X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B90775E.4080108@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:15:42 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: either nothing or cygheap base mismatch error References: In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; 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 On 3/4/2010 8:43 PM, Eugen Zalinescu wrote: > Hello, > > My problem is that I cannot start cygwin (with Cygwin.bat). Actually > any cygwin application finishes as soon as I invoke it (or in about > 1sec), with no output, as in > D:\cygwin\bin> bash > > D:\cygwin\bin> > > However, sometimes (I cannot reproduce the behavior), I obtain a > "cygheap base mismatch detected" error. > > I attach a cygcheck.out file and the setup.log for a "fresh" > installation (I didn't uninstall my previous installation, which was > working fine some time ago, but just put it elsewhere; it is said that > this should be OK in 1.7.1. Anyhow, I have same behavior with both the > new and old installation). > > There do not seem to be other versions of cygwin1.dll in the system, > and I obtain the same behavior after deactivating the anti-virus; and > I don't have any other program from the BLODA neither. > > Any hints are welcomed. Make sure you stopped all the previously running Cygwin services before installing. From what I see in the setup log, the postinstall scripts didn't run, so nothing is configured properly. Try re-running setup.exe after rebooting and stopping any Cygwin services. -- 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? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple