Re: setup.exe keeps hanging
I confirm that post-texmf.sh took order 5 minutes on my 1.2GHz machine -- I used Task Manager to reassure myself that something was actually happening. So just be patient turns out to be the solution. ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh Half-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ [mail really from me _always_ has this .sig -- mail without it is forged spam] -- 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/
RE: setup.exe keeps hanging
Alan Ning wrote: I just tried it now, and I have the same problem. My CPU usage was at 100%, and it was running multiple instance of sh.exe. I ran setup.exe again, same thing happened. ... Alan Reid Thompson wrote: Dave Korn wrote: Original Message From: Jurgen Defurne Sent: 14 April 2005 13:38 I still have the following problems : - The installation of cygwin1.dll keeps hanging at 78 % -- Probably because the installation is not complete, i cannot get access to my D: drive (which is just a second drive), but I can get access to my C: drive and to my network drives. ANy hints ? Just one possibility. It might be the same problem, or it might not. Start a bash shell. Unless your install is really badly damaged, this should still work. cd into /etc/postinstall. Is there a file there called d.sh? If so, that's going to have been causing setup to crash when it tries to handle it. Execute it directly (enter ./d.sh), then rename it with mv d.sh d.sh.done. After that setup should be able to complete. In fact, if even your bash shell won't work, use a dos prompt to rename it, then you can run it manually after your setup has completed by using . /etc/postinstall/d.sh.done cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today (This may or may not be related to your issue...) I also noticed on the last update I did that some/all of the packages for ?LaTex? were updated -- and that the post-install script (post-texmf.sh) took a VERY long time to complete --- i.e. system looked like it was hung, but was actually ?building? a lot of postinstall stuff. This was on a slower processor machine ~400mhz -- WAG is it took about 8-10 minutes. I kept thinking setup was hung -- ended up cancelling it and running post-texmf.sh by hand ( I also had to comment out line 11, kept getting permission denied on removing ~/web2c/*.*fmt). reid -- 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 - again, not sure if this is your problem, but, the postinstall-texmf.sh ends up generating a number of sh.exe processes and a kepswich??? process, etc. Look in your /etc/postinsall directory, find the scripts that have not been moved to .done, and run them manually one at a time til you find out which one is causing you the problem -- then try to determine why that script is causing an issue. reid -- 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/
Re: setup.exe keeps hanging
I just tried it now, and I have the same problem. My CPU usage was at 100%, and it was running multiple instance of sh.exe. I ran setup.exe again, same thing happened. ... Alan Reid Thompson wrote: Dave Korn wrote: Original Message From: Jurgen Defurne Sent: 14 April 2005 13:38 I still have the following problems : - The installation of cygwin1.dll keeps hanging at 78 % -- Probably because the installation is not complete, i cannot get access to my D: drive (which is just a second drive), but I can get access to my C: drive and to my network drives. ANy hints ? Just one possibility. It might be the same problem, or it might not. Start a bash shell. Unless your install is really badly damaged, this should still work. cd into /etc/postinstall. Is there a file there called d.sh? If so, that's going to have been causing setup to crash when it tries to handle it. Execute it directly (enter ./d.sh), then rename it with mv d.sh d.sh.done. After that setup should be able to complete. In fact, if even your bash shell won't work, use a dos prompt to rename it, then you can run it manually after your setup has completed by using . /etc/postinstall/d.sh.done cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today (This may or may not be related to your issue...) I also noticed on the last update I did that some/all of the packages for ?LaTex? were updated -- and that the post-install script (post-texmf.sh) took a VERY long time to complete --- i.e. system looked like it was hung, but was actually ?building? a lot of postinstall stuff. This was on a slower processor machine ~400mhz -- WAG is it took about 8-10 minutes. I kept thinking setup was hung -- ended up cancelling it and running post-texmf.sh by hand ( I also had to comment out line 11, kept getting permission denied on removing ~/web2c/*.*fmt). reid -- 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/ -- 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/
RE: setup.exe keeps hanging
Dave Korn wrote: Original Message From: Jurgen Defurne Sent: 14 April 2005 13:38 I still have the following problems : - The installation of cygwin1.dll keeps hanging at 78 % -- Probably because the installation is not complete, i cannot get access to my D: drive (which is just a second drive), but I can get access to my C: drive and to my network drives. ANy hints ? Just one possibility. It might be the same problem, or it might not. Start a bash shell. Unless your install is really badly damaged, this should still work. cd into /etc/postinstall. Is there a file there called d.sh? If so, that's going to have been causing setup to crash when it tries to handle it. Execute it directly (enter ./d.sh), then rename it with mv d.sh d.sh.done. After that setup should be able to complete. In fact, if even your bash shell won't work, use a dos prompt to rename it, then you can run it manually after your setup has completed by using . /etc/postinstall/d.sh.done cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today (This may or may not be related to your issue...) I also noticed on the last update I did that some/all of the packages for ?LaTex? were updated -- and that the post-install script (post-texmf.sh) took a VERY long time to complete --- i.e. system looked like it was hung, but was actually ?building? a lot of postinstall stuff. This was on a slower processor machine ~400mhz -- WAG is it took about 8-10 minutes. I kept thinking setup was hung -- ended up cancelling it and running post-texmf.sh by hand ( I also had to comment out line 11, kept getting permission denied on removing ~/web2c/*.*fmt). reid -- 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/
RE: setup.exe keeps hanging
