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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 01:32:33 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygwin/xfree86 logged into KDE3 causes strange cygwin error
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On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 08:14:44PM -0500, Harold Hunt wrote:
>This is the first time I have every seen anything like this in
>Cygwin/XFree86.
>
>I just installed KDE3 on my Linux box and when I login via XDMCP and run
>Konsole I get this error message in Windows:
>
>---------------------------
>Error
>---------------------------
>Failed assertion
>	fds_on_hold != NULL
>at line 643 of file
>/cygnus/netrel/src/cygwin-1.3.10-1/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
>---------------------------
>OK
>---------------------------
>
>
>So far this has happened only when I launch Konsole.  Cygwin/XFree86 doesn't
>crash when this happens, but things seem to get sketchy after it happens a
>few times.
>
>Any ideas?

It's coming from vfork.  Something's stomping on memory that is supposed
to hold a copy of the fd table.

cgf

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