X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:05:08 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro Message-ID: <20090421180508.GD14721@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <49ED3851.2050705@sbcglobal.net> <20090421031007.GA24447@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <49ED762F.4040402@sbcglobal.net> <20090421163515.GA14721@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <49EE03D1.5060004@sbcglobal.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49EE03D1.5060004@sbcglobal.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) 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 Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:35:13AM -0700, Wayne Watson wrote: >Bromly or not, note that I successfully downloaded via the redhat >choice give in the setup wizard. There's no need to think about >Bromly. Here's are the last few lines of the log from the redhat >download: > > ... > C:\Downloads_Programs\cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fsources-redhat.mirror.redwire.net%2fcygwin%2f/release/zlib/zlib0/zlib0-1.2.3-3.tar.bz2 > 2009/04/21 00:26:19 Downloaded > C:\Downloads_Programs\cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fsources-redhat.mirror.redwire.net%2fcygwin%2f/release/_update-info-dir/_update-info-dir-00815-1.tar.bz2 > 2009/04/21 00:27:19 note: Download Complete > 2009/04/21 00:27:19 Ending cygwin install That's not a "redhat choice". It's the redwire mirror. > The install ended, but am I installed to execute Cygwin? I see nothing on > the Start->Run Programs menu about Cygwin, and nothing on the desktop. > > From the top few lines: > 2009/04/20 20:59:06 Starting cygwin install, version 2.573.2.3 > 2009/04/20 20:59:06 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-action) failed > 2 No such file or directory > 2009/04/20 20:59:06 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-mirror) failed > 2 No such file or directory > 2009/04/20 20:59:06 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-connection) > failed 2 No such file or directory > 2009/04/20 20:59:06 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-cache) failed > 2 No such file or directory > ... > > What next? If you don't see anything on the desktop it sounds like you chose the "Download" rather than the "Install" selection in setup.exe. cgf -- 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/