid information is valid on Windows 95/98. The cpuid command returns the most useful information. Your patch completely bypasses the cpuid instruction on non-Windows NT operating systems, however this isn't necesary. The patch was designed to show you what I meant, not to be applied verbatim. Chris -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin installation choke
Chris, On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:57:43PM -, Chris January wrote: Corinna, the cpuid results are still valid if the user doesn't have NT. Only in the worst case scenario (i.e. a user running Windows 95/98 on a 486) will it be necessary to resort to falling back on the registry values alone. thanks but your patch isn't valid AFAICS. Besides the fact that a ChangeLog is missing, it expects to find the same registry values as in NT. But the ~Mhz value isn't available for example, only VendorIdentifier, Identifier and a REG_DWORD value called Update Status. - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_XMMI64_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) - print ( sse2); + if (!wincap.is_winnt ()) ^^^ You don't mean this, do you? +{ + print (flags :); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_3DNOW_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) + print ( 3dnow); Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Cygwin installation choke
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 05:09:21PM +, Chris Hardie wrote: The CYGWIN1.DLL is linked to missing export KERNEL32.DLL:IsProcessorFeaturePresent I'm running Windows '95 on a P300 Celeron. Anyone have any idea what's going on? Fixed in CVS. Thanks for the report. Corinna, the cpuid results are still valid if the user doesn't have NT. Only in the worst case scenario (i.e. a user running Windows 95/98 on a 486) will it be necessary to resort to falling back on the registry values alone. Chris Index: fhandler_proc.cc === RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_proc.cc,v retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -p -r1.25 fhandler_proc.cc --- fhandler_proc.cc13 Mar 2003 22:53:16 - 1.25 +++ fhandler_proc.cc13 Mar 2003 23:52:31 - @@ -631,15 +631,7 @@ format_proc_cpuinfo (char *destbuf, size debug_printf (processor does not support CPUID instruction); } - if (!wincap.is_winnt ()) -{ - bufptr += __small_sprintf (bufptr, processor : %d\n, cpu_number); - read_value (VendorIdentifier, REG_SZ); - bufptr += __small_sprintf (bufptr, vendor id : %s\n, szBuffer); - read_value (Identifier, REG_SZ); - bufptr += __small_sprintf (bufptr, identifier : %s\n, szBuffer); - } - else if (!has_cpuid) +if (!has_cpuid) { bufptr += __small_sprintf (bufptr, processor : %d\n, cpu_number); read_value (VendorIdentifier, REG_SZ); @@ -649,23 +641,26 @@ format_proc_cpuinfo (char *destbuf, size read_value (~Mhz, REG_DWORD); bufptr += __small_sprintf (bufptr, cpu MHz : %u\n, *(DWORD *) szBuffer); - print (flags :); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_3DNOW_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) - print ( 3dnow); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_COMPARE_EXCHANGE_DOUBLE)) - print ( cx8); - if (!IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_FLOATING_POINT_EMULATED)) - print ( fpu); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_MMX_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) - print ( mmx); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_PAE_ENABLED)) - print ( pae); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_RDTSC_INSTRUCTION_AVAILABLE)) - print ( tsc); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_XMMI_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) - print ( sse); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_XMMI64_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) - print ( sse2); + if (!wincap.is_winnt ()) +{ + print (flags :); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_3DNOW_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) + print ( 3dnow); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_COMPARE_EXCHANGE_DOUBLE)) + print ( cx8); + if (!IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_FLOATING_POINT_EMULATED)) + print ( fpu); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_MMX_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) + print ( mmx); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_PAE_ENABLED)) + print ( pae); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_RDTSC_INSTRUCTION_AVAILABLE)) + print ( tsc); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_XMMI_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) + print ( sse); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_XMMI64_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) + print ( sse2); + } } else {
Re: Cygwin installation choke
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 05:09:21PM +, Chris Hardie wrote: The CYGWIN1.DLL is linked to missing export KERNEL32.DLL:IsProcessorFeaturePresent I'm running Windows '95 on a P300 Celeron. Anyone have any idea what's going on? Fixed in CVS. Thanks for the report. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Cygwin installation choke
