Re: FW: Crash on setup- Cygwin

[Peter Buckley <peter dot buckley at cportcorp dot com>]

Sorry, I should have specified "try sending it to the list" :-)

I just thought I could facilitate a bit- I see lots of messages like
this (and I imagine they get ignored), and maybe you aren't a
subscriber, so you don't know that people couldn't see your message and
don't re-post. 

I don't know exactly what is causing your problem- so I am ccing the
list on this email.

Sounds like it might be a bug (setup.exe just got updated recently?)-
but have you done testing to check what conditions cause it? That would
be helpful to know. 

Have you tried using different options, like "Install from Internet",
and "text file type: UNIX", and "install for all users" (and various
combos of these options)?

Is your U: drive a network share? It might eliminate some variables if
you try installing from a non-network drive. 

Try to narrow down the amount of stuff that could be going wrong and let
us know- do you have any other windows programs running?

Also, is SP4 considered "old" yet? I am using SP6...

HTH,
Peter




"Becker, Brian W" wrote:
> 
> Here are the dialogs in a word document, as well as the text for it in the
> body of the email:
> 
>  <<temp.doc>>
> When installing on my Win NT machine:
> 
> 4.0, service pack 4
> 
> I get a crash during setup.  I respond as follows to the menu choices:
> 
> Version Screen, press Next
> 
> Setup Screen, "Install from Local Directory", press Next
> 
> Local Package Screen, select current location (U:\BeckerB\Downloads), press
> Next
> 
> Setup Screen, directory C:/cygwin, Text File Type DOS, Install for Just Me
> 
> Cycwin.setup.exe - Application Error
> 
> Crash:  The instruction at "0x0040256c" referenced memory at "0x00000000".
> The memory could not be "read".
> 
> OK, Cancel
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Brian Becker
> brian.w.becker@boeing.com <mailto:brian.w.becker@boeing.com>
> 
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Peter Buckley [SMTP:peter.buckley@cportcorp.com]
>         Sent:   Monday, July 23, 2001 1:05 PM
>         To:     Becker, Brian W
>         Subject:        Re: FW: Crash on setup- Cygwin
> 
>         I am on WinNT, using netscape for my mail. I don't see anything in
> your
>         mail after "menu choices". Try sending it as text.
> 
>         -Peter
> 
>         "Becker, Brian W" wrote:
>         >
>         > When installing on my Win NT machine:
>         >
>         > I get a crash during setup.  I respond as follows to the menu
> choices:
>         >
>         > Any ideas?
>         >
>         > Brian Becker
>         > brian.w.becker@boeing.com <mailto:brian.w.becker@boeing.com>
>         >
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