On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Nathaniel Street wrote: > Hi > > I have no problems accessing the website. I just tried to install the > program again after a break of a few hours but still no joy. > > Larry Hall wrote: > > Nathaniel Street wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> When I run the setup.exe program, it fails when trying to access the > >> list of mirrors. Does anyone know why this is? I select direct > >> connect, which is how I connect to the internet. My connection > >> functions fine for everything else. I've also tried IE5 but that > >> doesn't work either. > > > > Works fine from here now. Do you have trouble accessing the cygwin > > site?
Nathaniel, Are you running any personal/desktop firewall software? You might wish to check the logs to see if it's blocking setup's attempts to access the mirror list. Some (in particular, Symantec Desktop Firewall) provide a log of all web accesses by all programs (including those from setup.exe); see if setup actually accessed <http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst>. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