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 05:09:21PM +, Chris Hardie wrote: The CYGWIN1.DLL is linked to missing export KERNEL32.DLL:IsProcessorFeaturePresent I'm running Windows '95 on a P300 Celeron. Anyone have any idea what's going on? Fixed in CVS. Thanks for the report. Corinna, the cpuid results are still valid if the user doesn't have NT. Only in the worst case scenario (i.e. a user running Windows 95/98 on a 486) will it be necessary to resort to falling back on the registry values alone. Chris Index: fhandler_proc.cc === RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_proc.cc,v retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -p -r1.25 fhandler_proc.cc --- fhandler_proc.cc13 Mar 2003 22:53:16 - 1.25 +++ fhandler_proc.cc13 Mar 2003 23:52:31 - @@ -631,15 +631,7 @@ format_proc_cpuinfo (char *destbuf, size debug_printf (processor does not support CPUID instruction); } - if (!wincap.is_winnt ()) -{ - bufptr += __small_sprintf (bufptr, processor : %d\n, cpu_number); - read_value (VendorIdentifier, REG_SZ); - bufptr += __small_sprintf (bufptr, vendor id : %s\n, szBuffer); - read_value (Identifier, REG_SZ); - bufptr += __small_sprintf (bufptr, identifier : %s\n, szBuffer); - } - else if (!has_cpuid) +if (!has_cpuid) { bufptr += __small_sprintf (bufptr, processor : %d\n, cpu_number); read_value (VendorIdentifier, REG_SZ); @@ -649,23 +641,26 @@ format_proc_cpuinfo (char *destbuf, size read_value (~Mhz, REG_DWORD); bufptr += __small_sprintf (bufptr, cpu MHz : %u\n, *(DWORD *) szBuffer); - print (flags :); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_3DNOW_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) - print ( 3dnow); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_COMPARE_EXCHANGE_DOUBLE)) - print ( cx8); - if (!IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_FLOATING_POINT_EMULATED)) - print ( fpu); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_MMX_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) - print ( mmx); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_PAE_ENABLED)) - print ( pae); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_RDTSC_INSTRUCTION_AVAILABLE)) - print ( tsc); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_XMMI_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) - print ( sse); - if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_XMMI64_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) - print ( sse2); + if (!wincap.is_winnt ()) +{ + print (flags :); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_3DNOW_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) + print ( 3dnow); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_COMPARE_EXCHANGE_DOUBLE)) + print ( cx8); + if (!IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_FLOATING_POINT_EMULATED)) + print ( fpu); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_MMX_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) + print ( mmx); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_PAE_ENABLED)) + print ( pae); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_RDTSC_INSTRUCTION_AVAILABLE)) + print ( tsc); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_XMMI_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) + print ( sse); + if (IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_XMMI64_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE)) + print ( sse2); + } } else { -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: CygWin Installation
-Original Message- From: Peter A. Castro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Steve Fairbairn wrote: I assume you never did an early slackware linux install then. You considder the early Slackware installs difficult, eh?? Hah! Those were easy (I did many an install of the early Slackware from floppy images (and I still like use Slackware today!)). Try installing some of the early AIX's on early RS/6000 hardware, or better yet, AIX V2 on the IBM PC/RT's (and yes, I did/do both). I was merely trying to suggest he'd led a sheltered computer related life. I also did many slackware installs from floppy (well, the same install many times ;). Which first required vast use of gopher to download and email me the packages in small pieces so that I could get it with my Uni account. Then transfered home on double density floppies (720KB) to try and get installed on my Amiga - Bloody worked too. Kids today. They don't know they're born ;) Steve. *** This email has originated from Perwill plc (Registration No. 1906964) Office registered at: 13A Market Square, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1UR, UK Tel: +44 (0)1420 545000 Fax: +44 (0)1420 545001 www.perwill.com *** Privileged, confidential and/or copyright information may be contained in this email, and is only for the use of the intended addressee. To copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it in any way if you are not the intended recipient or responsible for delivering to him/her is prohibited. If you receive this email by mistake, please advise the sender immediately, by using the reply facility in your email software. We may monitor the content of emails sent and received via our network for the purposes of ensuring compliance with policies and procedures. This message is subject to and does not create or vary any contractual relationships between Perwill plc and the recipient. *** Any opinions expressed in the email are those of the sender and not necessarily of Perwill plc. *** This email has been scanned for known viruses using McAfee WebShield 4.5 MR1a *** -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: CygWin Installation
