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RE: HELP!


Hi Dave,

you did run cygcheck?

C:\>net helpmsg 6

The handle is invalid.


Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms@icon-scm.com)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dave Trollope [SMTP:dave.trollope@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, April 25, 2002 06:41
> To:	cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject:	HELP!
> 
> 
> Now its not often I scream like this, but help!
> 
> I'm getting the following error when I run ps or any number of tools:
> 
> m.AllocationBase 0x61000000, m.BaseAddress 0x61560000, m.RegionSize
> 0x87000, m.State 0x1000
> C:\CYGWIN-MULTI\USR\LOCAL\BIN\PS.EXE: *** Couldn't reserve space for
> cygwin's heap (0x61560000 <0x83A3F000>) in child, Win32 error 6
> 
> So how did I get to this point? Well I was building the winsup source. did
> an install everything seemed fine. The code change didn't work so I tried
> to revert to the official code, then the build failed because of
> hundreds of undefined symbols, like _write. It seems like a library got
> screwed up so I tried to make clean and rebuild from scratch. Still no
> joy.
> 
> Decided to reinstall cygwin to a new dir, downloaded base and installed.
> Moved files from old installation to new making sure NOT to overwrite
> anything created in the new install.  Error still occurs. Rebooted to make
> sure old DLL isnt resident, still happens.
> 
> Checked Windows and Windows/System no cyg*.dlls.
> 
> Where is the corrupted library coming from? Is there a registery entry
> pointing it to the old installation or something?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Dave
> 

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