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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 14:10:35 -0500
To: alanmjones AT comcast DOT net, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: setup err: getUrlToStream failed
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At 11:45 AM 3/28/2004, you wrote:
>Hi folks.  I must be doing something really stupid, but I've checked the docs 
>and searched the mailing list and I can't figure it out.
>
>I've got WinXP and cable modem.  IE, email, Mozilla, all connect to the internet 
>just fine.  setup tells me it can't connect to the internet.  I tried both 
>direct and using IE settings.
>
>BTW, when I enter http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst as the URL in IE 
>it displays fine.
>
>Here is my complete setup.log.full file:
>
>2004/03/28 08:28:27 Starting cygwin install, version 2.416
>2004/03/28 08:28:27 Current Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop
>2004/03/28 08:28:27 Changing gid to Users
>2004/03/28 08:28:27 Could not open service McShield for query, start and stop. 
>McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access.
>2004/03/28 08:28:33 source: network install
>2004/03/28 08:28:36 root: C:\cygwin binary system
>2004/03/28 08:28:36 Selected local directory: C:\Documents and 
>Settings\Owner\Desktop
>2004/03/28 08:28:38 net: Direct
>get_url_to_membuf http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
>getUrlToStream http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst
>getUrlToStream failed!
>get_url_to_membuf failed!
>2004/03/28 08:28:41 Ending cygwin install


You're using the "Direct" option here.  For your working apps that connect
to the internet, are you using "direct" or not?  If not, make sure you 
use the same settings for setup.  Perhaps your actually using a proxy?
Reviewing the configuration for Mozilla should help answer the question 
of what's being used.


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