Re: anyone got lilypond 2.16.2 to work on Windows Vista?

[Robert Honore]

On 01/08/2013 13:33, Phil Holmes wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 6:05 PM
> Subject: anyone got lilypond 2.16.2 to work on Windows Vista?
> 
> 
>> I have Windows Vista Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002.
>>
>> I installed Lilypond 2.16.2 and I have since been unable to get
>> Lilypond to
>> run successfully.  Whenever I start Lilypond, the executable appears
>> to start
>> up, but does not apparently make any progress.  It just sits there after
>> having done one single write I/O request.  It appears to be doing
>> nothing, but
>> if I leave it running, the system, including the GUI freezes, and the
>> only way
>> to get the system back is to kill all power to the system.  Is there some
>> incompatibility that wasn't apparent back in the 2.12.* days?
>>
>> I am using a HP Presario F700 with 1 GB of installed memory.
>> Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-55, 1800 Mhz, 2
>> Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
>>
>>
>> What am I doing wrong this time?
> 
> 
> Simple and accurate answer - I haven't, because I've not tried.  I do
> have 2.16.0 running and 14 2.17.x versions running, all on 64 bit
> Vista.  How exactly are you trying to run it?
> 
> -- 
> Phil Holmes

I was just trying to do the basic post-install of running lilypond by
itself for the first time, when I noticed that the executable starts,
but seems to go no further.  None of the stuff I had seen previously
from lilypond 2.10.x or 2.12.x.  It would just sit there making no
apparent progress, after having written about 2.5 MB of data to disk.

Robert Honoré.