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Re: XFree86 for cygwin installation hanging
- From: Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:27:03 -0500
- Subject: Re: XFree86 for cygwin installation hanging
- References: <3F9D5E0F.6020408@wanadoo.fr>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Paul,
It sounds like you may need to try another mirror.
Also, you are probably having a problem with the XFree86-bin-icons
package, which was fixed by the bash-2.05b-16 release.
However, you may still have problems due to the ordering in which
postinstall scripts are running and depending on whether your mirror has
bash-2.05b-16 yet (it should, it has been a few days).
I would recommend deleting the c:\cygwin directory (or wherever you
installed), selecting another mirror, downloading and installing again.
This time, let it install the base set of packages first. Then, go
back and pick the extras you want. Be sure to leave XFree86-bin-icons
until everything else is working.
Good luck,
Harold
Paul Thomas wrote:
Hello,
I have been trying to load XFree86 for Cygwin, using the Cygwin web
installation. I have a Compaq Athlon 1700 based machine, running
Windows XP home edition.
Cygwin itself is fine. All components run perfectly, except XFree86 and
anything that depends on it. The download ends in a message that it is
unable to find file ""; pressing OK gets the installation underway but
it then hangs at varying points in the installation. I have uninstalled
before each attempt. Also, when I shut down Windows, the post-install
programme is still running and has to be stopped. Invoking XWin, with
any combination of arguments results in the background coming up but
nothing else.
What should I do? Try downloading and installing from hard disk?
Thank you in advance for any advice that you can give me.
Paul Thomas