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Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 17:35:34 +0100
From: Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com>
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To: "McIntyre, Terry" <tmcinty AT alleghenyenergy DOT com>
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Subject: Re: ncurses install crashes on Win 2000
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"McIntyre, Terry" wrote:
> 
> Installed Cygwin and Xfree on Win 2000 machine. attempt to start xterm gives
> error: cygncurses5.dll not found.
> Per FAQ, reinstall ncurses. This proceeds fine, until a "Blue Screen of
> Death" appears, and my machine reboots.
> The reboot hangs; power cycle is required to restart Windows. This is an IBM
> Thinkpad T20.
> 
> Haven't found any solution in the usual places.
> 
> What can I do to get past this problem?
> 
> Thanks for your assistance.

Do you happen to have a McAffee virus scanner running on this 
machine ? If so turn it off... There was a thread on the maling
list recently about this issue. Dont remember the exact keywords
though

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