install problems

install problems

[William Joye]

I'm unable to install and run cygwin 1.3.18-1 unless I'm logged in as 
'administrator'. If I try to run cygwin logged in as another user, I get the 
console window, but it appears to hang. I've tried both a clean 'default' 
installation and a clean 'all' installation. I'm running Win2k. My previous 
installation of cygwin was running fine.

I also notice a number of 'weird' messages that flash during the 'post-install' 
phase.

I've searched groups.google and the cygwin mailing lists without finding any 
references to this type of problem. Has anyone seen this type of behavior? I'm 
at a lost as to what to try next...


Bill Joye
wjoye@cfa.harvard.edu
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics


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Re: install problems

[a12]

Bill,

Any user that belongs to group Administrators will do.

William Joye wrote:

> I'm unable to install and run cygwin 1.3.18-1 unless I'm logged in as
> 'administrator'. If I try to run cygwin logged in as another user, I get the
> console window, but it appears to hang. I've tried both a clean 'default'
> installation and a clean 'all' installation. I'm running Win2k. My previous
> installation of cygwin was running fine.
>
> I also notice a number of 'weird' messages that flash during the 'post-install'
> phase.
>
> I've searched groups.google and the cygwin mailing lists without finding any
> references to this type of problem. Has anyone seen this type of behavior? I'm
> at a lost as to what to try next...
>
> Bill Joye
> wjoye@cfa.harvard.edu
> Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
> Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
>
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Re: Install Problems

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Kris Ciersezwski wrote:
> Ok I sent a log of my setup, I was unable to "cygcheck -s -r -v" and 
> *attach* the output.


No 'setup.log' or 'setup.log.full' files in the directory with 'setup.exe'?
What part of creating the 'cygcheck' information caused you problems?


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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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Re: Install Problems

[Fergus]

Completely agree about Vista, it's ruined my life, but are you sure you 
waited long enough for gnuplot.sh to complete? For no clear reason that 
I can discern, it takes ages on both the machines I use regularly, one 
of which is in all other contexts really fast.
Fergus


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Re: Install Problems

[Kris Ciersezwski]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: TEXT/PLAIN, Size: 1725 bytes --]

Ok I sent a log of my setup, I was unable to "cygcheck -s -r -v" and 
*attach* the output.

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:

> Kris Ciersezwski wrote:
>> Hello, I've tried several times to install Cygwin on my new desktop,
>> running shitty Windows Vista Home Premium. Anyways I've tried
>> installing it several times using different mirrors each time and I
>> get the same problem in every install.
>> It stops at
>> 
>> Running...
>> 
>> No Package
>> 
>> /etc/postinstall/qnulot.sh
>> 
>> 
>> It just freezes there and does nothing...
>
>
> Did you "Run as" administator when running 'setup.exe'?  Can you run
> "cygcheck -s -r -v" and *attach* the output to your reply?  How about
> your 'setup.log*' files?
>
> There is no qnulot.sh file according to
> <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=qnulot.sh> so something
> is getting messed up here.  Perhaps removing what you've installed so far
> and re-running 'setup.exe' as administrator ("Run as") but just installing
> the default packages first would get you going.
>
>
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> A: Yes.
>> Q: Are you sure?
>>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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[-- Attachment #2: Setup Log --]
[-- Type: TEXT/PLAIN, Size: 60 bytes --]

/usr/bin/bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/Kris/.bashrc: Bad address

[-- Attachment #3: Type: text/plain, Size: 218 bytes --]

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Re: Install Problems

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Kris Ciersezwski wrote:
> Hello, I've tried several times to install Cygwin on my new desktop,
> running shitty Windows Vista Home Premium. Anyways I've tried
> installing it several times using different mirrors each time and I
> get the same problem in every install.
> It stops at
> 
> Running...
> 
> No Package
> 
> /etc/postinstall/qnulot.sh
> 
> 
> It just freezes there and does nothing...


Did you "Run as" administator when running 'setup.exe'?  Can you run
"cygcheck -s -r -v" and *attach* the output to your reply?  How about
your 'setup.log*' files?

There is no qnulot.sh file according to
<http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=qnulot.sh> so something
is getting messed up here.  Perhaps removing what you've installed so far
and re-running 'setup.exe' as administrator ("Run as") but just installing
the default packages first would get you going.


