From: cgf@bbc.com (Chris Faylor) Subject: Re: Sergey's cygwin.dll 4 Jun 1997 16:05:30 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: References: <3394C1CF.BA4756DF@prairienet.org> Reply-To: cgf@bbc.com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test57 (27 Apr 97) Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v1.28 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com In article <3394C1CF.BA4756DF@prairienet.org>, Seymore Buttz wrote: >Hey, I was wondering if anyone else has had trouble with Sergey's >cygwin.dll? I tried it on my OSR2 Win95, copying cygwin.dll and >libcygwin.a to their appropriate places. Here's what happens when I run >some prorgams: > >bash$ ls >(unknown) heap_init: unable to allocate heap, win32 error 8 >cygwin: terminating >bash$ > >Sergey told me error 8 is an out of memory error, but I've got plenty. >And the Win95 swap file is no where near maxed out, should it want more >memory. > >So, any ideas why the dll might do this? I had the same problem when I had a 'make' running in the background using the old, non-Sergey version of cygwin.dll. When I stopped the program I stopped getting this error. You might try running things after a reboot, just to be safe. -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf@bbc.com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".