RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-20 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
Hello After solving some other computer problems, I followed your instructions exactly below, going to the mirrors.kernel.org ftp site to install. By clicking on skip (thanks to whomever said that I should do that), I was able to select the things I wanted. When I hit next, it went to the grey

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup --file

2006-04-20 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
Hello sorry-- forgot the attachment last time Thanks, Tasha -Original Message- From: Igor Peshansky Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:52 PM To: cygwin AT cygwin.com Cc: Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore Subject: RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup On Tue, 18 Apr

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-20 Thread Cary Jamison
Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore wrote: When I hit next, it went to the grey Progress screen and started to download, then an error box popped up that said: cygwin setup Unable to get setup.ini from ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwin I hit the ok button, and it took me back to the

Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia M. Belfiore
Hello I am a relatively new cygwin user and very new to programming. I have successfully installed and run cygwin and perl and some unix utilities on one of my PCs. I recently tried to install it on another pc (my laptop) but I do not seem to have the option of installing packages. Every

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread René Berber
Natalia M. Belfiore wrote: Hello I am a relatively new cygwin user and very new to programming. I have successfully installed and run cygwin and perl and some unix utilities on one of my PCs. I recently tried to install it on another pc (my laptop) but I do not seem to have the option of

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Natalia M. Belfiore wrote: Hello I am a relatively new cygwin user and very new to programming. I have successfully installed and run cygwin and perl and some unix utilities on one of my PCs. I recently tried to install it on another pc (my laptop) but I do not seem to

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, René Berber wrote: Natalia M. Belfiore wrote: Hello I am a relatively new cygwin user and very new to programming. I have successfully installed and run cygwin and perl and some unix utilities on one of my PCs. I recently tried to install it on another pc (my

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia M. Belfiore
Hi Thanks for the quick reply and suggestions. I'm sorry I didn't read to the bottom of the reporting problems page. My mistake. 1. I did try switching to full mode and everything disappeared in the menu of choices. 2. sorry to be unclear. By setup folder I do mean the local directory that

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Dave Korn
On 18 April 2006 16:47, Natalia M. Belfiore wrote: 1. I did try switching to full mode and everything disappeared in the menu of choices. Are you sure that the column widths on the chooser aren't just messed up or it's scrolled too far or something like that? 4. I have attached a text file

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
Thanks for the various suggestions/comments. I'm afraid I am a little bit confused. But here's what I can confirm after trying some more things: 1. there's no doubt I have a working cygwin installation, but perl was not even on the list of packages I could choose in the install. Now that it's

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
Tasha, Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set it for a reason. Both Dave and I read the list regularly -- it was not necessary to Cc: us. http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU reformatted. Also, http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Thanks. On Tue, 18 Apr 2006,

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
~~ Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore, PhD Visiting Research Fellow Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 3101 VLSB #3160 University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 tel: 510-643-0986; fax: 510-643-8238 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Igor Peshansky

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
Thanks for the note on not cc'ing you. I don't know how to reply to a message if it doesn't come into my inbox. The messages I got from Dave and from Rene earlier today only went to the list, and I can only see them by looking at the archives. If there's a way to reply directly from that web

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted. On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore wrote: -Original Message- From: Igor Peshansky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Again, http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Let's not feed the spammers. Thanks. Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Igor Peshansky wrote: [snip] Huh? You must be talking about something other than Cygwin setup... Did you get it by clicking on the Install Now link at http://cygwin.com/? If so, please start that program; click Next once; choose Install from Internet on the next screen

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
Yes, I do mean from the cygwin site. If I click on install now and I have a copy on my laptop, there is a brief pause and then the cursor blinks again. Then there's a duplicate copy of setup.exe on my desktop (which gets named setup2.exe). I can't get it to even give me the window that asks if I

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread René Berber
Igor Peshansky wrote: [snip] Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set it for a reason. Both Dave and I read the list regularly -- it was not necessary to Cc: us. Practice what you preach. You are also sending cc (to me at least), and you do it all the time. [snip]

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, René Berber wrote: Igor Peshansky wrote: [snip] Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set it for a reason. Both Dave and I read the list regularly -- it was not necessary to Cc: us. Practice what you preach. You are also sending cc (to me

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Alexander J. Herrmann
René Berber wrote: Igor Peshansky wrote: [snip] Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set it for a reason. Both Dave and I read the list regularly -- it was not necessary to Cc: us. Practice what you preach. You are also sending cc (to me at least),

Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Alexander J. Herrmann
René Berber wrote: Alexander J. Herrmann wrote: René Berber wrote: Igor Peshansky wrote: [snip] Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set it for a reason. Both Dave and I read the list regularly -- it was not necessary to Cc: us.