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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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Install Problems

[Kris Ciersezwski]

Hello, I've tried several times to install Cygwin on my new desktop,
running shitty Windows Vista Home Premium. Anyways I've tried
installing it several times using different mirrors each time and I
get the same problem in every install.
It stops at

Running...

No Package

/etc/postinstall/qnulot.sh


It just freezes there and does nothing...


~Kris

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Re: Install Problems

[Christopher Faylor]

On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 12:58:35PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 12:35:50PM -0400, Jim Furey wrote:
>>I have attempted several installs to a Win2k system of the cygwin-ports
>>using setup.exe on the GNU cd.  I keep getting an unexpected end of file
>>error on ex.exe and then wget.mo And then I am thrown out.  It says it
>>creates a log but I am unable to find it.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>
>Although I contributed the cygwin stuff to the GNU CD, I never got a
>chance to actually test it.  Apparently something is screwed up badly.
>Possibly, using a newer version of setup.exe than the one on the CD may
>work.
>
>I've asked the FSF to send me a CD so I can see what's up.

Yes, the CD is pretty screwed up.  Too bad.  I'm sure I tested things against
a local dir on my end but apparently something happened along the way to
burning the CD.

cgf

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Re: Install Problems

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 12:58 PM 5/21/2002, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 12:35:50PM -0400, Jim Furey wrote:
> >I have attempted several installs to a Win2k system of the cygwin-ports
> >using setup.exe on the GNU cd.  I keep getting an unexpected end of file
> >error on ex.exe and then wget.mo And then I am thrown out.  It says it
> >creates a log but I am unable to find it.
> >
> >Any suggestions?
>
>Although I contributed the cygwin stuff to the GNU CD, I never got a
>chance to actually test it.  Apparently something is screwed up badly.
>Possibly, using a newer version of setup.exe than the one on the CD may
>work.
>
>I've asked the FSF to send me a CD so I can see what's up.



Jim replied to me privately that he had no problems installing from 
www.cygwin.com so that does seem to indicate there is a problem with the
GNU CD.  Just FYI.


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Re: Install Problems

[Christopher Faylor]

On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 12:35:50PM -0400, Jim Furey wrote:
>I have attempted several installs to a Win2k system of the cygwin-ports
>using setup.exe on the GNU cd.  I keep getting an unexpected end of file
>error on ex.exe and then wget.mo And then I am thrown out.  It says it
>creates a log but I am unable to find it.
>
>Any suggestions?

Although I contributed the cygwin stuff to the GNU CD, I never got a
chance to actually test it.  Apparently something is screwed up badly.
Possibly, using a newer version of setup.exe than the one on the CD may
work.

I've asked the FSF to send me a CD so I can see what's up.

cgf

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Re: Install Problems

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 12:35 PM 5/21/2002, Jim Furey wrote:
>I have attempted several installs to a Win2k system of the cygwin-ports
>using setup.exe on the GNU cd.  I keep getting an unexpected end of file
>error on ex.exe and then wget.mo And then I am thrown out.  It says it
>creates a log but I am unable to find it.
>
>Any suggestions?


Yes.  Ask the provider of the "GNU cd" for help or go to www.cygwin.com and
click on "Install Now".



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Install Problems

[Jim Furey]

I have attempted several installs to a Win2k system of the cygwin-ports
using setup.exe on the GNU cd.  I keep getting an unexpected end of file
error on ex.exe and then wget.mo And then I am thrown out.  It says it
creates a log but I am unable to find it.

Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Jim Furey


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Re: Install problems

[Pavel Tsekov]

Quoted from the BASH man page:

       -z string
               True if the length of string is zero.

This means that you have your HOME environment variable already
set.

Arek wrote:

> I just installed cygwin today (after a long while of not having it
> installed...) and when I started up bash I discovered that $HOME wasn't
> being set correctly!  After looking through the faq, I thought this might be
> related to me having a windows login name with a space in it, so I edited
> /etc/profile to explicitly set my username to james.  This didn't work.
> After doing a bit of testing, I discovered that the following structure:
> 
>     if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then
>         HOME="/home/$USER"
>     fi
> 
> was failing to set the HOME variable correctly.  I was able to fix this by
> removing the if/fi statements and just arbitrarily setting the HOME
> variable.  Am I going to have other problems doing this?  Also, is there a
> known reason that the HOME variable wasn't being set correctly in the first
> place (it was just being set to $USER.)?
> 
> My operating system is Windows ME, if that's any help...



