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 sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <1F8A54F6F5ACD41196E20006298FBE3D05D3B4DA@sapxch03.corp.commenergy.com> From: "McIntyre, Terry" To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: ncurses install crashes on Win 2000 Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:40:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Using Norton, actually, but it could be the culprit. -----Original Message----- From: Pavel Tsekov [mailto:ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 11:36 AM To: McIntyre, Terry Cc: 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com' Subject: Re: ncurses install crashes on Win 2000 "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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/