X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:59:52 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: setup.exe crashes when removing xorg-server From: Mirko Vukovic To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:05 PM, wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Mar 2009, Mirko Vukovic > wrote: > > After (actually during) my last cygwin update, the installation > > procedure crashes when setup tries to uninstall xorg-server. =A0I am > > running on windows XP > > Is the "crash" something like a window popping up saying that > setup.exe has encountered errors and must be terminated? =A0If so: I > recently posted a screed when I got hit by that. Exactly.=A0 I should have been more explicit. Now when I restart setup (using `install from local directory'), it crashes once the MD5's have been checke. It crashes when setup tries to uninstall xorg-server.=A0 This is the first package that is being uninstalled. I then get two types of crashes - I have not been able to figure out under what circumstances one or the other type happens. In one, a window `MS Visual C++ Runtime Library' `Runtime Error' to the effect taht setup.exe has requested Runtime to terminate it ina an unusual way. In another, I get `setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close .= ..' But see below for good news > > > > I have updated to the latest setup.exe (2.573.2.3), and rebooted. =A0I > > do not see any x-processes in either task manager or windows > > services. =A0What are my other options other than a complete > > re-install? =A0(I looked to see if I could manually remove the > > package, but I did not see any posts on that). =A0I also tried hiding > > bash.lst.gz, but that did not help. > > Experts, would it help, or at least not hurt, to hide > xorg-server.lst.gz? =A0I would think that hiding bash.lst.gz would help > only if it crashed updating bash, not xorg-server. Your comment made me look at xorg-server.lst.gz. That file was probably corrupt (zless could not read it). Once I removed xorg-server.lst.gz, I was able to complete the installation. Thanks Mirko -- 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/