X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <43C3F412.1010008@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:51:14 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051223 Fedora/1.5-0.2.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5 Mnenhy/0.7.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Segment fault/Bus error with Singular References: <43C32DA9 DOT 2070900 AT cygwin DOT com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reformatted top-post... Murray Eisenberg wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> Murray Eisenberg wrote: >> >>> I'm running latest Cygwin under Windows XP Pro (SP2, with all >>> updates). I installed all the Singular packages via Cygwin Setup. >>> >>> After I start cygwin with its bash shell, command >>> >>> Singular >>> >>> gives error: >>> >>> Singular " signal 11 (v: 3001/2005111410): >>> Segment fault/Bus error occurred (r:1136744764) >>> Please inform the authors >>> trying to restart... >>> >>> (The number after "r:" changes depending on what else is running in >>> windows.) But Cygwin never recovers, and it freezes. >>> >>> At first I tried uninstalling Singular, downloading the Singular >>> packages again, and re-installing; same error. I completely >>> uninstalled Cygwin, downloaded Cygwin again including the Singular >>> packages, and re-installed. Same error. >>> >>> On the other hand, if I go to the subdirectory lib\Singular of the >>> main cygwin directory and double-click Singular.exe, then Singular >>> does run, in a DOS command prompt window (although I see message >>> "cannot open `standard.lib'". >>> >>> So the bug seems to be somewhere in the interface between Singular >>> and cygwin. Any ideas of how to proceed. (I did report this bug on >>> the Singular web site a couple days ago but have had no response.) >> >> >> >> Does a recent snapshot make a difference? >> >> >> >> If not, please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines at: >> >>> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >> > Thanks for your reply that suggests to try a recent snapshot. > > Unfortunately, I don't know whether the various, latest "snapshot" files > will help, since I haven't a clue which one or ones to download or, once > I've downloaded, what to do with it/them! > > I see nothing on the snapshots page (to which the URL you supplied > points) about how to use these files. > > I'm a very experience computer user, but I need guidance here! > See the FAQ entry: This has the proper steps to follow to install a snapshot. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/