Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <000501c1f8f6$2855cf00$40400101@ra1> From: "Ronald Andersson" To: Subject: Is cygwin setup.exe really compatible to WinXP Pro ? Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 16:14:25 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 I'm a newcomer to the cygwin scene, so I may have missed something fundamental here. However, I doubt it, as no special expertise should be needed to follow installation instructions given on the home page (or should it ?!?). I've tried using the setup.exe in the main 'Install Now' link several ways, but all attempts so far lead to the same result, which goes as follows. 1: I start setup.exe, either as local program or by opening it after link clicking. This is of course the same thing, except that it runs from local web cache then. 2: The cygwin install wizard launches, and I click 'Next' to continue. 3: The program displays the three main options. from which I then choose either 'Install from Internet' or 'Download from Internet' (The third option being useless to me, as I still haven't got any of the files.) I then click 'Next' again. 4: The program displays the download path, which I then confirm with 'Next'. 5: The program next displays the connection methods, from which I choose either 'Direct Connection' or 'IE5 settings' confirming with 'Next' yet again. 6: Finally some action, as the mirror list is loaded. Strangely this list is preceded by a progress bar that never updates. It just 'sits there' quite empty until the list has been downloaded... But then the list is properly displayed, so that's OK by me. 7: So I select a mirror to be used (and yes, I've tried several) and click 'Next' again. 8: Again I see that non-updating progress bar, until the server has finally delivered setup.ini to my system. After that the window content is replaced by text saying: "This space intentionally left blank"; (not very helpful) which stays there forever... In the last section the 'forever' part only applies as long as I leave the system untouched though, as the installation program seems to have locked up completely, ceasing even to update its window. If any other window covers part of it, and is then removed again, then the window simply goes white, except for the borders (maintained by Windows itself). It is also impossible to close the window or the application in a normal fashion, as that only leads to the familiar error message: "Not Responding". As far as I can tell the program is dead as a doornail at this stage, so installation is not possible. I am using WinXP Pro (US flavor) with all the latest updates, so this should not be due to any system components at my end. Nor should it be due to slow speed at my end, as I have 1Mbit cable and a 1GHz system (Duron CPU). I hope someone can clear up the situation, and provide a fix and/or explanation for this problem. Best Regards: Ronald Andersson -- 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/