xorg installation fails, 99% complete only

[Carlo Florendo]

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> What did you do, exactly, on the last setup run?  The log file shows that
> you installed the following packages:
>
>
> startup-notification-0.7-1
> transfig-3.2.4-2
> xorg-x11-bin-dlls-6.8.1.0-1
> xorg-x11-devel-6.8.1.0-1
> xorg-x11-fcyr-6.8.1.0-2
> xorg-x11-fenc-6.8.1.0-2
> xorg-x11-fscl-6.8.1.0-2
> xorg-x11-fsrv-6.8.1.0-1
> xorg-x11-libs-data-6.7.0.0-3
> xorg-x11-man-pages-html-6.8.1.0-1
> xorg-x11-nest-6.8.1.0-1
> xorg-x11-vfb-6.8.1.0-1
>
Hmmm. what I did was to install cygwin without any xorg.  After the 
successful installation, I installed the xorg packages (as specified in 
the xorg-base README) via setup once again.  IIRC,  I do not remember 
clicking the buttons that would change the install versions.   

>
> (which means you've downgraded xorg-x11-lib-data).  It also shows that 
> the
> following postinstall scripts ran:
>
>
> xorg-x11-devel.sh
> xorg-x11-f100.sh
> xorg-x11-fcyr.sh
> xorg-x11-fenc.sh
> xorg-x11-fnts.sh
> xorg-x11-fscl.sh
> xorg-x11-libs-data.sh
> xorg-x11-xwin.sh
>
>
> which is odd, since you didn't reinstall xorg-x11-xwin or 
> xorg-x11-f100 or
> xorg-x11-fnts.  The previous run clearly shows setup installing
> xorg-x11-f100 and running the postinstall script for that package, so it
> should have renamed it to .done and not re-run it.

I did install xorg *after* installing cygwin minus xorg.

>
>
> Hmm, the fact that it attempts to reinstall packages, coupled with the
> fact that it's not renaming postinstall scripts properly, makes me wonder
> whether your Cygwin directory tree is writable by the user that performs
> the install.  This would also be consistent with the "Cannot open
> c:\cygwin\var\log\setup.log for writing" message that others reported.
>     Igor


I was logged as a user under the administrator's group when I did the install.

I've gotten hold of the WinXP SP2 Machine now, on line!  I'll uninstall everything and try to reproduce the error once more. 

I'll run ps and cygcheck at the point where it stalls and provide as much detail as possible.

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Carlo
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