Re: Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script

2003-09-29 Thread Jerry James
Igor wrote: > The XFree86-bin-icons package is buggy. It's basically a postinstall > script that tries to create icons for the X programs that are installed on > your machine. The problem is that it tries to create them in the Start > Menu for "All Users" without checking whether the current use

RE: Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script

2003-09-28 Thread Steve Fairbairn
> -Original Message- > From: Scott > Sent: 28 September 2003 00:08 > To: steve fairbairn > Subject: RE: Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script > > > Thanks for the great tip. I had the exact same problem, and your solution seems to work perfectly. But bei

RE: Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script

2003-09-12 Thread Steve Fairbairn
> > Setup claims to be trying to run a script called > > /etc/postinstall/XFree86-bin-icons.sh, which is a symlink to > > /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-bin-icons.sh. > > > > After cancelling setup, I can still run Cygwin and XFree86 (phew.) > > > > Any ideas, please? Hi all, I've just installed cygwin

RE: Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script

2003-09-09 Thread Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)
SIGH! As always, I should've READ the message PROPERLY - *before* butting in. :-7 /Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59?16.37'N, 17?12.60'E --END OF MESSAGE-- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation

RE: Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script

2003-09-09 Thread Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Dan Hatton > Having originally found this problem with Setup 2.358 under Windows > 2000, I've now reproduced it with Setup 2.364 under Windows XP, and on > a total of 3 independent machines. And it's still happening as of > last nigh

Re: Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script

2003-09-09 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Dan, The XFree86-bin-icons package is buggy. It's basically a postinstall script that tries to create icons for the X programs that are installed on your machine. The problem is that it tries to create them in the Start Menu for "All Users" without checking whether the current user can write to

Re: Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script

2003-09-09 Thread Dan Hatton
Having originally found this problem with Setup 2.358 under Windows 2000, I've now reproduced it with Setup 2.364 under Windows XP, and on a total of 3 independent machines. And it's still happening as of last night. On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Dan Hatton wrote: > I've been trying to update my cygwin p

Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script

2003-08-22 Thread Dan Hatton
I've been trying to update my cygwin packages since yesterday afternoon, and have found that setup.exe repeatably gets to 99% complete, then hangs. On one occasion, the hang lasted for over 18 hours. Setup claims to be trying to run a script called /etc/postinstall/XFree86-bin-icons.sh, which is