From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23021 invoked by alias); 27 Sep 2010 15:03:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 23012 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Sep 2010 15:03:28 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (HELO smtpout.karoo.kcom.com) (212.50.160.34) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:03:23 +0000 Received: from 213-152-38-55.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO [192.168.0.8]) ([213.152.38.55]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 27 Sep 2010 16:03:21 +0100 Message-ID: <4CA0B242.9040805@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:03:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com CC: strata_ranger@hotmail.com Subject: Re: "Failed to write cache" during install References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-09/txt/msg00076.txt.bz2 On 24/09/2010 01:50, Richard Gitschlag wrote: > I recently set up Cygwin and XWin on my XP system, but need help with error messages that occured during post-install scripts. > > My setup log file shows: > >> 2010/08/26 10:17:04 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-adobe-dpi75.sh >> 2010/08/26 10:17:18 abnormal exit: exit code=1 >> 2010/08/26 10:17:18 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-alias.sh >> 2010/08/26 10:17:44 abnormal exit: exit code=1 >> 2010/08/26 10:17:44 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-misc-misc.sh >> 2010/08/26 10:17:52 abnormal exit: exit code=1 >> 2010/08/26 10:17:52 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/fontconfig.sh >> 2010/08/26 10:18:18 abnormal exit: exit code=8 > > Checking the verbose log shows a common theme of "failed to write cache", e.g: > > 2010/08/26 10:17:04 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/font-adobe-dpi75.sh > /usr/share/fonts/75dpi: failed to write cache > > My local cygwin directory resides on a FAT32 drive, if that is related. Made copies of my setup logs and can supply further information if needed. The command which is failing is 'fc-cache -f', and the cache files in question live in /var/cache/fontconfig. You might try running 'strace fc-cache -f' from a shell to see if that sheds any light on why these cache files apparently can't be written. -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- 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/