Windows Vista
Hello I am trying to install cygwin/X in Windows Vista and I get a message saying that the installation could not be completed. Is there a new version of cygwin/X for this operational system? Thanks Mariana Silva __ Mariana F. Silva Graduate Research Assistant Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics University of Illinois 213 Talbot Laboratory 104 South Wright Street Urbana, Illinois 61801 USA phone:(217)333-0498 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Windows Vista
Mariana Silva wrote: Hello I am trying to install cygwin/X in Windows Vista and I get a message saying that the installation could not be completed. Is there a new version of cygwin/X for this operational system? No. The error you got is unlikely to be as a result of Vista. Try a different mirror. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Windows Vista
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Mariana Silva wrote: Hello I am trying to install cygwin/X in Windows Vista and I get a message saying that the installation could not be completed. Is there a new version of cygwin/X for this operational system? No. The error you got is unlikely to be as a result of Vista. Try a different mirror. Also make sure that you run the Cygwin setup as Administrator. This doesn't just mean that your user account has Administrator rights; you have to right-click the Cygwin setup.exe and then choose Run as Administrator from the pop-up menu. FWIW, I have both Cygwin and Xming on my Vista notebook. I use Cygwin when I need a real shell environment on my Vista machine. I use Xming and PuTTY when I just need an X server and an ssh session on a remote Solaris or Linux box. Both work great! Hope this helps, Scott -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Windows Vista
Scott Fordin wrote: No. The error you got is unlikely to be as a result of Vista. Try a different mirror. Also make sure that you run the Cygwin setup as Administrator. This doesn't just mean that your user account has Administrator rights; you have to right-click the Cygwin setup.exe and then choose Run as Administrator from the pop-up menu. Eh? I just installed on Vista yesterday and all I had to do was click on setup.exe. Vista asked to run it as administrator since the executable is named setup.exe. I didn't have to do anything special. BTW this is not X-specific so you should probably ask on the main list unless you have X related issues. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
