The postinstall scripts might not have run correctly, to really see what happened with them take a look at /var/log/setup.log
Eric ----- Original Message ---- From: Bryan A. Zimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: cygwin@cygwin.com Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:47:32 AM Subject: Problems installing Cygwin Hello. I have used Cygwin since the year 2000, possibly 1999. Throughout the years I have had no problem installing and using my Cygwin installation; first on Win98, WinNt, Windows 2000, and Windows = XP. This year however I have not been able to achieve a good installation of = Cygwin. even though the steps I have taken are exactly the same ones I = used in the past: From the "setup.exe" program, using either "Install directly from the Internet" (with direct connection), or Downloading it first, then installing from a local directory. What I get are problems with the post-install scripts, which often hang there, doing nothing. I am working in XP/SP3 now. Most recently the post-install scripts seem to have run fine, and the installation was complete, I attempted to start Cygwin. I even took the precaution of creating the password and group files with the mkpasswd and mkgroup programs, with the commands: $ mkpasswd -l -g > /etc/passwd $ mkgroup -l > /etc/group I have also made sure my home directory in the Windows environment was set to HOME=C:\cygwin\home\baz and that the CYGWIN environment variable was set to: CYGWIN=ntsec binmode tty glob (I also tried with "nontsec") Having done this, I can press the "Cygwin" icon and get a command console that LOOKS like Cygwin, but the directory I get places in is /usr/bin, and there is not even a default path, so that I have to type in things like "/bin/ls" or "/bin/mount". Doing a "/bin/bash --login -i" has the same effect, as do all attempt to start the program with Cygwin.bat from a cmd.exe prompt. I do not know if I have missed some crucial and recent change, or what. The same installation process used to work just fine. This year (2008), I have only had the non-success described above. Please help if you can. Bryan Zimmer baz58 (at) comcast dot net -- 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/
