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Re: "Failed to write cache" during install
- From: Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Cc: strata_ranger at hotmail dot com
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:03:30 +0100
- Subject: Re: "Failed to write cache" during install
- References: <SNT111-W3699BB32F596B31EC423789C620@phx.gbl>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On 24/09/2010 01:50, Richard Gitschlag wrote:
I recently set up Cygwin and XWin on my XP system, but need help with error messages that occured during post-install scripts.
My setup log file shows:
2010/08/26 10:17:04 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-adobe-dpi75.sh
2010/08/26 10:17:18 abnormal exit: exit code=1
2010/08/26 10:17:18 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-alias.sh
2010/08/26 10:17:44 abnormal exit: exit code=1
2010/08/26 10:17:44 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-misc-misc.sh
2010/08/26 10:17:52 abnormal exit: exit code=1
2010/08/26 10:17:52 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/fontconfig.sh
2010/08/26 10:18:18 abnormal exit: exit code=8
Checking the verbose log shows a common theme of "failed to write cache", e.g:
2010/08/26 10:17:04 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-adobe-dpi75.sh
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi: failed to write cache
My local cygwin directory resides on a FAT32 drive, if that is related. Made copies of my setup logs and can supply further information if needed.
The command which is failing is 'fc-cache -f', and the cache files in question
live in /var/cache/fontconfig.
You might try running 'strace fc-cache -f' from a shell to see if that sheds
any light on why these cache files apparently can't be written.
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Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer
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