1.5.25(0.156/4/2): *** fatal error - couldn't allocate heap, Win32 error 487

Sylvain RICHARD sylvainr@netcourrier.com
Sun Mar 30 13:19:00 GMT 2008


Francis ANDRE wrote:
>
> I am constantly facing to this recurrent problem:
> $ make
>       6 [main] ? (14296) C:\cygwin\bin\make.exe: *** fatal error - 
> couldn't allo
> cate heap, Win32 error 487, base 0x680000, top 0x6D0000, reserve_size 
> 323584, al
> locsize 327680, page_const 4096
>
> <snip>
>
> Potential app conflicts:
>
> Logitech Process Monitor service
> Detected: HKLM Registry Key, Named process.
You seem to have a Logitech webcam. Its "process monitor" is known to 
cause conflicts with cygwin (and is of dubious use at best).

Try to deinstall it *and reboot* to see if it doesn't solve your 
problem. Btw, this is called "BLODA interference" in the local jargon.
See
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda
and
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA
.

Best regards (Salut)

    Sylvain


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