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Subject: RE: bash:fork: Resource temporarily unavailable - SOLUTION
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:10:12 -0000
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On 15 January 2007 07:25, Chris Britton wrote:

> Manfred Ursprung <manfred.ursprung <at> manfred-ursprung.de> writes:

>> bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
>> 
>> How  can I solve it ?

> On my system this was caused by a product called "System Mechanic".
> Specifically, a service named "iolo DMV Service" (ioloDMVSvc.exe). 
> Apparently, this service injects code into every running process.

  Thanks for another one to add to the (entirely hypothetical)
list-of-known-bad-software-that-chokes-cygwin!

> Since then, I have been able to use cygwin without error.  As a bonus, all
> my programs launch much faster too.
> 
> If you don't have "System Mechanic" on your system, look for other software
> that might perform code injection on running processes.

  Spot on.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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