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Subject:	RE: exception while starting cygwin
Date:	Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:19:03 -0000
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cygwin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I install cygwin without errors. After that, I want to start cygwin with
> cygwin.bat, but nothing happens. 
> When I start cygwin.bat under a tracesoftware (TRACEPLUS), I got this
> output: 
> An exception occured in process bash at address 0x77E7B702.
> The type of exception is: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
> 
> Why I get these exception?

> Path:    C:\Tcl\bin
>     C:\WINNT\system32
>     C:\WINNT
>     C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem
>     C:\Programme\Support Tools\
>     C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin
>     C:\cygwin
>     C:\cygwin\bin


  Most likely it's because you have lots of unix-tools in your $PATH setting
ahead of the cygwin ones, and they aren't compatible, and something is
crashing as a result.


> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
> Found: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\cat.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
> Warning: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\cat.exe hides
> C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe 
> Found: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\cp.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe
> Warning: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\cp.exe hides
> C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe 
> Not Found: cpp (good!)
> Found: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\find.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
> Warning: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\find.exe hides
> C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe 
> Not Found: gcc
> Not Found: gdb
> Found: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\grep.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe
> Warning: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\grep.exe hides
> C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe 
> Not Found: ld
> Found: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\ls.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
> Warning: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\ls.exe hides
> C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe 
> Found: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\make.exe
> Found: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\mv.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe
> Warning: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\mv.exe hides
> C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe 
> Found: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\rm.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe
> Warning: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\rm.exe hides
> C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe 
> Found: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\sed.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe
> Warning: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\sed.exe hides
> C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe 
> Not Found: sh
> Found: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\tar.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe
> Warning: C:\Programme\unix-tools\usr\local\wbin\tar.exe hides
> C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe 


  There's no way the bash startup scripts are going to work correctly when all
those commands are over-ridden by non-cygwin versions.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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