X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SARE_CHARSET_W1251,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: From: Saurabh T To: Subject: Re: Max memory page hosed my cygwin registry - how to get it back? Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:10:03 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 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 On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:13:36PM +0000, Saurabh T wrote: >I ran the=20 >regtool -i set /HKLM/Software/Cygwin/heap_chunk_in_mb 1024 >command from >http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-maxmem.html > >After this >regtool -v list /HKLM/Software/Cygwin >shows nothing. > In that case you're probably doing something wrong. At the very least, you aren't following the guidelines suggested here: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >Appears regtool has a different syntax than what's shown on the page. > >(a) How do I get my previous settings (default, cygwin 1.7) back? Is >there any problem not having the registry values in there? >(b) Whom do I kick for writing faulty documentation? I'd suggest reading this link, referenced at the above web page: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html cgf ---- I understand you dont have a lot of time to respond to emails, but if you c= ant respond helpfully, please attempt to read the email before polluting th= e thread with a dismissive reply. regtool has a different syntax from what = is shown on the max memory page. regtool -i set Key\Value not regtool -i se= t Key Value. Doing the latter seems to have removed the cygwin registry val= ues. I asked how to get the original registry values back, and whether ther= e was a problem not having these values. Ok I admit (b) was a pitiful attem= pt at http://dictionary.com/browse/humor. saurabh =20=09=09=20=09=20=20=20=09=09=20=20 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple