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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 17:01:18 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Cygwin memory problems on Windows XP
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In-Reply-To: <NBBBKKHBJIGDNIAAIHHPOEMFIPAA.deverl@in-system.com>; from deverl@in-system.com on Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:55:01AM -0600

On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:55:01AM -0600, DeVerl Stokes wrote:
> Some of the more recently updated Cygwin programs are failing
> on Windows XP (Build 2526) with memory errors.  The most recent
> version of lynx was the first occurrence of this and the only
> occurrence until I updated bash to 2.05-7.  Then many others
> started to exhibit this failure.  The id program, for instance
> generates the following output:
> 
> ----------------
> C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's
> heap (0x9B0000) in child, cygheap, Win32 error 487
> ----------------
> NOTE: Win32 error 487 = Attempt to access invalid address.
> 
> 
> This is the same error message that lynx generated.
> 
> These same programs appear to work fine on Win9x, WinNT 4.0,
> and Win2K.
> 
> Has anyone else seen these problems?

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Corinna

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