Re: Setup problem (2.889 32-bit)

On Tue, 6 Mar 2018 12:42:33, David Lee wrote: > I tried to perform a clean Cygwin installation and encountered a > problem with package versions. > > Steps > - > > 1. Download setup.exe. > 2. Run it. > 3. At "Cygwin Net Release Setup Program", click next. > 3. Choose "Install From Internet".

Setup problem (2.889 32-bit)

I tried to perform a clean Cygwin installation and encountered a problem with package versions. Steps - 1. Download setup.exe. 2. Run it. 3. At "Cygwin Net Release Setup Program", click next. 3. Choose "Install From Internet". Click next. 4. Pick a root directory. Click next. 5. Pick a local

Re: Setup problem: no /home/

Matthijs Nescio writes: > I am using Windows 7. During the setup, the install has hung after it > was finished, running some postinstall script for quite some time. It seems you aborted setup or your log files are truncated. Unless you let it finish the postinstall phase, you can't expect Cygwin

Re: Setup problem: no /home/

On 2016-10-01 12:48, Matthijs Nescio wrote: I have the strangest problem. I have been trying to re-install Cygwin a few times, each time with the same result. I have downloaded the latest greatest setup-x86_64.exe. Symptoms list: * There is a C:\cygwin64\home folder, but it is empty. * It takes

Re: Openssh setup problem

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:15:15PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Richard Lin wrote: >> Hi, cygwin: >> I try to setup Openssh on win server 2003. >> When run the following command: >> mkgroup -l >> ..\etc\group >> I got this error message: >> C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin>mkgroup -l >> ..\etc\g

Re: Openssh setup problem

Richard Lin wrote: Hi, cygwin: I try to setup Openssh on win server 2003. When run the following command: mkgroup -l >> ..\etc\group I got this error message: C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin>mkgroup -l >> ..\etc\group 24 [main] ? 4940 init_cheap: Couldn't reserve 3600072 bytes of space for c

Openssh setup problem

Hi, cygwin: I try to setup Openssh on win server 2003. When run the following command: mkgroup -l >> ..\etc\group I got this error message: C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin>mkgroup -l >> ..\etc\group 24 [main] ? 4940 init_cheap: Couldn't reserve 3600072 bytes of space for cy gwin's heap, Win32

Re: Ghostscript setup problem. (Was: Can't preview postscript files under xdvi)

Rodrigo Medina wrote: > It seems to me that it is solving the problem in the wrong place. It is > not a xdvi problem. It is a cygwin setup problem. You can have similar > troubles with many other programs. It is unconvenient to have 2 versions > of gs installed simultaneously, one

Ghostscript setup problem. (Was: Can't preview postscript files under xdvi)

information. Should xdvi be configured OOTB to >look for gs-x11? If so, can the xdvi maintainer (if we have one) make a >new release? It seems to me that it is solving the problem in the wrong place. It is not a xdvi problem. It is a cygwin setup problem. You can have similar

Re: setup problem

On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 03:44:12PM -, Dave Korn wrote: > Are you sure you didn't click the ftp.mirror.ac.uk URL by mistake? That one >does work. > >> See: http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html . The last time that sourceware contacted this site to verify its correctness was ~Feb 19 21:43. If there

RE: setup problem

On 20 February 2006 15:25, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:37:37PM +, David Monksfield wrote: >> When I run setup and select 'www.mirror.ac.uk' as the download site, setup >> says: "Unable to get setup.ini from >> ". >> I get this too, only without the stray single

Re: setup problem

On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:37:37PM +, David Monksfield wrote: >When I run setup and select 'www.mirror.ac.uk' as the download site, setup >says: >"Unable to get setup.ini from >". > >This started happening a few days ago, having previously been fine. > >I can add

setup problem

When I run setup and select 'www.mirror.ac.uk' as the download site, setup says: "Unable to get setup.ini from ". This started happening a few days ago, having previously been fine. I can add (note the different path) as a new mirror

RE: setup problem persistent?

> > There was a hint on this list to first install it without the X11 > > stuff. This indeed seems to work partially. > > However, when I install everything except the X11 section, some > > postinstall scripts will complain about missing DLLs. > > > This is not nice. > > Since the recent emerge

Re: setup problem persistent?

Fergus Daly wrote: Since the recent emergence of xorg-related problems I've achieved complete glitchless installations in two stages as (i) "Base" (Default) followed immediately by (ii) the rest (click on Default to change to Install). There's no need to choose anything, worry about

Re: setup problem persistent?

