2010/3/29 Mark McConnell <markd.mcconn...@gmail.com>: > 2010/3/29 Mark McConnell <markd.mcconn...@gmail.com>: >> 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 >> man* dumps core after a Segmentation fault >> >> $ man man >> Segmentation fault (core dumped) >> >> ================ >> ... > > In addition to man segfaulting, dgb also dumps core - which is > inconvenient for tracking down what's going on with man. 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