In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything as convoluted and difficult to use as your CygWin download/installer. Yeah, thanks Bensky, but your money's no good here. Go get your Unix-on-Windows utilities from a less convoluted and difficult to use source. -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot. (If I could go 30 *days* without seeing something a dozen orders of magnitude worse than Cygwin Setup, I'd figure I hit the jackpot! Christ.) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: CygWin Installation
I assume you never did an early slackware linux install then. I tried to once. Once... Sorry, I don't like to talk about it. -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: CygWin Installation
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Sy or Ursula Bensky wrote: The installation would be much simplified if it was available as a tarball or.ZIP file. Ooh, just what I wanted! A 1.6Gb tar or .ZIP file :) Let's see you download *that* over your 56k modem! (sorry, just couldn't resist...) I'll save him the trouble and email it to him. ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: CygWin Installation
I assume you never did an early slackware linux install then. Steve. -Original Message- From: subensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 January 2003 15:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CygWin Installation In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything as convoluted and difficult to use as your CygWin download/installer. Sy Bensky [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** This email has originated from Perwill plc (Registration No. 1906964) Office registered at: 13A Market Square, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1UR, UK Tel: +44 (0)1420 545000 Fax: +44 (0)1420 545001 www.perwill.com *** Privileged, confidential and/or copyright information may be contained in this email, and is only for the use of the intended addressee. To copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it in any way if you are not the intended recipient or responsible for delivering to him/her is prohibited. If you receive this email by mistake, please advise the sender immediately, by using the reply facility in your email software. We may monitor the content of emails sent and received via our network for the purposes of ensuring compliance with policies and procedures. This message is subject to and does not create or vary any contractual relationships between Perwill plc and the recipient. *** Any opinions expressed in the email are those of the sender and not necessarily of Perwill plc. *** This email has been scanned for known viruses using McAfee WebShield 4.5 MR1a *** -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: CygWin Installation
* subensky (03-01-31 16:58 +0100) In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything as convoluted and difficult to use as your CygWin download/installer. Yeah, clicking seven times [Next], once [OK] and selecting a mirror *is* difficult, indeed. Thorsten -- Content-Type: text/explicit; charset=ISO-8859-666 (Parental Advisory) Content-Transfer-Warning: message contains innuendos not suited for children under the age of 18 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: CygWin Installation
The installation would be much simplified if it was available as a tarball or.ZIP file. Sy Bensky On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 09:52 AM, Max Bowsher wrote: subensky wrote: In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything as convoluted and difficult to use as your CygWin download/installer. And the point of this email was ... ? Constructive criticism is welcome. Useless whining is not. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: CygWin Installation
Sy, It is. Or, more accurately, they are. A single archive would be unwieldy and somewhat at odds with the rapidly changing set of packages and the presence of very many packages of less than universal interest. You can download individual tarballs (source tarballs are separate) from any of a large set of mirror sites and then simulate the actions of the installer. But as we've seen here, people who try that fare rather worse than those who work with installer. Really, if the Cygwin Setup.exe installer is the worst thing you've seen, you've had a blessed existence in your 30 years of computer use. Randall Schulz At 10:57 2003-01-31, Sy or Ursula Bensky wrote: The installation would be much simplified if it was available as a tarball or.ZIP file. Sy Bensky On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 09:52 AM, Max Bowsher wrote: subensky wrote: In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything as convoluted and difficult to use as your CygWin download/installer. And the point of this email was ... ? Constructive criticism is welcome. Useless whining is not. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: CygWin Installation
