X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:10:34 -0500 (CDT)
From: Tim McDaniel <tmcd AT panix DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: bash shell interface broken after install on Vista
In-Reply-To: <20080804005956.GC13008@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.0808032207330.20644@panix2.panix.com>
References: <4895F9A7 DOT 1030103 AT ca DOT rr DOT com> <Pine DOT LNX DOT 4 DOT 64 DOT 0808031433580 DOT 8167 AT tmcd DOT austin DOT tx DOT us>  <20080804005956 DOT GC13008 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
X-IsSubscribed: yes
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Sun, 3 Aug 2008, Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 02:36:49PM -0500, tmcd AT panix DOT com wrote:
>> Since you just installed Cygwin and didn't configure it much, have you
>> considered just uninstalling and reinstalling from a new mirror?
>
> The mirror checking software runs four times a day to weed out bad
> mirrors.  It's very unlikely that a new installation would have
> problems that were due to a mirror.

The original problem report mentioned it hanging during the download
or install, I forget which.  I wondered whether it might have been
some odd networking problem with that particular mirror.  (I've had
odd networking problems in the past, even in Linux.)  It's also an
obvious fix technique, if it works, but he later said it didn't.

-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd AT panix DOT com

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/