[ I actually sent this email on the 26th but just noticed I had unsubscribed last January ... weird ... back on the saddle again ]
Got a new laptop, trying to install gnome-terminal. Nightmare. I went through this in early 2006 and I was hoping it was going to be different this time. :-( It seems it will be better with 1.7 but we're not there yet. Anyway, following the instructions at http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/ (which haven't change much since then), I installed a small set of packages, the most important of which is gnome-terminal. Basically, base, openssh, vim, python, X, xterm, fonts, svn, keyring, gvim, gnome-terminal and a few other little ones. Of course, these chose a bunch of other dependencies. I keep getting these "xxx.exe has stopped working" error dialogs, while setup.exe is running postinstall scripts (on the second install after downloading stuff and editing setup.ini.) After that, apparently all the stuff from the standard distro works fine, including X and xterm but most of the stuff that came from ftp://sourceware.org/pub/cygwinports/ is failing with the same error dialog. These include gvim and gnome-terminal. I saw an email from Yaakov about rebasing and C++, which apparently doesn't apply to what I'm doing but I went ahead and ran rebaseall anyway. Unfortunately, that didn't help either (unless I have to reboot to make it take effect ... umm, I shall do that next.). So, problem is vista is not showing me the real error and thus, I have no clue which way to go. At this point I ran out of ideas and I'm about to start shooting in the dark. Any hints will be appreciated and welcome. Thanks -- Luis P Caamano Atlanta, GA USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
