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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 14:07:34 -0500 (CDT)
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygheap problems, also on version 1.5.9 (was Re: cygheap problems, 20040326 snapshot)
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Andy Rushton wrote:

> I'm having similar problems with release 1.5.9. I thought that if I
> posted more information it might help to pin down the problem.
>
> I have just done a complete clean reinstall of Cygwin (i.e. deleted the
> directory and registry settings first) using the net installer and
> therefore using the 'official' releases of all packages. The
> cygcheck.out fiile is attached if you need to know more. I'm running
> under XP (you're always 'under' Windoze) with all the latest patches and
> updates. So, the buggy version then.
>
> Consider the following sequence typed in under the DOS shell:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> H:\Documents and Settings\Andy>bash --login -c XWin
>       4 [main] ? 476 cygheap_fixup_in_child: Couldn't reserve space for
> cygwin's heap (0x616E0000 <0x7E0000>) in child, Win32 error 487
> H:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\XWin.exe (476): *** m.AllocationBase 0x0,
> m.BaseAddress 0x616E0000, m.RegionSize 0x1AA0000, m.State 0x10000
>
> H:\Documents and Settings\Andy>bash --login
>
> $ XWin
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The latter command worked fine.
>
> I've tried running 'rebaseall' and it made no difference. Mind you,
> should it do anything on a completely fresh build?

Yes, it will.  Eventually, rebaseall may be automatically run from
setup.exe, but it isn't currently.

> The really odd thing is that I have another PC at home with the same
> version of XP, same update status and as far as I can tell, the same
> install of Cygwin and I have no problems.

Are you sure about the "same update status" part?  The following would
imply that a "Windows Update" will fix your problem.  Could you try it and
report back?

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-04/msg00188.html

Thanks.

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Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
Phone: 314-551-8460
Fax:   314-551-8444

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