on winXP sp2, setup loops forever when installing xorg-base

[Carlo Florendo]

Sorry.  I should've mentioned at the beginning of the mail that I'm just 
cross posting to cygwin-xfree for FYI (since I've discussed this already 
yesterday.).  The mail was intended for the cygwin ML but I cc'd 
cygwin-xfree for FYI. 

Carlo Florendo wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've tried installing cygwin with X on a Win-XP SP2 box.  However,
> installation stalls at 99% when installing some xorg packages.
>
> Message says:
>
> "Cannot open log file C:\cygwin/var/log/setup.log for writing"
> Yes, the '\' and '/' are as is :)
>
> This problem is similar to the one from:
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-11/msg00253.html (6 Nov 2004)
>
> So, I reinstalled cygwin without the X, and went to the Cygwin/Xfree 
> website to see how to install X.  The site says that we just need to 
> install xorg-base and we will have X working.  However, installing 
> xorg-base installs a couple of script files and a README.
>
> I read the README and installed (via setup, ofcourse :) )the packages 
> listed as dependencies.
> *All worked well now.* :)  However, isn't setup suppose to do this?
>
> I posted this problem on the cygwin-xfree mailing list and someone 
> hinted that since setup doesn't install dependencies, this could be a 
> setup problem (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-11/msg00022.html)
>
> Is this an X or a setup problem?  (I'm at a loss so I posted to cygwin 
> and cygwin-xfree).  Please advise on where to post.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Carlo
>


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Carlo Florendo
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