X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <50B3D3AF.1030305@cs.utoronto.ca> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:40:15 -0500 From: Ryan Johnson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cygwin dlls address issue (cygconv-2.dll), unable to rebaseall References: <50B3A263.5020109@cs.utoronto.ca> <50B3CD06.1040605@cs.utoronto.ca> <20121126203436.GA32376@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> In-Reply-To: <20121126203436.GA32376@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 26/11/2012 3:34 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 03:11:50PM -0500, Ryan Johnson wrote: >> On 26/11/2012 2:47 PM, Piren wrote: >>> Thanks for the response Ryan >>> >>> I'm seeing the same issues no matter what runs on Windows, it does the >>> same even in Safe Mode. Also, this issue only started once i updated >>> to the new Cygwin version and my windows configuration/installed apps >>> did not change. >>> >>> ATM Cygwin is completely non functional, is there nothing i can do to >>> try and resolve this? >> If you're really desperate, rename your cygwin directory to something >> else (e.g. cygwin.broken) and see if reinstalling from scratch fixes it. >> All the packages should still be cached (no new downloads) and that will >> rule out any misconfiguration. If the fresh version is broken I have no >> idea what to do after that; if it works, just migrate your $HOME over >> and problem solved. > And, if *that* doesn't work, just keep trying. Note that eventually you > may fill up your disk with botched Cygwin installations so it would > probably be best to have a new hard drive ready to isntall for that > eventuality. When in doubt, reboot/reinstall. We *are* using Windows, after all. -- 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