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XFree86 for cygwin installation hanging - a clarification
- From: Paul Thomas <paulthomas2 at wanadoo dot fr>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 06:44:21 +0100
- Subject: XFree86 for cygwin installation hanging - a clarification
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hello once more,
The problem with the XFree85 install is associated with the
XFree-bin-icons package. If I eliminate that from the list of packages,
I get a sufficiently complete installation that I can at least run
Nedit. XWin still produces a background and nothing else.
Yours
Paul Thomas
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