X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:39:21 -0700 Received: by 10.220.107.162 with SMTP id b34mr2133487vcp.95.1269913162000; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:39:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: 1.7.2 on 2008 SP2: man segfaults + X problems From: Mark McConnell To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 2010/3/29 Mark McConnell : > 2010/3/29 Mark McConnell : >> I am running the XWin X Server >> Release: 1.7.6.0 (10706000) >> Build Date: 2010-03-22 >> >> After installing Cygwin 1.7.2 for the first time on Windows Server >> 2008 SP2, I discovered several indications of a problem with my Cygwin >> installation. I describe 4 "symptoms" below. >> >> SYMPTOM 1 >> =A0man* dumps core after a Segmentation fault >> >> $ man man >> Segmentation fault (core dumped) >> >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> ... > > In addition to man segfaulting, dgb also dumps core - which is > inconvenient for tracking down what's going on with man. =A0 But they > leave such a small dump, I've attached the stackdump from both man.exe > and dbg.exe to this message. > > Mark > -- I realized after reading these stackdumps, that this sort of STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION failure is what I should expect from Windows Data Execution Prevention being turned on. I turned this off for man.exe, and now man is able to work. SYMPTOM 1 is resolved. Mark -- -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple