Installer of Cygwin 64 seems to freeze when executing /etc/postinstall/xlaunch.sh - version 2.874

[Jon Turney]

On 31/05/2016 17:36, Jean-Paul Bouchet wrote:
> I try to install cygwin 64 on a windows 7 PC in order to let users open
> an X11 session via xlaunch  on a linux server (gdm3).
>
> I have selected only 3 components of X11 to complete the default
> selection : xinit, xlaunch and Xorg server.
>
> The installer seems to freeze when it executes /etc/postinstall/xlaunch.sh.
> Information about the progression of the installation is blocked during
> several minutes with 99% Cygwin - Setup
>
> If I don't cancel the installation, it seems to finish correctly.
>
> 17:36:33   running: C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile
> "/etc/postinstall/xlaunch.sh"
> 17:55:47   Changing gid to Administrators
>                  Ending cygwin install
>
> Is it a normal behaviour ?

Thanks for reporting this problem.

No, this is not normal or expected.

Perhaps you could manually run the postinstall script with 'sh -x 
/etc/postinstall/xlaunch.sh.done' to see where it is getting stuck?

-- 
Jon Turney
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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