X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46F19C29.4050105@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:01:13 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: bash: fork: Permission denied -- how can I fix this? References: <12785522.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <12785522.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 James Adams wrote: > I have recently installed Cygwin version 2.510.2.2 onto a Windows XP system > and when I launch it the first thing I see is this: 2.510.2.2 is the version of 'setup.exe', not Cygwin. The Cygwin package, which is just one of many in the Cygwin distribution, is currently 1.5.24-2. > 5 [main] bash 3024 fork: child -1 - CreateProcessA failed, errno 13 > bash: fork: Permission denied > > I get the same message when I try running the ls command: > > bash-3.2$ ls > 9404505 [main] bash 1544 fork: child -1 - CreateProcessA failed, errno 13 > bash: fork: Permission denied > > Can someone suggest what's going wrong, and how I can fix it? Let's start here: -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/