Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-20 Thread Cary Jamison
Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore wrote: > When I hit "next", it went to the grey "Progress" screen and started > to download, then an error box popped up that said: > > cygwin setup > Unable to get setup.ini from > > > I hit the "ok" button, and it took

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup --file

2006-04-20 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
Hello sorry-- forgot the attachment last time Thanks, Tasha -Original Message- From: Igor Peshansky Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:52 PM To: cygwin AT cygwin.com Cc: Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore Subject: RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup On Tue, 18 Apr 2006

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-20 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
any help at the moment, but I thought you might want to know about the error at the kernel.org site. Thanks, Tasha -Original Message- From: Igor Peshansky Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:52 PM To: cygwin AT cygwin.com Cc: Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore Subject: RE: Not being given the opti

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Alexander J. Herrmann
René Berber wrote: Alexander J. Herrmann wrote: René Berber wrote: Igor Peshansky wrote: [snip] Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set it for a reason. Both Dave and I read the list regularly -- it was not necessary to Cc: us.

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Alexander J. Herrmann
René Berber wrote: Igor Peshansky wrote: [snip] Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set it for a reason. Both Dave and I read the list regularly -- it was not necessary to Cc: us. Practice what you preach. You are also sending cc (to me at least), an

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, René Berber wrote: > Igor Peshansky wrote: > [snip] > >>> Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set > >>> it for a reason. Both Dave and I read the list regularly -- it was > >>> not necessary to Cc: us. > > Practice what you preach. You are also se

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread René Berber
Igor Peshansky wrote: [snip] >>> Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set it >>> for a reason. Both Dave and I read the list regularly -- it was not >>> necessary to Cc: us. Practice what you preach. You are also sending cc (to me at least), and you do it all the time.

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
Yes, I do mean from the cygwin site. If I click on "install now" and I have a copy on my laptop, there is a brief pause and then the cursor blinks again. Then there's a duplicate copy of "setup.exe" on my desktop (which gets named setup2.exe). I can't get it to even give me the window that asks if

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Igor Peshansky wrote: > [snip] > Huh? You must be talking about something other than Cygwin setup... Did > you get it by clicking on the "Install Now" link at ? > If so, please start that program; click "Next" once; choose "Install from > Internet" on the

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted. On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Igor Peshansky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Again, . Let's not feed the spammers. Thanks. > > Sent:

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
in XP and there is no "properties" dialog. The top of the console window is entirely blank. Is this something I can change? Thanks Tasha -Original Message- From: Igor Peshansky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:41 PM To: Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore Cc

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:41 PM To: Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup Tasha, Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set it for a reason. Both Dave and I read the

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
Tasha, Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set it for a reason. Both Dave and I read the list regularly -- it was not necessary to Cc: us. reformatted. Also, . Thanks. On Tue, 18 Apr 2006,

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
I'm sorry-- I'm new at this. Thanks, Tasha * From: "Dave Korn" * To: * Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:16:48 +0100 * Subject: RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup On 18 April 2006 16:47, Natalia M. Belfiore wrote: > 1. I did try switchi

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Dave Korn
On 18 April 2006 16:47, Natalia M. Belfiore wrote: > 1. I did try switching to full mode and everything disappeared in the menu > of choices. Are you sure that the column widths on the chooser aren't just messed up or it's scrolled too far or something like that? > 4. I have attached a text fi

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia M. Belfiore
Hi Thanks for the quick reply and suggestions. I'm sorry I didn't read to the bottom of the reporting problems page. My mistake. 1. I did try switching to full mode and everything disappeared in the menu of choices. 2. sorry to be unclear. By "setup folder" I do mean the local directory that

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, René Berber wrote: > Natalia M. Belfiore wrote: > > > Hello > > I am a relatively new cygwin user and very new to programming. I have > > successfully installed and run cygwin and perl and some unix utilities > > on one of my PCs. I recently tried to install it on another pc (

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Natalia M. Belfiore wrote: > Hello > I am a relatively new cygwin user and very new to programming. I have > successfully installed and run cygwin and perl and some unix utilities > on one of my PCs. I recently tried to install it on another pc (my > laptop) but I do not seem

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread René Berber
Natalia M. Belfiore wrote: > Hello > I am a relatively new cygwin user and very new to programming. I have > successfully installed and run cygwin and perl and some unix utilities > on one of my PCs. I recently tried to install it on another pc (my > laptop) but I do not seem to have the option of