Original Message From: Jurgen Defurne Sent: 14 April 2005 13:38 I still have the following problems : - The installation of cygwin1.dll keeps hanging at 78 % -- Probably because the installation is not complete, i cannot get access to my D: drive (which is just a second drive), but I can get access to my C: drive and to my network drives. ANy hints ? Just one possibility. It might be the same problem, or it might not. Start a bash shell. Unless your install is really badly damaged, this should still work. cd into /etc/postinstall. Is there a file there called d.sh? If so, that's going to have been causing setup to crash when it tries to handle it. Execute it directly (enter ./d.sh), then rename it with mv d.sh d.sh.done. After that setup should be able to complete. In fact, if even your bash shell won't work, use a dos prompt to rename it, then you can run it manually after your setup has completed by using . /etc/postinstall/d.sh.done cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- 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/
Re: setup.exe keeps hanging
The problem was that I get pointer problems with the new utilities. I will try to upgrade cygwin1.dll too. Jurgen Jurgen Defurne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-04-14 01:53 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com cc: (bcc: Jurgen Defurne/BRG/CE/PHILIPS) Subject:setup.exe keeps hanging Classification: I got a big problem, I just reinstalled by error coreutils, and I upgraded to the latest setup.exe. Now, my installer keeps hanging when installing, not at the end of the installation, but at the end of the package installation. We have Norton antivirus, I hope that is not the problem, because I cannot disable it. Any help, this is really critical. Regards, Jurgen -- 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/ -- 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/
Re: setup.exe keeps hanging
I still have the following problems : - The installation of cygwin1.dll keeps hanging at 78 % -- Probably because the installation is not complete, i cannot get access to my D: drive (which is just a second drive), but I can get access to my C: drive and to my network drives. ANy hints ? Jurgen Jurgen Defurne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-04-14 02:05 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com cc: (bcc: Jurgen Defurne/BRG/CE/PHILIPS) Subject:Re: setup.exe keeps hanging Classification: The problem was that I get pointer problems with the new utilities. I will try to upgrade cygwin1.dll too. Jurgen Jurgen Defurne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-04-14 01:53 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com cc: (bcc: Jurgen Defurne/BRG/CE/PHILIPS) Subject:setup.exe keeps hanging Classification: I got a big problem, I just reinstalled by error coreutils, and I upgraded to the latest setup.exe. Now, my installer keeps hanging when installing, not at the end of the installation, but at the end of the package installation. We have Norton antivirus, I hope that is not the problem, because I cannot disable it. Any help, this is really critical. Regards, Jurgen -- 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/ -- 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/ -- 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/
RE: setup.exe keeps hanging
Original Message From: Jurgen Defurne Sent: 14 April 2005 13:38 I still have the following problems : - The installation of cygwin1.dll keeps hanging at 78 % -- Probably because the installation is not complete, i cannot get access to my D: drive (which is just a second drive), but I can get access to my C: drive and to my network drives. Yep: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Let's see just how badly messed up your installation actually is cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- 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/
Re: setup.exe keeps hanging
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 02:38:25PM +0200, Jurgen Defurne wrote: I still have the following problems : - The installation of cygwin1.dll keeps hanging at 78 % -- Probably because the installation is not complete, i cannot get access to my D: drive (which is just a second drive), but I can get access to my C: drive and to my network drives. ANy hints ? Try getting a new version of setup.exe from http://cygwin.com/setup.exe . -- Christopher Faylor spammer? - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cygwin Co-Project Leader[EMAIL PROTECTED] TimeSys, Inc. -- 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/
Re: setup.exe keeps hanging
Christopher, That was the latest version from the URL you gave me. Jurgen Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-04-14 03:57 PM Please respond to cygwin To: cygwin@cygwin.com cc: (bcc: Jurgen Defurne/BRG/CE/PHILIPS) Subject:Re: setup.exe keeps hanging Classification: On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 02:38:25PM +0200, Jurgen Defurne wrote: I still have the following problems : - The installation of cygwin1.dll keeps hanging at 78 % -- Probably because the installation is not complete, i cannot get access to my D: drive (which is just a second drive), but I can get access to my C: drive and to my network drives. ANy hints ? Try getting a new version of setup.exe from http://cygwin.com/setup.exe . -- Christopher Faylor spammer? - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cygwin Co-Project Leader [EMAIL PROTECTED] TimeSys, Inc. -- 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/ -- 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/
Re: setup.exe keeps hanging
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 05:12:40PM +0200, Jurgen Defurne wrote: That was the latest version from the URL you gave me. I don't know what this means. What is the version that you are running? -- 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/
RE: setup.exe keeps hanging
Original Message From: Christopher Faylor Sent: 14 April 2005 16:30 On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 05:12:40PM +0200, Jurgen Defurne wrote: That was the latest version from the URL you gave me. I don't know what this means. I reckon it means that it was the latest version, from the URL you gave to him. (Which was 'http://cygwin.com/setup.exe'). cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- 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/
Re: setup.exe keeps hanging
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 04:40:27PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: Original Message From: Christopher Faylor Sent: 14 April 2005 16:30 On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 05:12:40PM +0200, Jurgen Defurne wrote: That was the latest version from the URL you gave me. I don't know what this means. I reckon it means that it was the latest version, from the URL you gave to him. (Which was 'http://cygwin.com/setup.exe'). In tech support, you don't assume anything. You ask for specifics. The latest version is a meaningless term. That is why I asked for the version number. -- 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/
