X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Brian Wilson" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Windows 7 Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:35:51 -0500 Message-Id: <20100201213349.M19890@ds.net> In-Reply-To: <4B662A9F.9060907@cygwin.com> References: <001901ca9fe3$168b7030$43a25090$@net> <4B61CE12.1030403@gmail.com> <18d205ed1001280950x4d93473ev3f9e9137e97551d8@mail.gmail.com> <20100130013832.M15665@ds.net> <4B662A9F.9060907@cygwin.com> X-OriginatingIP: 65.163.9.250 (wilson) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 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 I stand (actually I'm sitting) corrected. :) The reason I deleted the .sh script was because it would never run to completion on subsequent installs. I also forgot to add that I went though and selected reinstall for all my packages to avoid the problem you pointed out. It took a while, but everything is working for me. Sincerely, Brian S. Wilson =================================================================== Home: (678) 376-9258 Cell: (678) 232-9357 Wilson@ds.net =================================================================== ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Sent: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:13:03 -0500 Subject: Re: Windows 7 > On 01/29/2010 08:45 PM, Brian Wilson wrote: > > I had a similar problem upgrading on XP. I think my issue was related to a > > heap space allocation issue which prevents the shell from running during the > > installation. I found that failed installations left shell processes running, > > but not doing anything useful. > > > > Check the documentation as I believe there is a fix for the heap space issue. > > In my case, I killed these useless shells and that allowed the Cygwin bash > > shell to start up with out heap space errors. I cleaned out the > > /etc/postinstall directory by removing any shell scripts (rm *.sh) and > > rerunning the setup. Cygwin installed okay for me after that. > > There's no reason to remove postinstall scripts and, in fact, very > good reason to not do so - your installation could be incomplete. > If things are working for you and you have no complaints, there's no > reason to revisit this issue but in case others reading this thread > thought this would be a good thing to try, I wanted something on > record that would recommend against it. > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > A: Yes. > > Q: Are you sure? > >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ------- End of Original Message ------- -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple