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RE: A vexing installation problem


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of David Hinds
> Sent: 30 November 2004 01:14

> On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 06:22:35PM -0500, Larry Hall wrote:
> > 
> > Yeah, I understand.  This is certainly not your everyday 
> issue, as you've
> > noticed.  I suppose it's worthwhile to look at the settings 
> for the Windows
> > firewall to see if it's being overly restrictive or 
> limiting in some way.
> > Sorry, I don't have any other ideas other than getting down 
> into it with 
> > more details...
> 
> Ok, this is really odd...
> 
> I just noticed that every now and then, when I run a cygwin program
> with the new DLL, it actually does work.  Maybe 10% of the time when I
> invoke a shell, I actually get a working shell, which then appears to
> be fully functional: all its children behave normally.  Also, once I
> have a working shell running, I can also open new shells from the
> desktop and they work 100% of the time.


  I reckon you most likely have faulty hardware in there somewhere.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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