> There was a hint on this list to first install it > without the X11 stuff. This indeed seems to work partially. > However, when I install everything except the X11 section, > some postinstall scripts will complain about missing DLLs. > This is not nice. Since the recent emergence of xorg-relate

Re: setup problem persistent?

On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 04:32:50PM +0100, Harald Vogt wrote: >Hi all, > >When I'm trying to make a full cygwin install on a freshly setup XP >machine (1 GB RAM, 3 GHz), at some point setup.exe will start eating >more and more system resources and get finally killed. > >The point where this usuall

setup problem persistent?

Hi all, When I'm trying to make a full cygwin install on a freshly setup XP machine (1 GB RAM, 3 GHz), at some point setup.exe will start eating more and more system resources and get finally killed. The point where this usually happens is the xorg-x11-etc package, file /etc/X11/app-defaults/Bi

Re: Setup problem: incomplete nonexistent package

Here's an executive summary: it's a mystery. It just started working. In slightly more detail, rsync from another site did replace the TeXmacs package. But re-running setup still failed on TeXmacs. Our local mirror is shared via Samba (v 2.2something). Some hours later, with no extra rsyncs (i

Re: Setup problem: incomplete nonexistent package

On 2 Sep, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, luke.kendall wrote: > > > We have a local cygwin mirror (of kernels.org). Recently, setup fails > > with the error that the package ssmtp-2.60.9-2 is incomplete. > > > > But we don't have that package in our mirror, and I don't have tha

Re: Setup problem: incomplete nonexistent package

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, luke.kendall wrote: > We have a local cygwin mirror (of kernels.org). Recently, setup fails > with the error that the package ssmtp-2.60.9-2 is incomplete. > > But we don't have that package in our mirror, and I don't have that > package installed, as far as I can tell. So wh

Setup problem: incomplete nonexistent package

We have a local cygwin mirror (of kernels.org). Recently, setup fails with the e have a local cygwin mirror (of kernels.org). Recently, setup fails with the error that the package ssmtp-2.60.9-2 is incomplete. But we don't have that package in our mirror, and I don't have that package installed,

Re: Setup problem: couldn't install gcc-mingw-core/g++/java

to reboot from SETUP.EXE). Regards, Alexey - Original Message - From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alexei Lioubimov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:12 PM Subject: Re: Setup problem: c

Re: Setup problem: couldn't install gcc-mingw-core/g++/java

to reboot from SETUP.EXE). Regards, Alexey - Original Message - From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alexei Lioubimov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:12 PM Subject: Re: Setup problem: c

Re: Setup problem: couldn't install gcc-mingw-core/g++/java

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Alexei Lioubimov wrote: > Hello, > The problem is, that suddenly I've found out that I couldn't use > "-mno-cygwin" option. I'm getting errors saying that there is no `cc1' and > so on. 'cygcheck -c' says that everything is Ok with gcc-mingw-* packages, > but when I looked ins

Setup problem: couldn't install gcc-mingw-core/g++/java. Need your help!

Hello, The problem is, that suddenly I've found out that I couldn't use "-mno-cygwin" option. I'm getting errors saying that there is no `cc1' and so on. 'cygcheck -c' says that everything is Ok with gcc-mingw-* packages, but when I looked inside .../gcc-lib/i86-pc-cygwin/ I did not find anything b

Re: Strange setup problem. Next button disabled.

Steve Fairbairn wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a couple of strange setup problems which I cannot find ways around, > so was wondering if anyone might be able to suggest solutions. > > The machine in question is a PIII 650MHz running a very new installation of > Win2K Pro. > > During the machines insta

Strange setup problem. Next button disabled.

Hi All, I have a couple of strange setup problems which I cannot find ways around, so was wondering if anyone might be able to suggest solutions. The machine in question is a PIII 650MHz running a very new installation of Win2K Pro. During the machines installation, cygwin was installed from a

Re: setup problem: only ash comes as /bin/sh

On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 23:27, S.L. wrote: > >From a user point of view, I would create a 'Shells' subcategory for 'Base'. > And an intermediate step for setup to manage the /bin/sh issue (when the > user chooses more than one shell). Nope. ash is part of base. It's a required component for the c

Re: setup problem: only ash comes as /bin/sh

[...] > > scripts, since the only shell I install is bash, and the only /bin/sh > installed by > > setup is ash. > > Could this be fixed somehow? > > How exactly? Ash is a part of the 'Base' category, a minimal Cygwin > installation. This means that postinstall scripts et al expect a 'Base' [...]

