[tex-live] Win 7: installationproblems, Perl stopped working

Steffen Videbæk Petersen spet at spet.dk
Fri Nov 11 11:46:12 CET 2011


On 11/11/2011 11:01 AM, Lars Madsen wrote:
> Steffen Videbæk Petersen wrote, On 2011-11-11 10:59:
>> On 11/11/2011 10:44 AM, Lars Madsen wrote:
>>> Steffen Videbæk Petersen wrote, On 2011-11-10 12:37:
>>>> On 11/10/2011 12:29 PM, Lars Madsen wrote:
>>>>> A student came to me today, she has a Win 7, Home premium, 64-bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> When we try to start the netinstall, get keep getting a crashing perl
>>>>>
>>>>> Wehn we run install-tl.bat we get a message saying
>>>>>
>>>>> "Perl has stopped working"
>>>>
>>>> install-tl-advanced.bat works without any problems. It's not a fix but
>>>> a workaround and may aid debugging.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Was it the same person, the person who came to me yesterday, did not
>>> attend your talk (or the install session afterwards)
>>>
>>
>> I don't think so and in any case: I observed it on multiple Windows 7
>> laptops.
>>
>> /Steffen
>
> Any more information on these? Win 7 version, 32- vs. 64-bit?
>

I'm afraid not, but I will compile more information as I see the problem 
on a near daily basis after the talk.

I've also noticed the same problem on a virtual machine at home and I 
will try to investigate the matter further this weekend.


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