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Re: Cygwin Setup 99%
Open a bash shell and run "kill -9 `ps -s|grep cygpath|awk '{print $1}'`"
from it. Setup should then simply continue.
Igor
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Jean-Claude Gervais wrote:
> A bit of bad luck here:
>
> I'm reinstalling Cygwin on a newly formatted machine this morning.
>
> So what do I do to get it installed now?
> The setup is hung.
>
> Do I cancel and run it again? What?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 18:13, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> > Wayne,
> >
> > While we can't expect everyone to do a thorough mailing list archive
> > search before posting, we do at least expect them to look at the posts
> > from today. You problem has been reported before, and was, in fact,
> > reported again today:
> >
> > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-10/msg00134.html
> >
> > The problem is known. You can just move
> > /etc/postinstall/XFree86-bin-icons.sh to
> > /etc/postinstall/XFree86-bin-icons.sh.done. Then, from a Cygwin bash
> > shell run '/usr/XFree86/bin/XFree86-bin-icons.sh'. That should create
> > the icons for you. The problem right now is that one of the utilities
> > we use hangs when we run the script from setup.exe, but it does not hang
> > when we run the script from a bash shell. The problem is being looked into.
> >
> > Harold
> >
> > WHarpena@sonymusic.com wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to install cygwin/xFree86. The install program runs to 99% but
> > > does not finish. It stops at 'Running...' the
> > > /etc/postinstall/XFree86-bin-icons.sh
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Wayne Harpenau
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