Re: setup problem: only ash comes as /bin/sh

> I reinstalled my w9x box and cygwin also. > As the subject mentions, this is already annoying: every time I reinstall > cygwin, I must remember to set a /bin/sh, and re-run all /etc/postinstall > scripts, since the only shell I install is bash, and the only /bin/sh installed by > setup is ash. >

setup problem: only ash comes as /bin/sh

I reinstalled my w9x box and cygwin also. As the subject mentions, this is already annoying: every time I reinstall cygwin, I must remember to set a /bin/sh, and re-run all /etc/postinstall scripts, since the only shell I install is bash, and the only /bin/sh installed by setup is ash. Could this

setup problem

i downloaded fullsetup of cygwin.my system is windows98.in setup directory there is a file with " .src.tar.bz2" .how can i exract it or how can i setup my cygwin :)? and also wondering something.after i compile and run my program with cygwin.may i open it with visualc++6.0 and again compile+ru

setup problem

dear sir, I have downloaded the cygwin setup softwere, and started installing it. I have chosen download from internet , choose a ftp site and downloaded the basic file. Then i installed the pakage. now i am filling that i need some upgrade. if i get the x.tar.bz2 pakage then can i add to my in

Re: Setup problem: Download Incomplete

RM> ... but I haven't seen it mentioned in the list so far and it is RM> possible you don't know... Please forgive this bit of noise, I'd failed to read 4 digests worth of messages... Doh! -- Robert -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http

Setup problem: Download Incomplete

First, thanks for cygwin, xfree, and a great development environment on Windows! I don't think this is a big deal, but I haven't seen it mentioned in the list so far and it is possible you don't know... I'm experiencing the above error message from setup: Setup version 2.218.2.9 Windows 2000, S

Re: setup problem(s)

on "Download now" would not work- it said it couldn't find the required cygwin1.dll I am using Win Me Any help would be greatly appreciated! -Drew- - Original Message - From: "Chris Brand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 14,

setup problem(s)

I have been using a version of cygwin that I installed a while ago, and mostly it was fine, but I wasn't completely happy (for example, "man" always gave an error), so I decided to re-install to pick up any updates and to ensure that I had everything installed that I might need. I ran the setup.e

Re: "Nothing needed to be installed" setup problem

> >Is the setup.ini from the CDROM as well? A newer setup.ini will probably >refer to the wrong versions of most of the packages. Ah, that explains it... actually, I don't have setup.ini at all! I just don't install cygwin often enough to remember these things. But no, I don't have the old on

Re: "Nothing needed to be installed" setup problem

From: "Phil Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 15:26 Subject: "Nothing needed to be installed" setup problem > I have the latest version of setup.exe, but older versions of contrib and > latest (from July

Re: "Nothing needed to be installed" setup problem

On Sunday 24 March 2002 15:26, Phil Mitchell wrote: > I have the latest version of setup.exe, but older versions of contrib and > latest (from July of last year). I am trying to install cygwin on a machine > without internet access, and that's what I've got on cdrom. > > I am installing from c:\te

"Nothing needed to be installed" setup problem

I have the latest version of setup.exe, but older versions of contrib and latest (from July of last year). I am trying to install cygwin on a machine without internet access, and that's what I've got on cdrom. I am installing from c:\temp into c:\cygwin. In setup, I click on the little circle

Re: ./config -luser32 error but copying w32api works. It works I tellyou! (setup problem?)

I installed Cygwin on 3 different machines today running NT4, XP Home and Win2000 Server respectively. The problem was reproduced on all. Tomorrow I will install Cygwin on a brand new machine running XP Professional (The only other software that has ever been installed on that is Office97). Tonig

Re: ./config -luser32 error but copying w32api works. It works I tell you! (setup problem?)

At 09:31 PM 3/20/2002 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 06:23:35PM -0800, Dan Browning wrote: > >At 06:09 PM 3/20/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >>At 08:56 PM 3/20/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >>>At 08:52 PM 3/20/2002, Dan Browning wrote: > At 05:36 PM 3/20/2002 -0800, you wrote:

Re: ./config -luser32 error but copying w32api works. It works I tell you! (setup problem?)

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 06:23:35PM -0800, Dan Browning wrote: >At 06:09 PM 3/20/2002 -0800, you wrote: >>At 08:56 PM 3/20/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>>At 08:52 PM 3/20/2002, Dan Browning wrote: At 05:36 PM 3/20/2002 -0800, you wrote: >At 07:27 PM 3/20/2002, Luke J Crook wrote: > >Thanks f