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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:29:52 -0800
From: David Hinds <dhinds AT sonic DOT net>
To: Cygwin List <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: A vexing installation problem
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On Tue, 30 Nov, 2004 at 05:50:29PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> Well, I suppose so, but subtle and borderline hardware failures can have
> ever such bizarre, transient, and unpredictable consequences (cf. memory
> timing issues and Sig11 failures at times of heavy stress

Sure... but I don't think running /bin/true counts as heavy stress.

> Have you got any kind of anti-virus or firewall software on that machine?

I tried disabling the XP firewall as well as the anti-virus software
and that had no effect.

> For that, have you conceivably got some kind of virus, trojan, or
> spy/adware infestation?

It seems impossible, on a Windows box, to rule out that possibility.
But the system has always been running updated Symantec anti-virus
software and I have not observed other virus-like problems.

> Finally, I noticed "SESSIONNAME = `RDP-Tcp#1'"

Behavior is the same either on Terminal Server or at the keyboard.

-- Dave

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