Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 12:07:23 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: bash page fault on Win98SE when running non-Cygwin programs Message-ID: <20050618160723.GA24123@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 12:05:03PM -0400, irwin wrote: >On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:49:39 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>Corinna managed to narrow down the problem with 16-bit programs so >>there will be a fix in the next snapshot (and eventually in 1.5.18) but >>without specific information about failing 32-bit programs there will >>be no fix forthcoming for that problem. Since all of cygwin consists >>of 32-bit programs, this problem cannot be too prevalent. > >As it turns out, the 32-bit program that I thought was causing the >problem was actually running a a very old EMX (remember EMX?) binary, >which was the real culprit. My apologies for the misdirection. EMX? Wow. Yes, I do vaguely remember this. Thanks for clarifying this. I was mildly worried that there was still another harder-to-find bug lurking there. >>Please try the 2005-Jun-18 snapshot when it eventually shows up at >>. > >The cygwin1 DLL in this snapshot has fixed the problem, at least for >the 16-bit programs I have tried. My thanks to you and Corinna. > >>In case it isn't obvious, this is a Windows 98/Me bug, not a Cygwin >>bug. That hardly matters, since we still have to deal with it, but I >>thought I should mention this fact in the interests of full disclosure. > >A Windows bug? I'm shocked. Shocked! I know! It was such a rare occurrence for Windows 9x that I just had to mention it. :-) Thanks for verifying that this is fixed. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/