Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-05 Thread Durwin
Success. I have always known antivirus programs could cause problems, but this is the first time I can directly attribute problem to AV. It makes since, today I had a simular problems in a Windows XP new install. They both had Bitdefender 2010 installed. After I uninstalled Bitdefender 2010, I

Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-05 Thread Durwin
> On 01/05/2010 09:48 PM, Durwin wrote: > > > > I am still in need of help. The post install scripts are not successful. > > During some install attempts, the install completes but the log file > > says the scripts terminated abnormally. > > > > * I did set setup.exe to run as administrator. > >

Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-05 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 01/05/2010 09:48 PM, Durwin wrote: I am still in need of help. The post install scripts are not successful. During some install attempts, the install completes but the log file says the scripts terminated abnormally. * I did set setup.exe to run as administrator. * The path 'c:\cygwin\bin'

Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-05 Thread Durwin
I am still in need of help. The post install scripts are not successful. During some install attempts, the install completes but the log file says the scripts terminated abnormally. * I did set setup.exe to run as administrator. * The path 'c:\cygwin\bin' was left in through all install attemp

Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-04 Thread Durwin
> On 01/04/2010 06:55 PM, Durwin wrote: > >> On 01/04/2010 05:58 PM, Durwin wrote: > On 01/04/2010 05:00 PM, Durwin wrote: > > Thank you. I meant to check log before last post. The log says the > > post > > install scripts are failing. The error says script.sh failed, but the >

Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-04 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 01/04/2010 06:55 PM, Durwin wrote: On 01/04/2010 05:58 PM, Durwin wrote: On 01/04/2010 05:00 PM, Durwin wrote: Thank you. I meant to check log before last post. The log says the post install scripts are failing. The error says script.sh failed, but the names in /etc/postinstall have *.sh.

Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-04 Thread Durwin
> On 01/04/2010 05:58 PM, Durwin wrote: > >> On 01/04/2010 05:00 PM, Durwin wrote: > >>> Thank you. I meant to check log before last post. The log says the post > >>> install scripts are failing. The error says script.sh failed, but the > >>> names in /etc/postinstall have *.sh.done on them. Ca

Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-04 Thread Durwin
> On 01/04/2010 05:00 PM, Durwin wrote: > > Thank you. I meant to check log before last post. The log says the post > > install scripts are failing. The error says script.sh failed, but the > > names in /etc/postinstall have *.sh.done on them. Can they be manually > > run some how? > > Sure.

Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-04 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 01/04/2010 05:00 PM, Durwin wrote: Thank you. I meant to check log before last post. The log says the post install scripts are failing. The error says script.sh failed, but the names in /etc/postinstall have *.sh.done on them. Can they be manually run some how? Sure. 'cd' to '/etc/posti

Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-04 Thread Durwin
> On 01/04/2010 02:21 PM, Durwin wrote: > >> On 01/02/2010 12:24 PM, Durwin wrote: > >>> I have just received an Alienware laptop with Windows7. I downloaded > >>> and ran the current setup from website. The install process will stop > >>> at various stages, not always the same place. By stop, I

Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-04 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 01/04/2010 02:21 PM, Durwin wrote: On 01/02/2010 12:24 PM, Durwin wrote: I have just received an Alienware laptop with Windows7. I downloaded and ran the current setup from website. The install process will stop at various stages, not always the same place. By stop, I mean it looks as if i

Re: Cygwin 1.7.1 install halting on Windows 7

2010-01-04 Thread Durwin
> On 01/02/2010 12:24 PM, Durwin wrote: > > I have just received an Alienware laptop with Windows7. I downloaded > > and ran the current setup from website. The install process will stop > > at various stages, not always the same place. By stop, I mean it looks > > as if it is working, but it ne