RE: Perl Device::SerialPort problem

2006-11-24 Thread David Christensen
aliko wrote: > Now the installation process of Device: SerialPort advances further > but hangs at the testing steps... Is Win32::SerialPort still viable? http://search.cpan.org/~bbirth/Win32-SerialPort-0.19/lib/Win32/SerialPor t.pm STFW, I didn't find any "SerialPort" in Cygwin package

Re: Perl Device::SerialPort problem

2006-11-24 Thread Löwis , Johannes
aliko wrote: > Running make test ... hangs Have you tried forcing to install anyway? For me 'make test' hangs too, but Device::SerialPort appears to work. Regards Johannes -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html D

Re: Perl Device::SerialPort problem

2006-11-24 Thread aliko
René Berber ?: [snip] To repeat that configuration enter cpan as a shell and then use "o conf init". Thank you very much, "o conf init" was the thing I needed:-) Also thanks to all the responders. Your posts were very useful as well. Now the installation process of Device: SerialPort adva

Re: Perl Device::SerialPort problem

2006-11-23 Thread René Berber
aliko wrote: [snip] > Thanks a lot for your answer. I've done all fings you suggested. But it > seems it's a CPAN relative question because it still creates its > dirrectory ".cpan" in the "Documents and Settings\ali" folder. I've just > asked my question in the list devoted to cpan programm and wa

RE: Perl Device::SerialPort problem

2006-11-23 Thread David Christensen
aliko is having troubles with Cygwin, HOME, Perl, and/or CPAN. When you start a Cygwin Bash shell for the first time, there are at least two possibilities: 1. Your HOME environment is not set, Cygwin creates the directory C:\cygwin\home\USERNAME, and copies in .bashrc, .bash_profile, etc.. This

Re: Perl Device::SerialPort problem

2006-11-23 Thread aliko
Dave Korn ?: #2. You can just create /home, then edit your /etc/passwd entry so that it points to /home/. See http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.home cheers, DaveK Thanks a lot for your answer. I've done all fings you suggested. But it seems it's a CPAN re

RE: Perl Device::SerialPort problem

2006-11-22 Thread Dave Korn
On 22 November 2006 14:39, aliko wrote: > of problem is in my Cygwin configuration. Here the answer: > > *** > sh: /cygdrive/c/Documents: No such file or directory > > This looks like your problem. Cygwin does not like blank spaces in file > names at times, so work from your cygwin home director