XFree86 for cygwin installation hanging

[Paul Thomas]

Hello,

I have been trying to load XFree86 for Cygwin, using the Cygwin web 
installation.  I have a Compaq Athlon 1700 based machine, running 
Windows XP home edition.

Cygwin itself is fine.  All components run perfectly, except XFree86 and 
anything that depends on it.  The download ends in a message that it is 
unable to find file ""; pressing OK gets the installation underway but 
it then hangs at varying points in the installation.  I have uninstalled 
before each attempt. Also, when I shut down Windows, the post-install 
programme is still running and has to be stopped.   Invoking XWin, with 
any combination of arguments results in the background coming up but 
nothing else.

What should I do?  Try downloading and installing from hard disk?

Thank you in advance for any advice that you can give me.

Paul Thomas