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Re: Cygwin memory problems on Windows XP
- To: "DeVerl Stokes" <deverl at in-system dot com>, <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: Cygwin memory problems on Windows XP
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 11:03:01 -0400
At 10:55 AM 9/5/2001, DeVerl Stokes wrote:
>Some of the more recently updated Cygwin programs are failing
>on Windows XP (Build 2526) with memory errors. The most recent
>version of lynx was the first occurrence of this and the only
>occurrence until I updated bash to 2.05-7. Then many others
>started to exhibit this failure. The id program, for instance
>generates the following output:
>
>----------------
>C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's
>heap (0x9B0000) in child, cygheap, Win32 error 487
>----------------
>NOTE: Win32 error 487 = Attempt to access invalid address.
>
>
>This is the same error message that lynx generated.
>
>These same programs appear to work fine on Win9x, WinNT 4.0,
>and Win2K.
>
>Has anyone else seen these problems?
Check the email archives and see all the discussion on XP issues.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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