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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 13:42:24 +0100
From: Houder <houder@xs4all.nl>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: MinTTY requires gdiplus.dll ? (2)
In-Reply-To: <20181129195845.GE30649@calimero.vinschen.de>
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On 2018-11-29 20:58, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov 29 19:41, Houder wrote:
[snip]

>> --- Process 3112 loaded C:\Windows\System32\winmm.dll at 
>> 000007fefa040000
>> --- Process 3112 loaded C:\Windows\System32\winspool.drv at 
>> 000007fef9f10000
>> --- Process 3112, exception c0000005 at 0000000180044bb3
>> --- Process 3112 exited with status 0xc0000005
>> Segmentation fault
> 
> I can reproduce this but while it's clear *where* it happens, it's
> unclear *when* and *why* it happens.
> 
> It only occurs if mintty is the first process in a process tree.  I.e.,
> when starting mintty from a shell running in a DOS window, the problem
> disappears.
> 
> Worse, the problem also disappears when running mintty under gdb.

(I do not understand _exactly_ what you say here)

Uhm, if I invoke "gdb /usr/bin/mintty" (so, from the "Dos box") the 
problem
does NOT disappear.

That is:

     2 threads are created ... and that is it; no MinTTY window showing 
up!

(hint: my system is a bit more peculiar than yours)

Henri

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