On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Christopher M. Balz wrote: > Answering Igor's questions . . . > > 'setup' hangs when it dies. The window its in closes without any > problem, though.
So it doesn't really crash anything? And this doesn't sound like a hard hang, either -- at least the events are processed normally... > Running 'cygwin.bat' from the command line yields nothing. I.e., just shows another prompt right away, or runs but doesn't show the prompt? How about if you run cd c:\cygwin\bin .\bash.exe --login -i ? > Below is the content of my setup.log.full file: > > setup.log.full [irrelevant parts snipped]: > 2004/03/20 10:11:01 Starting cygwin install, version 2.416 > [X-startup-scripts] action=1.0.4-1 trust=curr installed=1.0.3-1 src?=no > categories=All, XFree86 > [xterm] action=185-2 trust=curr installed=185-1 src?=no > categories=All, XFree86 > 2004/03/20 10:11:17 Installing file://C:\Program > Files\cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.sunsite.dk%2fcygwin/release/XFree86/X-startup-scripts/X-startup-scripts-1.0.4-1.tar.bz2 > 2004/03/20 10:11:18 Installing file://C:\Program > Files\cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.sunsite.dk%2fcygwin/release/XFree86/xterm/xterm-185-2.tar.bz2 > 2004/03/20 10:11:20 running: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe -c /etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh > 2004/03/20 11:24:36 mbox note: Installation Complete > 2004/03/20 11:24:37 Ending cygwin install Okay, so this shows that you did not reinstall either tetex-base or tetex-tiny (good), and the postinstall script is still executed (bad). This means that it never completed the execution, otherwise it would have been renamed to "*.done". Try actually renaming it (by running cd c:\cygwin\etc\postinstall ren post-texmf.sh post-texmf.sh.done from a CMD prompt). Then try re-running setup and see if it still hangs. Also, try the latest setup snapshot (<http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/>) and see if it fares better. It would also be interesting to try actually running the script (via c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe -x /etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh.done ) and seeing if it hangs and what output it produces. HTH, Igor > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > >On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Christopher M. Balz wrote: > > > >>On Win2K SP 4 up-to-date, I install most packages (including X and tex) > >>and 'setup' hangs with the folllowing message: > >> > >> Running . . . > >> > >> No package > >> > >> /etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh > >> > >>The progress bar is almost finished at this point (above). > >> > >>The install has broken my Cygwin shell completely. It pops up in a > >>window and closes fine but shows no text. > >> > >> > > > >Have you seen <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg00931.html> (my > >previous reply)? If you run "cygwin.bat" from a CMD shell, do you get any > >messages? > > > >>The first two times 'setup' hung, it crashed my machine. > > > >"Crashed" as in BSOD? What is the exact error (you may need to enable > >BSODs for this or look in the Windows Event log). > > > >>I did try moving 'post-textmf.sh' to 'post-textmf.sh.done' but no luck. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >This should be 'post-texmf.sh' and 'post-texmf.sh.done'... But that file > >will be recreated every time you reinstall tetex-base or tetex-tiny. > > > >>Thank you in advance! > >> - CB > > > >Is there any post-texmf.sh output in /var/log/setup.log.full? > > 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! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- 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/
