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: X-Sender: nappyandashy AT hotmail DOT com From: "Kevin Worrell" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Installing error: cygwin1.dll not found Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:50:58 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-IsSubscribed: yes >From: Igor Pechtchanski >Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com >To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com >CC: Kevin Worrell >Subject: Re: Installing error: cygwin1.dll not found >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:20:55 -0500 (EST) > >On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > > Kevin Worrell wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I recently installed cygwin on my Windows XP but when I try to run > > > cygwin I get an error saying "This application (bash.exe) has failed > > > to start because cygwin1.dll was not found. Re-installing the > > > application may fix this problem." > > > > > > I also got a similar message during the initial installation and it > > > keeps coming up on attempted re-installations (when I tried > > > re-installing the default packages). After checking the FAQs I > > > identified the cygwin1.dll in the cygwin package and have tried to > > > install it specifically on the Select Packages setup page by switching > > > the toggle button from "skip" to "1.5.18-1." When I click next, the > > > setup detects additional dependent packages that need to be > > > downloaded, but when I continue I get one of the following two errors: > > > > > > "Fatal error: uncaught exception > > > Thread: install > > > Type: St16invalid_argument > > > Message: URL Scheme not registered!" > > > > > > or "Can't open (null) for reading: no such file" > > > > > > What am I doing wrong? I also found a similar problem in the mailing > > > list archives, entitled ?Error while installing cygwin? from Abhinav > > > Varshney, dated 11/5/05. Thanks for any help that you can give. > > > > > > Additional info: > > > setup.exe version 2.510.2.2 > > > cygwin dll release version 1.5.18-1 > > > > How about cygcheck output as requested by: > > > > > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > > > As to the 'setup.exe' problem, was there anything "interesting" that > > showed up in setup.log or setup.log.full? > >For the 'setup.exe' problem, nothing interesting will show up in >setup.log* for the OP's version of setup. Version 2.513-1-alpha[*] added >some interesting debugging info -- this should also show up in the next >setup snapshot, if and when it is built. > Igor >[*] >-- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu >ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > >If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity >of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA > >-- >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/ > Yes, the beginning of the setup.log file looks like this: 2005/10/26 19:00:42 Starting cygwin install, version 2.510.2.2 2005/10/26 19:00:42 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or directory 2005/10/26 19:00:42 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or directory 2005/10/26 19:00:42 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or directory 2005/10/26 19:00:42 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or directory 2005/10/26 19:00:42 Current Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin Worrell\Desktop 2005/10/26 19:00:42 Changing gid to Users 2005/10/26 19:00:42 Could not open service McShield for query, start and stop. McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access. 2005/10/26 19:02:49 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or directory 2005/10/26 19:02:49 source: network install 2005/10/26 19:03:55 root: C:\cygwin binary system 2005/10/26 19:06:03 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or directory 2005/10/26 19:06:03 Selected local directory: C:\Program Files\Cygwin 2005/10/26 19:06:14 net: Direct 2005/10/26 19:06:28 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or directory 2005/10/26 19:06:28 site: ftp://cygwin.dp.ua/pub/mirrors/cygwin 2005/10/26 19:07:34 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or directory I'm guessing maybe i need to start over fresh with installation, but i'm not really sure how to do that... i'm working on the cygcheck... Kevin _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ -- 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/