Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <20000523033734.30474.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Originating-IP: [64.228.81.173] From: "Tim Horton" To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: setup + mingwc10.dll + windows 98 = crash!! Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22:37:34 CDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed >Chris Faylor wrote: >>I've been having serious problems tyring to install the >>latest cygwin-1.1.1, specifically it seems with mingwc10.dll; >>mingwc10.dll hangs my windows 98 (first edition) system, >>every time I: >>- run setup (it hangs processing cygwin-1.1.1.tar.gz) >>- copy the file in windows explorer >>- right click in windows explorer and select properties > >I don't see any program that is run by setup.exe that uses >this DLL. > >Basically, you are mentioning "mingwc10.dll" but I don't >understand why. mingwc10.dll is in cygwin.1.1.1.tar.gz, which setup installs. To reiterate a bit more clearly, setup hangs my machine every time it gets to cygwin.1.1.tar.gz, specifically (I am 99% certain) when it gets to mingwc10.dll in that file. Apparently setup.exe tries to copy this DLL to /bin, and any copying or other reading of that file from disk simply hangs windows 98, which I have verified by hand any number of times under different circumstances. In fact, I deleted the DLL from my /bin and everywhere else, other than inside cygwin.1.1.1.tar.gz (except perhaps my recycle bin, I haven't tried that...) and rebooted my machine without it. Immediately thereafter, extracting the DLL and copying it to /bin instantly hangs my machine. This DLL is cursed. >>I was doing these things IMMEDIATELY after booting up (easy since >>it kept hanging my machine), over and over again, and yes, I was >>running setup from a DOS window. I'm 99.9% certain I have had no >>cygwin processes running at all... >> >>(I even deleted mingcw10.dll from /bin, and I think I've tried >>copying the new file in thereafter, including after eventually >>rebooting, though I'll try that again to be sure). > >How about deleting it completely and not reinstalling it? >Nothing in the setup process uses it and no cygwin program >requires it. Ok, I didn't know that. Are you suggesting then that I delete it from cygwin-1.1.1.tar.gz? If I can assume setup will not barf if I modify the tar files (I know nothing about the program or what checks it does), I suppose I could try to unzip the file, tar --delete mingwc10.dll, and rezip it. Is that your suggestion? >>As for why minwc10.dll is at fault, it seems any interaction with it >>crashes my system if it involves READING the file from disk, or any >>copy of it. It seems to have mysterious powers. Something as minor as >>right clicking on it in windows explorer, and selecting >>"properties", hangs my machine. Or copying it. Deleting it is >>not a problem though. I'm beginning to suspect it interacts badly with McAfee virus scan. That would explain why reading it in any way hangs my system. I have the very latest McAfee virus update data files. >The task manager will show you what is running. It shows nothing for cygwin. Everything there is familiar. (However, I just learned that trojanscanner.com reports SSH is running on my port 22 and WWW is running on port 80, while I am running neither, so it's vagely possible there could be a trojan on my system, but not likely.) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com