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From:	Murray Eisenberg <murray AT math DOT umass DOT edu>
Subject:	Re: Segment fault/Bus error with Singular
Date:	Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:22:57 -0500
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After getting better instructions from Igor Peshansky than are in the 
Cygwin FAQs about installing Cygwin snapshots, I installed the lastest 
Cygwin snapshot.

Unfortunately, this did not fix anything with respect to running 
Singular -- and in particular with respect to running it with Emacs.  I 
just detailed what works and what does not at:

http://singular.mathematik.uni-kl.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1582#1582

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> 
>> I'm running latest Cygwin under Windows XP Pro (SP2, with all 
>> updates).  I installed all the Singular packages via Cygwin Setup.
>>
>> After I start cygwin with its bash shell, command
>>
>>   Singular
>>
>> gives error:
>>
>>   Singular " signal 11 (v: 3001/2005111410):
>>   Segment fault/Bus error occurred (r:1136744764)
>>   Please inform the authors
>>   trying to restart...
>>
>> (The number after "r:" changes depending on what else is running in 
>> windows.)  But Cygwin never recovers, and it freezes.
>>
>> At first I tried uninstalling Singular, downloading the Singular 
>> packages again, and re-installing; same error.  I completely 
>> uninstalled Cygwin, downloaded Cygwin again including the Singular 
>> packages, and re-installed.  Same error.
>>
>> On the other hand, if I go to the subdirectory lib\Singular of the 
>> main cygwin directory and double-click Singular.exe, then Singular 
>> does run, in a DOS command prompt window (although I see message 
>> "cannot open `standard.lib'".
>>
>> So the bug seems to be somewhere in the interface between Singular and 
>> cygwin.  Any ideas of how to proceed.  (I did report this bug on the 
>> Singular web site a couple days ago but have had no response.)
> 
> 
> 
> Does a recent snapshot make a difference?
> 
> <http://cygwin.com/snapshots/>
> 
> If not, please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines at:
> 
>> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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