cygwin1.dll suddenly does not work anymore

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Julio Maranhao wrote:
> This is what I run in a dailly basis:
> 
> C:\cygwin\bin>rxvt.exe -bg black -fg grey -sr -sl 1000 -ls -e /usr/bin/bash
>      32 [main] ? (5056) C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe: *** fatal error - system shared
> memory version mismatch detected - 0x75BE0084
> /0x2D1E009C.
> This problem is probably due to using incompatible versions of the cygwin DLL.
> Search for cygwin1.dll using the Windows Start->Find/Search facility
> and delete all but the most recent version.  The most recent version *should*
> reside in x:\cygwin\bin, where 'x' is the drive on which you have
> installed the cygwin distribution.  Rebooting is also suggested if you
> are unable to find another cygwin DLL.
> 
> I did the search. There is only one cygwin1.dll in my whole drive (only one
> partition). Also, "C:\cygwin\bin" is in the %path% and I ran rxvt.exe from the
> "C:\cygwin\bin" folder. Other binaries return the same error. Only the first
> caracters change.
> 
> Other returns:
>      35 [main] ? (5544) C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe:
>      31 [main] ? (5616) C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe:
>      35 [main] ? (5368) C:\cygwin\bin\less.exe:
>      28 [main] ? (2328) C:\cygwin\bin\ssh.exe:
> 
> I also deleted cygwin1.dll and reinstalled the cygwin package.
> 1.5.24-cr-0x5f1 is the product version.


> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Also, did you just update?  Were you asked to reboot?  Did you?

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