From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 78126 invoked by alias); 22 Jan 2016 15:09:45 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 78111 invoked by uid 89); 22 Jan 2016 15:09:44 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,KHOP_DYNAMIC,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=D*yandex.ru, tunnel, installer, Resource X-HELO: mx0a-00191d01.pphosted.com Received: from mx0a-00191d01.pphosted.com (HELO mx0a-00191d01.pphosted.com) (67.231.149.140) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:09:44 +0000 Received: from pps.filterd (m0049295.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by m0049295.ppops.net-00191d01. (8.15.0.59/8.15.0.59) with SMTP id u0MF8e5S019165 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:09:42 -0500 Received: from flpi408.enaf.ffdc.sbc.com (sbcsmtp9.sbc.com [144.160.128.153]) by m0049295.ppops.net-00191d01. with ESMTP id 20fjq9mcyx-1 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:09:42 -0500 Received: from enaf.ffdc.sbc.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by flpi408.enaf.ffdc.sbc.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id u0MF9fvt022436 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:09:41 -0800 Received: from flpi489.ffdc.sbc.com (flpi489.ffdc.sbc.com [130.4.162.183]) by flpi408.enaf.ffdc.sbc.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id u0MF9aFH022395 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:09:36 -0800 Received: from CAFRFD1MSGHUBAG.ITServices.sbc.com (CAFRFD1MSGHUBAG.itservices.sbc.com [130.4.169.164]) by flpi489.ffdc.sbc.com (RSA Interceptor) for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:09:20 GMT Received: from CAFRFD1MSGUSRJH.ITServices.sbc.com ([169.254.7.39]) by CAFRFD1MSGHUBAG.ITServices.sbc.com ([130.4.169.164]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:09:19 -0800 From: "KARR, DAVID" To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Subject: RE: New cygwin install hanging on postinstall Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:50:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: <737198364.20160122103452@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <737198364.20160122103452@yandex.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-RSA-Inspected: yes X-RSA-Classifications: public X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2016-01-22_05:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_policy_notspam policy=outbound_policy score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=1 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1507310008 definitions=main-1601220266 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-01/txt/msg00292.txt.bz2 > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrey Repin [mailto:anrdaemon@yandex.ru] > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:35 PM > To: KARR, DAVID; cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: New cygwin install hanging on postinstall >=20 > Greetings, KARR, DAVID! >=20 > >> > I was installing cygwin for the first time on a Win7-32bit > box. >=20 > > It has 4g RAM. Checking "Resource Monitor" while the install is > running, there is 750MB "available". >=20 > How much memory is "available" is not an indication for a 32-bit > OS. You > simply can not allocate more than 2GB of RAM to a single process > without much > hackery. Which means, certain applications could hit a roadblock > just because > of that. Same applies to your 4GB statement: You just can not use > it all with > 32-bit OS without much hackery on OS level, and that means slowing > down entire > system. >=20 > You are really, really want 64-bit OS with more than 2GB RAM to see > any light > at the end of the tunnel. >=20 > On top of that, if you are still struggling with installation, and > hints > offered in other messages did not helped to date, the most simple > way would be > to eliminate the failed Cygwin install and start anew, this time > only install > a base (setup default) set of tools first time, may be accompanying > them by > choice things of convenience, like wget and/or procps. But nothing > overgrown > like TexLive. Ok. I understand the basic procedure for uninstalling Cygwin, but what's t= he best way to reset the installer to the "base" install? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple