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RE: Problem with releases since -37
- From: "Andrew Braverman" <abraverman at itms dot com>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 13:51:43 -0400
- Subject: RE: Problem with releases since -37
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: <abraverman at itms dot com>
There is only 1 cygwin1.dll anywhere on my system.
Just to clarify what happens, I do get the do you want to report this to
microsoft box and no specific error message originally. I then choose the
debug button, which is when I first see the access violation.
Anyone have any other ideas?
- Andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold L Hunt II [mailto:huntharo@msu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:35 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Problem with releases since -37
>
>
> Andrew,
>
> Please do a manual file scan for multiple copies of
> cygwin1.dll. Don't
> tell me anything about paths, just do the search and report how many
> copies you find.
>
> For more info specific to this problem, see the following FAQ entry:
>
> http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-sta
> tus-access-violation
>
>
> I wouldn't doubt it if this problem is just exemplified by the new
> randomness of things that happen in releases after -37. I would
> actually be surprised if we introduced a bug, since the crash
> seems to
> be in cygwin1.dll.
>
> Harold
>
> Andrew Braverman wrote:
>
> > I suddenly have a problem running one of the programs that
> I run all the
> > time. As of release 37, it works fine (I just went back to
> 37 so that I can
> > run it). The program is ddd (a good graphical debugger,
> for those who do
> > not know). When running it with versions since 37, it
> crashes XWin before
> > even displaying the first window. I just tried it with -41
> and it still
> > happens. If I debug it, I get the following error:
> > "Unhandled exception in XWin.exe (CYGWIN1.DLL):
> 0xC0000005: Access
> > Violation."
> >
> > I can get this to happen at will, so if someone wants me to
> try something, I
> > can do that. I do not, however, currently have source code
> on my machine.
> > I have the bz2 from setup.
> >
> > Thanks, everyone, for the wonderful product. I appreciate
> the work you are
> > putting into it. One of these days, I will dig up enough
> time to get and
> > understand the source code so I can contribute as well.
> Until then, any
> > help you can give me would be appreciated.
> >
> > Andrew Braverman
> >
> >
> >
>
>