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Install problems

[Arek]

I just installed cygwin today (after a long while of not having it
installed...) and when I started up bash I discovered that $HOME wasn't
being set correctly!  After looking through the faq, I thought this might be
related to me having a windows login name with a space in it, so I edited
/etc/profile to explicitly set my username to james.  This didn't work.
After doing a bit of testing, I discovered that the following structure:

    if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then
        HOME="/home/$USER"
    fi

was failing to set the HOME variable correctly.  I was able to fix this by
removing the if/fi statements and just arbitrarily setting the HOME
variable.  Am I going to have other problems doing this?  Also, is there a
known reason that the HOME variable wasn't being set correctly in the first
place (it was just being set to $USER.)?

My operating system is Windows ME, if that's any help...

James Potts
(james@verge-rpg.com)



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Re: Install problems

[N8TM]

Not seeing any other responses, I'll mention the following:

cygwinb19.dll came with cygwin-b19.  In many cases, programs which attempt to 
link it will be satisfied with a renamed copy of  or link to cygwin1.dll from 
more recent versions.  It would be possible also to install both cygwin1.dll 
and cygwinb19.dll in the main cygnus /bin directory.  Most programs which 
look for cygwin1.dll will be wanting at least the standard b20.1 version.

I'm sure this doesn't answer all the questions.

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Re: Install problems

[Michael Hirmke]

Hi Michael,

>Ive been having problems installing programs such as an x-windows server
>and shells on cygwin. I keep getting told i am missing 'cygwinb19.dll'
>and '*** is linked to missing export cygwin1.dll'
>
>Any ideas? Thanks.

Yes, you're mixing up binaries for Cygwin B19, which require
cygwinb19.dll, and binaries for Cygwin B20(.x), which are looking for
cygwin1.dll!
You should only use Cygwin B20 binaries and also cygwin1.dll, because
B19 is quite outdated.
If don't have this dll, you have to download and install usertools.exe
from Cygnus or one of the mirrors. Besides the dll you get a bunch of
GNU utilities, which are very useful.

Bye.
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Install problems

[Michael David Turek]

Ive been having problems installing programs such as an x-windows server
and shells on cygwin. I keep getting told i am missing 'cygwinb19.dll'
and '*** is linked to missing export cygwin1.dll'

Any ideas? Thanks.

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Re: Install problems

[N8TM]

Not seeing any other responses, I'll mention the following:

cygwinb19.dll came with cygwin-b19.  In many cases, programs which attempt to 
link it will be satisfied with a renamed copy of  or link to cygwin1.dll from 
more recent versions.  It would be possible also to install both cygwin1.dll 
and cygwinb19.dll in the main cygnus /bin directory.  Most programs which 
look for cygwin1.dll will be wanting at least the standard b20.1 version.

I'm sure this doesn't answer all the questions.

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Re: Install problems

[Michael Hirmke]

Hi Michael,

>Ive been having problems installing programs such as an x-windows server
>and shells on cygwin. I keep getting told i am missing 'cygwinb19.dll'
>and '*** is linked to missing export cygwin1.dll'
>
>Any ideas? Thanks.

Yes, you're mixing up binaries for Cygwin B19, which require
cygwinb19.dll, and binaries for Cygwin B20(.x), which are looking for
cygwin1.dll!
You should only use Cygwin B20 binaries and also cygwin1.dll, because
B19 is quite outdated.
If don't have this dll, you have to download and install usertools.exe
from Cygnus or one of the mirrors. Besides the dll you get a bunch of
GNU utilities, which are very useful.

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Install problems

[Michael David Turek]

Ive been having problems installing programs such as an x-windows server
and shells on cygwin. I keep getting told i am missing 'cygwinb19.dll'
and '*** is linked to missing export cygwin1.dll'

Any ideas? Thanks.

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Install problems

[Donald A. Holcomb Jr.]

I am running Win 3.1 on a 486.  The install seems to run because I get
the window and the icons, but when I execute GUNZIP, the screen goes
black for a second then comes right back (the same happens when I do the
WINZIP install).  What am I missing to do an install so I have a
compiler?  Have gone through the README and FAQ files a number of times
to no avail.

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