I've seen the same problem for several months now on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of 2008. Your /var/log/setup.log probably also shows that most if not all the postinstall scripts failed for the same reason.
That said, there are other Win2008 boxes I have successfully installed on and I have yet to find the significant difference between the boxes that succeed and those that fail. So, unfortunately I don't have a solution, but I thought it was worth pointing out that there are others having the same problem. As I continue to have time, I'll keep experimenting and will post if I find a solution or just more info. In my case I always installed on a very stock system (pretty much a straight install of Vista Business from an MSDN install image). Between cygwin install attempts (I have retried frequently over time) I fully remove the previous cygwin install (remove c:\cygwin, remove start menu and registry items manually). Then I simply do a install without adding any additional packages. I've had similar problems with 64-bit Win2003 and but without more root analysis I can't really claim that's the same problem. I also had a suspicion that Vista with SP1 also could exhibit the problem, but that's pretty anecdotal at this time. [And if anyone has some insight on how we can carry the diagnosis of the problem to further detail, any info would be appreciated. Thanks!] -- Eric ----- Original Message ---- From: "Devor, Tevi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: cygwin@cygwin.com Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:51:55 AM Subject: 1.5.25-14 cygwin on Windows Server2008 Intel64 does not run I have installed cygwin (1.5.25-14)on an Intel64 machine running Windows Server2008 (Data Center) 64bit OS. The installation goes fine – but if I click on the cygwin icon, a cygwin command prompt window appears for a second and then terminates. I tried running: C:\cygwin\bin>C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat 4 [main] bash 884 _cygtls::handle_exceptions: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION 876 [main] bash 884 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to bash.exe.stackdump 9880 [main] bash 884 _cygtls::handle_exceptions: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION 10389 [main] bash 884 _cygtls::handle_exceptions: Error while dumping state (probably corrupted stack) Company Info: Intel Israel (74) Limited -- 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/ -- 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/