X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <23d7e1bb0610180224p1cd5cd5fu43758e9cbd49e7c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:24:55 +0100 From: "Simon Mullis" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 'fhandler_dev_zero::fixup_mmap_after_fork' problems. In-Reply-To: <23d7e1bb0610180206j43e34f8fl1e1a33b280d29342@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <23d7e1bb0610170516v6609c026x7c819984cc7a433e AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <006201c6f209$baae7260$a501a8c0 AT CAM DOT ARTIMI DOT COM> <23d7e1bb0610180206j43e34f8fl1e1a33b280d29342 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: cd06028b77ff0aca X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 Note-from-DJ: This may be spam FYI - I removed all traces of Logitech Web Cam related stuff and - surprise, surprise - all now works.... SM On 10/18/06, Simon Mullis wrote: > Hi Dave, > > Many thanks for your comments.... > > On 10/17/06, Dave Korn wrote: > > On 17 October 2006 13:17, Simon Mullis wrote: > > > > > I've been a happy Cygwin user for a years now with no issue. Recently > > > (last few months) I've started having many problems with a variety of > > > apps. > > > > What did you install just before it all went wrong? > > > > It's a new laptop... I assumed that this was an issue purely with > Cygwin or my base OS and not related to either the Windows apps I have > or the hardware spec of the system. I agree this is a good place to > start though. > > > > Because of the number of apps with which I have an issue I > > > suspect it might be an issue with the cygwin DLL and memory allocation > > > after forking. > > > > Well, that plus all the references to memory allocation and forking in the > > error messages! > > > Haha - fair enough! > > > > I've spent a fair amount of time Googling for a solution and although > > > I've found a number of people with a similar issue I've not found > > > anything yet. > > > > > > So my questions: > > > > > > - Is this the right group to ask this in? > > > > Yep. > > > > > - Is this a known issue? > > > > It's a common failure mode but there can be numerous disparate underlying > > causes. > > > > > - Is it my environment? I've tried a complete re-install with no > > > change. I've tried recent CVS builds of the cygwin DLL with no luck. > > > - Is it related to my system? (Thinkpad T43 with 2GB RAM, Windows XP Pro > > > SP2). > > > - I've also tried adding the reg key heap_chunk_in_mb > > > (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin) (as a DWORD). > > > I've > > > tried setting this to 256, 512 and 768 MB. No success here either. > > > - No amount of 'rebase'-ing seems to have helped either. > > > > > > Any pointers, comments or suggestion would be really, really appreciated. > > > > This is the point at which I usually say ... > > > > " Disable the "Logitech Process Monitor" service associated with your webcam? > > Uninstall Agnitum Outpost? Disable McAffee's buffer overflow protection > > feature? " > > > > > > I'll start "turning stuff off" and see where I get. I'll report any > success back to this group. > > > > cheers, > > DaveK > > -- > > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > > > > > -- > > 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/ > > > > > > > -- > Simon Mullis > _________________ > simon AT mullis DOT co DOT uk > -- Simon Mullis _________________ simon AT mullis DOT co DOT uk -- 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/