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Re: HELP!


Hi

I did run it but it was late and I didn't take it in. I just ran it again and
found the new library, renamed it and everything seems ok.

Thanks for pointing out the obvious - next time I'll do it earlier in the
evening.
Dave
Heribert Dahms wrote:

> 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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