X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <12787356.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:24:01 -0700 (PDT) From: James Adams To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: bash: fork: Permission denied -- how can I fix this? In-Reply-To: <46F19C29.4050105@cygwin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Nabble-From: monocongo@gmail.com References: <12785522.post@talk.nabble.com> <46F19C29.4050105@cygwin.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > 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. > > OK sorry, the Cygwin version is 1.5.24-2 Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > >> 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: > The only thing listed on that page that I didn't do was to include the output from cygcheck, since cygcheck also gives the fork permission denied error: bash-3.2$ cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out 69675674 [main] bash 3156 fork: child -1 - CreateProcessA failed, errno 13 bash: fork: Permission denied Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > > -- > 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/ > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bash%3A-fork%3A-Permission-denied----how-can-I-fix-this--tf4483481.html#a12787356 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/