Sy, Thanks for all you laconic input. Too bad you couldn't spend some of the time you saved with these breif email messages to the list looking at the email archives that discusses this issue at length. If you had, you would see why Cygwin doesn't install in the form you want. That would've removed the need for you to contact the list at all, unless of course you wanted to join the effort to improve the current installation procedure. Of course, that might take allot of time. So you could just look at the FAQ entry: How do I just get everything? http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC14 Oh, if we could've all just saved all this time! What a different world it would be! ;-) Larry Original Message: - From: Sy or Ursula Bensky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:57:08 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CygWin Installation The installation would be much simplified if it was available as a tarball or.ZIP file. Sy Bensky On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 09:52 AM, Max Bowsher wrote: subensky wrote: In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything as convoluted and difficult to use as your CygWin download/installer. And the point of this email was ... ? Constructive criticism is welcome. Useless whining is not. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: CygWin Installation
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Steve Fairbairn wrote: I assume you never did an early slackware linux install then. You considder the early Slackware installs difficult, eh?? Hah! Those were easy (I did many an install of the early Slackware from floppy images (and I still like use Slackware today!)). Try installing some of the early AIX's on early RS/6000 hardware, or better yet, AIX V2 on the IBM PC/RT's (and yes, I did/do both). By comparison, the Cygwin installer is quite nice and easy to use. Those people who believe installing should be a turn-key operation should realize that choice is good :) Steve. -Original Message- From: subensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 January 2003 15:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CygWin Installation In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything as convoluted and difficult to use as your CygWin download/installer. Sy Bensky [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** This email has originated from Perwill plc (Registration No. 1906964) Office registered at: 13A Market Square, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1UR, UK Tel: +44 (0)1420 545000 Fax: +44 (0)1420 545001 www.perwill.com *** Privileged, confidential and/or copyright information may be contained in this email, and is only for the use of the intended addressee. To copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it in any way if you are not the intended recipient or responsible for delivering to him/her is prohibited. If you receive this email by mistake, please advise the sender immediately, by using the reply facility in your email software. We may monitor the content of emails sent and received via our network for the purposes of ensuring compliance with policies and procedures. This message is subject to and does not create or vary any contractual relationships between Perwill plc and the recipient. *** Any opinions expressed in the email are those of the sender and not necessarily of Perwill plc. *** This email has been scanned for known viruses using McAfee WebShield 4.5 MR1a *** -- Peter A. Castro [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cats are just autistic Dogs -- Dr. Tony Attwood -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: CygWin Installation
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Sy or Ursula Bensky wrote: The installation would be much simplified if it was available as a tarball or.ZIP file. Ooh, just what I wanted! A 1.6Gb tar or .ZIP file :) Let's see you download *that* over your 56k modem! (sorry, just couldn't resist...) Sy Bensky On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 09:52 AM, Max Bowsher wrote: subensky wrote: In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything as convoluted and difficult to use as your CygWin download/installer. And the point of this email was ... ? Constructive criticism is welcome. Useless whining is not. Max. -- Peter A. Castro [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cats are just autistic Dogs -- Dr. Tony Attwood -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: cygwin installation.
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:54:58 -0400 dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been trying to install cygwin for the past two days and i'm not getting very far. I'm selecting admin, archive, base, database, doc, devel, interpreters, libs, math, net, shells, text, utils, and web, however it only appears to download minimal components. On the menu of packages i ensure that the above mentioned packages have the word install selected. Please try one more time and note down the options selected in each screen. Any popup windows that appear would also be interesting. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/