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I have a Windows XP (SP3+updates) machine (DELL XPS, 3.2 GHz, 4Gb) running McAfee AV and Smart Ram from Advanced System Care by IOBIT.com. I've attached my cygcheck output. Sometimes (about 50% of the time) when I try to start the Cygwin shell (bash), by double clicking the Cygwin icon, I get an error like the attached error file. I recently updated to Cygwin 1.7.2 but was experiencing the heap space allocation error in earlier versions as well. A lot of times my installs get hung trying to run the update-info.dir.sh script and I believe this error is the cause (or at least related). Even though it looks like the bash shell prompt is displayed, any command I try just results in more heap space error messages. I've tried running "regtool -i set /HKLM/Software/Cygnus\ Solutions/Cygwin/heap_chunk_in_mb 2048" and the error persisted (see http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-11/msg00413.html). I ran the command again with the value 4096; but still no joy. I turned off the Smart RAM and tried starting several (18) shells in a row with one allocate heap space error. I have noticed if I open a lot of shells then close them, if I try to open a lot of shells right away I get fewer failures. I waited about 5-10 minutes and tried to open 8 more shells (still with Smart RAM off) and go 2 allocate heap space errors. Is there a larger (or smaller) value I should use for the regedit command, or something else I should be doing to avoid or prevent this issue? Any advice would be appreciated. Sincerely, Brian S. Wilson
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