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 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:40:58 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 1.5.18-1 Segfault on setup postinstall Message-ID: <20050922204058.GD10392@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <43331056 DOT B49A4E93 AT dessent DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43331056.B49A4E93@dessent.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 01:13:10PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: >Andrew Comport wrote: > >> I am still unable to install cygwin. As a summary: >> ( I have windows XP Sp2 up to date.) >> >> 1. I download the most recent version of setup.exe (now 2.510.2.2). >> 2. I execute using default install settings. >> 3. Setup.exe hangs at 98% "Installing /etc/postinstall/s00ash.sh" >> 4. I click cancel and receive the message "installation complete". > >From your strace: > > 44 10650 [main] bash 1280 open_shared: name (null), shared >0x60020000 (wanted 0x60020000), h 0x724 > 29 10679 [main] bash 1280 _pinfo::set_ctty: checking if /dev/tty-1 >changed > 20 10699 [main] bash 1280 _pinfo::set_ctty: attached tty1073741824 >sid 1280, pid 1280, tty->pgid 1280, tty->sid 1280 > 863 11562 [main] bash 1280 handle_exceptions: In >cygwin_except_handler exc 0xC0000005 at 0x7C90EAE0 sp 0x225F0C > 35 11597 [main] bash 1280 handle_exceptions: In >cygwin_except_handler sig 11 at 0x7C90EAE0 > 22 11619 [main] bash 1280 handle_exceptions: In >cygwin_except_handler calling 0x0 > 19 11638 [main] bash 1280 handle_exceptions: Exception: >STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION > >It seems strange that it is trying to access the tty numbered -1. That >could be the cause of the fault. Do you have CYGWIN=tty? If not try >that. / if so disable it. Also, try a snapshot of the latest >cygwin1.dll. I don't think that's a problem. The ctty is set to 1073741824 (the console) so it shouldn't matter. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/