> Is this just a local problem here, do you think? > Other people are, somehow, still able to install Cygwin these days? > Any idea how they do it?
I guess posts of the style "Well, I do this" are not very welcome on the grounds of volume and non- generalisability. But since you ask: 1. I always do a full install, always using setup.exe. 2. For various reasons I do it quite often (4-6 / year) sometimes from the web, sometimes from a local directory. On three machines, one W98SE, two XP Pro SP2. 3. For a _long_ while both methods on all machines have been bomb-proof, proceeding to a successful conclusion, and moderately rapidly. Ages ago the installation was prone to hang during post-install, but this was mended. 4. Now the problem has returned, receiving huge attention on the list (with the problem located somewhere in post-install of xorg?) 5. If you try installing in two stages (i - the default Base installation, then ii - the rest) then, in my experience anyway, on three machines as described above, the whole thing goes through like a dream. Fergus -- 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/
