XFree86 for cygwin installation hanging

[Harold L Hunt II]

Paul,

It sounds like you may need to try another mirror.

Also, you are probably having a problem with the XFree86-bin-icons 
package, which was fixed by the bash-2.05b-16 release.

However, you may still have problems due to the ordering in which 
postinstall scripts are running and depending on whether your mirror has 
bash-2.05b-16 yet (it should, it has been a few days).

I would recommend deleting the c:\cygwin directory (or wherever you 
installed), selecting another mirror, downloading and installing again. 
  This time, let it install the base set of packages first.  Then, go 
back and pick the extras you want.  Be sure to leave XFree86-bin-icons 
until everything else is working.

Good luck,

Harold

Paul Thomas wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have been trying to load XFree86 for Cygwin, using the Cygwin web 
> installation.  I have a Compaq Athlon 1700 based machine, running 
> Windows XP home edition.
> 
> Cygwin itself is fine.  All components run perfectly, except XFree86 and 
> anything that depends on it.  The download ends in a message that it is 
> unable to find file ""; pressing OK gets the installation underway but 
> it then hangs at varying points in the installation.  I have uninstalled 
> before each attempt. Also, when I shut down Windows, the post-install 
> programme is still running and has to be stopped.   Invoking XWin, with 
> any combination of arguments results in the background coming up but 
> nothing else.
> 
> What should I do?  Try downloading and installing from hard disk?
> 
> Thank you in advance for any advice that you can give me.
> 
> Paul Thomas
>