X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <47015925.9010007@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:31:33 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Sorry Resend: Cygwin For Vista Setup Postinstall post-textmf.sh With Cygcheck.out References: <46FED123 DOT 3040904 AT ix DOT netcom DOT com> <46FFED18 DOT 6030101 AT ix DOT netcom DOT com> <46FFFF1A DOT 6030104 AT cygwin DOT com> <47015327 DOT 7060907 AT ix DOT netcom DOT com> In-Reply-To: <47015327.7060907@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Thomas Dineen wrote: > Larry & All: > > I installed the same Cygin SW release on my 2 GHZ single core > Win 2000 desk top machine and it completed the "Running" part of the > installation in a timely manor. > > Is there a reason that it would take (possible hours) to complete > on a new dual core 1.8 GHZ Laptop with Windows Vista? Maybe > a laptop performance issue? Ram? Disk? The above are always important if there's some significant difference between them. However, if your Vista machine doesn't finish in 150% of the time of your W2K machine (IMO), then something is stopping it up. Have you tried turning off and/or uninstalling virus scanners and anti-spyware programs? Some of these are known to interfere. > Also is there a simple and quick method for removing the defective > Cygin install? Currently I have a difficult time deleting the directories > because of file sharing issues. Please note the last time I did this I > had to stay up half the night. File sharing issues? Who's using the Cygwin files? The installed services perhaps? Make sure you stop these. Nothing else should be using the files you installed. If there are, that's a problem. Track them down and destroy them with Process Explorer from MS (formerly sysinternals). The general instructions for uninstalling are here: > Also is there a easy way of patching a hung install in the > "Running" phase by running the install scripts by hand with a > master install script from the shell? What is the name and directory > path for the master install script? All postinstall scripts are in '/etc/postinstall'. If you're forced to, you can kill the shell running the offending script and try rerunning it after 'setup.exe' completes. Any script that didn't complete will NOT have the '.done' suffix appended. Run those from a bash prompt. > Thanks for the help. As I noted the Cygin on my Windows 2K > machine works great. Welcome to Vista. ;-) Are you sure you're installing with Administrator permissions? Doing so puts you more on the same footing as when you install on W2K/XP. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/