From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30255 invoked by alias); 18 Aug 2014 12:56:25 -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 30243 invoked by uid 89); 18 Aug 2014 12:56:24 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-wi0-f180.google.com Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com (HELO mail-wi0-f180.google.com) (209.85.212.180) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:56:23 +0000 Received: by mail-wi0-f180.google.com with SMTP id n3so3601733wiv.7 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:56:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.6.233 with SMTP id e9mr42532814wja.29.1408366580389; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:56:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.238.66 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:56:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:56:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cygwin installer hangs while downloading files From: Michael DePaulo To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-08/txt/msg00348.txt.bz2 On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Michael DePaulo wrote: > HI, > > I'm having a weird issue with the Cygwin installer. It occurs whether > I am using it to update my 2 installations of Cygwin (both 32-bit and > 64-bit), or to perform a new install. The issue is that the installer > hangs while downloading files. In other words, the progress bar makes > 0% more progress at some point during a download. I've let the > installer sit for over several hours without it making any progress. > Sometimes it's setup.bz2. Usually it's one of the packages. On > average, it happens on the 3rd file or so. Sometimes the 1st, > sometimes the 6th, etc. It usually occurs in the middle of a file > download, but sometimes at the beginning of the file download (when > progress is 0%.) The UI is still responsive when this happens; so I > can quit the installer. > > My Setup: > 1. Windows 8.1 64-bit with the latest updates. > 2. Joined to a domain. > > I Tried the following, but the issue still occurs: > 1. Disabling my antivirus (NOD32 Antivirus 7) > 2. Using both 32-bit and 64-bit Cygwin installer > 3. Using the download path C:\Users\mike.DEPAULO\Downloads\cygtemp > instead of the path on the U: network drive with spaces in it. > 4. Selecting different mirrors. > > I also tried using another computer (Same OS, joined to the same > domain, but different AV) and the issue did NOT occur. > > My workaround right now is just repeatedly run "setup.exe -q" and > quitting the install whenever it does hang, until the entire download > completes successfully. Once the entire download does complete, the > packages install without any issue. > > -Mike The issue seems to be happening less frequently now. Today I downloaded about 60 packages and it only happened once. -- 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