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 Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.0.20041219144604.04a7cd78@pop.prospeed.net> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:48:50 -0500 To: kumarchi@comcast.net, cygwin@cygwin.com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: cygwin setup crashes during X11 bitmap unpacking In-Reply-To: <121920041948.22499.41C5DB0100026509000057E3220075115007080 C9D0E039A05@comcast.net> References: <121920041948.22499.41C5DB0100026509000057E3220075115007080C9D0E039A05@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 02:48 PM 12/19/2004, you wrote: >hello: > >In my cygwin installation the xserver stopped working. So I was trying to >reinstall the entire package. The installation proceeds till it comes to the >X11/defautl bitmap package. I notices at this point it leaks memory and >eventually crashes. > >anybody has any clues? If you're trying to reinstall all of Cygwin by uninstalling and reinstalling, split the install in two. First install just the default, then install everything else. You'll find discussion of this in the email archive for this list and more in the cygwin-apps list. I'm not sure if this describes closely enough what you're doing but if you find it close, try it. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/