fatal error - cygheap base mismatch detected (2nd attempt)

[tobias schlottke]

On 02/01/2013 12:18, marco atzeri wrote:
> On 1/2/2013 12:10 PM, tobias schlottke wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a cygwin terminal window open and I try to execute a perl program
>> and get the following message:
>>
>> =======
>> 5 [main] perl 8172 C:\cygwin\bin\perl.exe: *** fatal error -
>> cygheap base mismatch detected - 0x61239790/0xC79790.
>> 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.
>> =======
>>
>> The cygwin1.dll is in the c:\cygwin\bin directory and additionally on a
>> different place at c:\Program Files\openFT\bin\cygwin1.dll which is not
>> in my PATH.
>> (Both files are identical).
>>
>> At the time of the error I had a second cygwin terminal already open.
>> After the failure in the first window I executed the command in the
>> second one and it executed successfully.
>> The funny thing is: If I try in the first window again, it runs fine....
>>
>> a) Why?
>> b) What do I have to change to make it run always?
>>
>> Things I tried:
>> Reboot, rebaseAll.
>>
>
>> Any hints appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Tobias
>
> Please follow:
>> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>
> specially the
> "Run cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out and include that file as an
> attachment in your report. Please do not compress or otherwise encode
> the output. Just attach it as a straight text file so that it can be
> easily viewed"

Sorry, I forgot.
See attachment.

Tobias



 
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