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Re: problems installing cygwin on vista (fwd)



Hi,


I like to apologize for sending out the message below
repeatedly. But earlier submissions of this message were
rejected because of 'invalid mime type'. However, as it appears,
they were not rejected, afterall (even though, I didn't get
a copy).

In any case, I did do some homework before sending that message.
The e-mail archives reveal that problems with cygwin and vista
have been reported before (essentially, the same problems).
However, I couldn't find a message in the archives that would
suggest a fix of the problem. In case, I missed the crucial message with the fix,
please, somebody let me know.


Thank you,

Rup



Ruprecht Machleidt wrote on 10/27/2007:
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In the past, I have installed cygwin on several Windows XP
systems with no problems.

However, I am encountering severe problems installing
cygwin on vista.
The installation process stalls quietly during the postinstall
phase at
/etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh

The only way to end the process is to 'cancel'.
No home diretory is created, no icons.

In principal, the
/var/log/setup.log.full
file should reveal what's going wrong.
Towards the end, this file contains repeatedly
statements of the following nature:

2007/10/25 09:38:53 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/email.sh
/usr/bin/bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/francesca/.bashrc: Bad address
sed: can't read /etc/passwd: No such file or directory
2007/10/25 09:38:56 abnormal exit: exit code=2
2007/10/25 09:38:56 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/enscript.sh
/usr/bin/bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/francesca/.bashrc: Bad address
2007/10/25 09:38:56 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c /etc/postinstall/exim.sh
/usr/bin/bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/francesca/.bashrc: Bad address
sed: can't read /etc/passwd: No such file or directory
2007/10/25 09:38:57 abnormal exit: exit code=2


To a knowledgeable person this may provide an indication
of what's wrong.

I greatly appreciate any advice.

Thank you,

Rup

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Ruprecht `Rupert' Machleidt
Department of Physics                   Phone: 208-885-6380
Engineerin/Physics Building 327         FAX: 208-885-4055
University of Idaho                     e-mail: machleid@uidaho.edu
Moscow, ID 83844-0903
U. S. A.
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