From: jhorner AT cs DOT utk DOT edu (Jeffrey Russell Horner) Subject: Re: CDK on Windows98 12 Sep 1998 06:14:44 -0700 Message-ID: <199809111350.JAA21921.cygnus.gnu-win32@nala.cs.utk.edu> To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hello, I copied the attached email here as a reference from the September archive ( since I just joined the list). If it's not too much trouble, I would like someone to give a more detailed explanation about the errors I recieve when trying to install cdk on my Windows98 box. I vaguely remember getting the same error as Fredrik Gustafson the first time I tried installing cdk. But after that first time I haven't been able to reproduce it. Now, when I execute (double-click) cdk.exe, here are the actions that happen: 1) cdk decompresses itself 2) prompts me for a temporary directory (I take the default) 3) and produces two error windows: a) 'The command line could not be executed' - I can only press the OK button b) then this error window appears: PackageFromTheWeb Error Unable to execute "C:\TMP\SETUP.EXE" /SMS And that's it. No install for me... I gleaned from the second error window that Cygnus is using PackageFromTheWeb from InstallShield to bundle cdk.exe, so I visited their website to see if I could find any clues; I came up dry. Then I cd'ed to "C:\TMP\" and tried executing setup.exe by itself. It replied: 'A device on your system is not working properly' ( I paraphrase). Thus ends my experience with cdk on Windows98. I would greatly appreciate any and all responses, clues, incantations, etc. to solve my problem. Thanks, **************************************************************** Jeff Horner The University of Tennessee CS Department 423 974-2841 fax: 423 974-8296 104 Ayres Hall http://www.cs.utk.edu/~jhorner/ Knoxville, TN 37996-1301 >From owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Wed Sep 9 16:04:30 1998 >Received: (from majordom AT localhost) > by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) id OAA16292; > Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:49:16 -0700 (PDT) >Received: from logopolis.cygnus.com (logopolis.cygnus.com [205.180.230.233]) > by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA16288; > Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:49:08 -0700 (PDT) >Received: (noer AT localhost) by logopolis.cygnus.com (8.8.7/8.6.4) id OAA03760; Tue >, 8 Sep 1998 14:49:08 -0700 >Message-ID: <19980908144908 DOT 50474 AT cygnus DOT com> >Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:49:08 -0700 >From: Geoffrey Noer >To: Fredrik Gustafson >Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Subject: Re: CDK on Windows98? >References: <001b01bdd71d$b57af6c0$421ea8c0 AT fredrik DOT gustafson DOT pc DOT cybercom DOT se> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e >In-Reply-To: <001b01bdd71d$b57af6c0$421ea8c0 AT fredrik DOT gustafson DOT pc DOT cybercom DOT se>; f >rom Fredrik Gustafson on Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 11:32:03AM +0200 >Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Precedence: bulk > >On Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 11:32:03AM +0200, Fredrik Gustafson wrote: >> >> Hi! >> Is there a simple way (yet) to get CDK up and running on Windows98? >> Right now cdk.exe stops with the error message > "Setup is nable to find installation languages in C:\TMP\SETUP.LID file. > Error 105" > >This is generic install problem unrelated to Win98. Your download was >corrupted, /tmp doesn't exist, or something else like that is confused. > >-- >Geoffrey Noer >noer AT cygnus DOT com >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".