From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15713 invoked by alias); 15 Jul 2005 19:51:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 15687 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Jul 2005 19:51:01 -0000 Received: from c-24-61-23-223.hsd1.ma.comcast.net (HELO cgf.cx) (24.61.23.223) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:51:01 +0000 Received: by cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 0A90713C12A; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:51:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:51:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 0x6756a0 win32 error renders cygwin almost useless Message-ID: <20050715195100.GJ13238@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-SW-Source: 2005-07/txt/msg00744.txt.bz2 On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 12:29:18PM -0700, Arthur I Schwarz wrote: >>Can anybody diagnose this problem? Thanks in advance /r? > >I have continuous problems installing. Setup ungracefully crashes when >either an install is attempted on a file not downloaded or if the >setup.ini has an unresolvable reference. Hence I have a strategy to >installing. If all else fails: > >1. Go to the registry and delete all entries to 'cygwin' and 'cygnus' >and 'red hat' if appropriate. 2. I always save the old cygwin >(C:/cygwin -> C:/cygwin.old), and 3. Create a new cygwin root >(C:/cygwin), and then 4. Do a reinstall. > >Occassionally setup will corrupt the installation so that it is >unrecoverable - which seems to be what you are experiencing. Repeat >above. > >I've tried to identify and fix setup errors but can't seem to get it >compiled and linked. So I gave up. But there does appear to be some >ungraceful coding in setup - and lest I get flamed - Cygwin and the >Cygwin staff to a person seem excellent. Max, Brian, Igor, et al: Please clean up that ungraceful setup.exe coding NOW! Here's something to inspire you in this task: http://tinyurl.com/9no7t HTH, cgf -- 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/