http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-02/msg00798.html Re: tcsh hangs after updating to cygwin 1.5.7-1. Expires with "Out of Memory" * From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com> * To: cygwin at cygwin dot com * Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:11:55 +0100 * Subject: Re: tcsh hangs after updating to cygwin 1.5.7-1. Expires with "Out of Memory" * References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <msg00790.html> > * Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Feb 17 12:51, Etienne Huot wrote: > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <msg00069.html> > > > I have experienced exactly the same problem! On two different machines > running XP. But actually, I'm not sure this is due to the new DLL I'm running XP *and* I'm using tcsh on a regular basis and I'm not able to reproduce that effect. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Dear Cygwin Folks: I would have posted this to the message thread, but I didn't have the time to research how to go about doing that. Please pass this along to anyone that might benefit. Well, I know of at least one way to cause this problem! My cygwin installation was running fine for over a year on an XP machine without any problems. Today, out of nowhere, it starts giving me the "Out of memory" error whenever I try to run tcsh. I can run bash just fine. I decided to blow away my installation and reinstall, which reset my home directory back to "C:\Documents and Settings ...". This cured the problem! So when I edited /etc/passwd to put my home directory back to "/home/golde", the problem returned. Looking in that directory revealed that the .history file was huge. I blew it away and everything was fine. I have no idea what caused it to spaz out, but anyway this is at least one way to cause tcsh to experience the "Out of memory" problem. Best Regards, V Edward Gold, Jr. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
