Mail Archives: cygwin/2008/09/01/22:01:45
Christopher Carlson wrote:
> I have been a user of Cygwin for at least 6 years now, and I love it.
> I'm constantly impressed with how well it works and how much it
> follows Linux and still stay within the Windows environment.
>
> In all of the 6 years, though, I don't think I have ever installed
> Cygwin or even upgraded it that it didn't hang during the running of
> the install scripts at the end. Inevitably, I have to in and *fix*
> something and run the remaining install scripts manually.
>
> I have found that when the install script fails, there is no reporting
> of the error. The installation tool (setup.exe) just sits there and
> never reports a thing. I let it sit, usually overnight, and it hasn't
> moved.
>
> Over time, I've come to learn some of the things to look for. I'm no
> expert with Cygwin in spite of how long I've been using it.
>
> I was installing the latest version from calvin.edu as of last night
> (8/31/08). The latest reason for failure is:
>
>
> $ cat setup.log.postinstallXa07932
> 2 [main] ? (6036) C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error
> - couldn't allocate heap, Win32 error 487, base 0x1130000, top
> 0x1140000, reserve_size 61440, allocsize 65536, page_const 4096
> 4 [main] bash 5748 child_info::sync: wait failed, pid
> 6036, Win32 error 1812
> 1658 [main] bash 5748 fork: child -1 - died waiting for longjmp
> before initialization, retry 0, exit code 0x1000000, errno 11
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA>?
> I'm installing this on a Windows Vista Home Premium system. I have
> 750G of disk, 4G of RAM, Quad processor. I told 'setup.exe' to
> "Install" everything.
>
> I hope this helps in resolving the problem.
Typically, we like to see the output of 'cygcheck' as requested by:
> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Please pay close attention to the request to *attach* the 'cygcheck' output.
This may or may not pinpoint a problem (like BLODA) but it is a good
baseline for folks on this list to review.
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A: Yes.
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>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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