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Re: cygheap problems, also on version 1.5.9 (was Re: cygheap problems, 20040326 snapshot)
- From: Brian Ford <ford at vss dot fsi dot com>
- To: Andy Rushton <ajr1 at ecs dot soton dot ac dot uk>
- Cc: Cygwin List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 14:07:34 -0500 (CDT)
- Subject: Re: cygheap problems, also on version 1.5.9 (was Re: cygheap problems, 20040326 snapshot)
- References: <4064BA0C.8000108@fangorn.ca> <6.0.1.1.0.20040327003026.0285fd70@127.0.0.1> <406817BF.6090800@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Andy Rushton wrote:
> I'm having similar problems with release 1.5.9. I thought that if I
> posted more information it might help to pin down the problem.
>
> I have just done a complete clean reinstall of Cygwin (i.e. deleted the
> directory and registry settings first) using the net installer and
> therefore using the 'official' releases of all packages. The
> cygcheck.out fiile is attached if you need to know more. I'm running
> under XP (you're always 'under' Windoze) with all the latest patches and
> updates. So, the buggy version then.
>
> Consider the following sequence typed in under the DOS shell:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> H:\Documents and Settings\Andy>bash --login -c XWin
> 4 [main] ? 476 cygheap_fixup_in_child: Couldn't reserve space for
> cygwin's heap (0x616E0000 <0x7E0000>) in child, Win32 error 487
> H:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\XWin.exe (476): *** m.AllocationBase 0x0,
> m.BaseAddress 0x616E0000, m.RegionSize 0x1AA0000, m.State 0x10000
>
> H:\Documents and Settings\Andy>bash --login
>
> $ XWin
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The latter command worked fine.
>
> I've tried running 'rebaseall' and it made no difference. Mind you,
> should it do anything on a completely fresh build?
Yes, it will. Eventually, rebaseall may be automatically run from
setup.exe, but it isn't currently.
> The really odd thing is that I have another PC at home with the same
> version of XP, same update status and as far as I can tell, the same
> install of Cygwin and I have no problems.
Are you sure about the "same update status" part? The following would
imply that a "Windows Update" will fix your problem. Could you try it and
report back?
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-04/msg00188.html
Thanks.
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Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
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