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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 10:16:56 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Chris Calvey <chris AT chris-calvey DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Bash crashes windows 98
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On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Chris Calvey wrote:

> I am using bash v2.03 under windows 98 which I access via a desktop 
> shortcut. On occasion directly after exiting from bash, windows crashes,

Please describe in detail what exactly do you do to ``exit from bash''
and how exactly ``windows crashes''.  These details are very important
to try to analyze the problem.

Why do you need to exit Bash, anyway?

> on hitting ctrl+alt+delete, windows informs me that it is waiting for a 
> close window operation to complete, which never does.

What happens if you tell Windows to "End Task"?  Does the whole
machine die, or only the offending DOS box?

> I have tried
> the suggestions mentioned in the DJGPP FAQ but the problem persists.

Which suggestion would that be?

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