Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Dave Korn" To: Subject: RE: setup err: getUrlToStream failed Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:58:39 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <032920042249.14605.4068A7DF000ED9740000390D2200734076FF8C9A91909592919E93@comcast.net> Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Mar 2004 09:58:39.0687 (UTC) FILETIME=[93830570:01C4163D] > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of alanmjones > Sent: 29 March 2004 23:49 > Dave Korn wrote: > => > => Have you got personal firewall software running on the > machine that's > => experiencing the problems? Did it pop up a little > requester when you last => ran setup asking you if setup > should be allowed to connect to the internet? > => Did you accidentally click No rather than Yes and > inadvertently block it? > => Check the firewall settings, just to be sure. > > I'll bet that's it. I'm running Zone Alarm and for some > reason it doesn't ask me anymore if a program can access the > internet, it just denies access. > I'll try this when I get home, but I'm 97% sure this is it... > > Thanks!! Heh, I've done exactly the same myself. These days my routine for diagnosing network problems goes like: 1.... Is the cable plugged in ? 2....[new entry] Have you blocked the app in ZA program settings ? 3.... Can you ping the target ? .......etc...... cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/