From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24994 invoked by alias); 24 Sep 2010 00:50:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 24984 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Sep 2010 00:50:28 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,FREEMAIL_FROM,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from snt0-omc4-s42.snt0.hotmail.com (HELO snt0-omc4-s42.snt0.hotmail.com) (65.54.51.93) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:50:21 +0000 Received: from SNT111-W36 ([65.55.90.200]) by snt0-omc4-s42.snt0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:50:19 -0700 Message-ID: From: Richard Gitschlag To: Subject: "Failed to write cache" during install Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:50:00 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 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/msg00067.txt.bz2 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 /e= tc/postinstall/font-adobe-dpi75.sh > 2010/08/26 10:17:18 abnormal exit: exit code=3D1 > 2010/08/26 10:17:18 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /e= tc/postinstall/font-alias.sh > 2010/08/26 10:17:44 abnormal exit: exit code=3D1 > 2010/08/26 10:17:44 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /e= tc/postinstall/font-misc-misc.sh > 2010/08/26 10:17:52 abnormal exit: exit code=3D1 > 2010/08/26 10:17:52 running: F:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /e= tc/postinstall/fontconfig.sh > 2010/08/26 10:18:18 abnormal exit: exit code=3D8 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.=A0 = Made copies of my setup logs and can supply further information if needed. -- Stratadrake strata_ranger@hotmail.com -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. =20=09=09=20=09=20=20=20=09=09=20=20 -- 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/