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Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7


> On 01/04/2010 02:21 PM, Durwin wrote:
> >> On 01/02/2010 12:24 PM, Durwin wrote:
> >>> I have just received an Alienware laptop with Windows7.  I downloaded
> >>> and ran the current setup from website.  The install process will stop
> >>> at various stages, not always the same place.  By stop, I mean it looks
> >>> as if it is working, but it never proceeds past that point.  I believe
> >>> it does all the install stages, but will stop at different places after
> >>> the install.
> >>>
> >>> A few times the install completed.  When testing those times, I would
> >>> run bash from Windows command line (just as the .bat file does).  Once I
> >>> got some memory error I can't recall.  The rest of the times I get the
> >>> Cygwin console opening, but goes away imediately without every
> >>> displaying a prompt.  All through this, not one error message.
> >>
> >> In this case, you want to start a Windows command prompt and run
> >> c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat from there.  This will keep the command prompt
> >> window open so you can see any complaint.
> >
> > I had performed this.  I started cmd and cd'ed to c:\cygwin.  I ran the
> > cygwin.bat and also manually entered bash.exe --login -i as in the bat
> > file.  Under this circumstance, I get nothing.  No window, no error.  It
> > simply returns a new prompt.  When I run the shortcut the installation
> > created, I do get a Cygwin window, but this is the one which disapears
> > never showing a prompt.  The shortcut is configured to run as
> > administrator.  Path was added pointing to c:\cygwin\bin.
> >
> > This last install I tried, I deleted the cygwin directory as well as the
> > download.  I also selected a different site.  And I accepted the default
> > packages (I did not choose any more to install).  This install completed
> > without a problem, but still gives me the same problem (no cygwin
> > console).
> 
> OK, so my WAG here is that some needed DLL is not being installed or
> installed properly.  Try 'c:\cygwin\bin\cygcheck.exe c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe'.
> That should give you a list of all the dependent DLLs and tell you which
> ones are missing.  You want to reinstall the packages that provide those
> (see <http://cygwin.com/packages/> to find the packages) and/or check
> '/var/log/setup.log/full' for any related complaints.  Assuming that's not the
> resolution, I'd recommend following up with the output of 'cygcheck -s -r -v'
> as requested by <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.  Please *attach* the
> cygcheck results, don't include them in the body of your reply.  The output
> from cygcheck would help avoid some future WAGs, at least on my part. ;-)

Thank you.  I meant to check log before last post.  The log says the post
install scripts are failing.  The error says script.sh failed, but the
names in /etc/postinstall have *.sh.done on them.  Can they be manually
run some how?


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>  >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>  >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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