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Date:	Mon, 05 Mar 2001 22:37:02 -0500
To:	"Andrew Heil" <heilandrew AT home DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From:	"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject:	Re: "CPP" crashes my computer to hardware reset when trying to
	compile "test.c" -- pls help
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At 10:33 PM 3/5/2001, Andrew Heil wrote:
>I'm a newbie to cygwin, so please forgive me if my description of the
>problem I'm having is incomplete.
>
>Short version:
>
>When I use the bash prompt or the DOS prompt to issue the command
>
>gcc test.c -o test.exe
>
>it crashes while running "cpp" on my AMD K6/266-based computer with 128
>MB of RAM.
>
>Long version:
>
>I was interested in using Palm's GCC-based tools to compile Palm
>programs.  They're based on Cygwin.  So I downloaded everything,
>installed everything (including Cygwin b20.1) following very explicit
>instructions (including "mount points"), and tried to compile a test
>program.  Lo and behold, my computer crashed after displaying "cpp" in
>the title bar of the DOS box.
>
>I figured the problem might be Cygwin-related, so I tried to compile a
>test program written in C (for DOS, not the Palm :-), and got the same
>exact crash.  (Note that if the source file had syntax errors, such as
>lacking the path to "stdio.h", these would be pointed out, and CPP would
>quit gracefully, *without* a crash.)
>
>So I uninstalled Cygwin b20.1 and went to the web site to get the latest
>version, using the Internet-based setup program, and after it was done,
>tried again.  The new version has a different directory structure and
>different "mount points", but produces the same crash.
>
>If you have any word on how to this problem, I'd be most grateful.
>Please be explicit; I don't yet understand a lot of what's going on
>behind the scenes.
>
>- Andrew Heil



You might try using strace and/or posting your program and the results of
cygcheck -s -r -v to the list.  You're issue seems installation specific
but someone may be able to spot where you're going wrong with more 
information.



Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


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