X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <458A897E.201@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:17:50 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061108 Fedora/1.5.0.8-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.8 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: perl script dies with The instruction at "0x28089a3d" referenced memory at "0x0000004". The memory could not be "written". References: <1166683420 DOT 458a2d1c3b8a0 AT easymail-old DOT hol DOT gr> In-Reply-To: <1166683420.458a2d1c3b8a0@easymail-old.hol.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 moka AT hol DOT gr wrote: > >>> I am having problems with a perl script. For no apparent reason I get >>> The instruction at "0x28089a3d" referenced memory at "0x0000004". The memory >>> could not be "written". >>> >>> I used to have Activestate and then installed cygwin. Can I maybe > de-install >>> cygwin's perl(if so, how) or is that not the problem? >>> >>> The only thing I really need from cygwin for this is acces to grace (which > in >>> turn needs a X-server) > > >> If you can post a simple test case, others here might be able to help you >> (i.e. ). > > The problem is that I was getting no such problems before installing cygwin > and no, this is not a simple testcase, it's something I get from a complex > script > doing DBI queries; apparently the crash occurs when reading the query rows > and writing to a hash. I also get an error > kgefec: fatal error 0 > kgepop: no error frame to pop ro for error 0 > I did a google search and though I did not find the exact same error, > some posts indicated that this is a cygwin perl- Activestate perl problem > ; Since the modules I installed(e.g. DBI) with activestate seem to work > I thought this means the activestate perl is the one actually running Don't mix and match perl modules. If you're using Cygwin's perl, use modules built and be sure _not_ to use any ActiveState Perl modules and vice-versa. > Anyway, can I deinstall cygwin perl without affecting anything else? Yes, with the exception of any other Cygwin package depending on Perl that you've installed. There aren't many of these though. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/