Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: setup use on Windows 2000 From: Robert Collins To: "Christopher B. Lirakis" Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20011102075632.00b18f98@po1.bbn.com> References: <5.0.2.1.2.20011101132704.00aa9aa0@po1.bbn.com> <5.0.2.1.2.20011101132704.00aa9aa0@po1.bbn.com> <5.0.2.1.2.20011102075632.00b18f98@po1.bbn.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.15 (Preview Release) Date: 03 Nov 2001 00:11:09 +1100 Message-Id: <1004706670.7488.8.camel@lifelesswks> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Nov 2001 13:15:24.0884 (UTC) FILETIME=[6EDAE140:01C163A0] Please keep all correspondence cc'd to the cygwin@cygwin.com mailing list. On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 23:58, Christopher B. Lirakis wrote: > At 10:25 AM 11/2/2001 +1100, you wrote: > >On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 05:28, Christopher B. Lirakis wrote: > > > Hello, > > > Moments ago I tried several times to use the setup command to > > update my > > > cygwin install. (I also wanted to add the XFree86 stuff). > > > Each and every time I run it, the process allocates memory until the > > > process itself dies. Has anyone else observed this? Am I doing anything > > wrong? > > > >Are you using the setup downloaded from cygwin.com? > > Yes > > > >At what point does it start allocating memory? > > After I select the download site, it comes up with a dialog box saying > > Downloading > setup.ini > connecting > about 30 seconds or so into that operation, it starts allocationg memory. Do you have IE 4 or newer on your pc? Are you using a proxy? did you choose direct or IE5 settings or manual proxy? Does the byte count start going up at all? Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/