Hi Eric, The content of an exception report isn't cut/pastable unless I do screenshots. Would this be useful, or is there specific information that I should post?
Following is the error report that would have gone to MS, and after that I have pasted the event log entry. Yes, I have rebooted since the extraneous dlls were removed, without any change. Paul Error Report: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> <DATABASE> <EXE NAME="bash.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY"> <MATCHING_FILE NAME="bash.exe" SIZE="484352" CHECKSUM="0x868FAEA9" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x81592" LINKER_VERSION="0x10000" LINK_DATE="12/06/2006 14:17:41" UPTO_LINK_DATE="12/06/2006 14:17:41" /> <MATCHING_FILE NAME="cygiconv-2.dll" SIZE="999424" CHECKSUM="0x6DCD17B7" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xF72BB" LINKER_VERSION="0x10000" LINK_DATE="10/22/2006 23:44:54" UPTO_LINK_DATE="10/22/2006 23:44:54" /> <MATCHING_FILE NAME="cygintl-8.dll" SIZE="31744" CHECKSUM="0xD2A1FD6B" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x1046F" LINKER_VERSION="0x10000" LINK_DATE="10/23/2006 00:23:09" UPTO_LINK_DATE="10/23/2006 00:23:09" /> <MATCHING_FILE NAME="cygncurses-8.dll" SIZE="242688" CHECKSUM="0x1DE60264" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x3F569" LINKER_VERSION="0x10000" LINK_DATE="11/15/2006 07:21:11" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2006 07:21:11" /> <MATCHING_FILE NAME="cygreadline6.dll" SIZE="157696" CHECKSUM="0x2D0B4B5E" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x30627" LINKER_VERSION="0x10000" LINK_DATE="12/15/2006 23:50:55" UPTO_LINK_DATE="12/15/2006 23:50:55" /> <MATCHING_FILE NAME="cygwin1.dll" SIZE="1872347" CHECKSUM="0x97BBE1BE" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1005.22.0.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1005.22.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="1.5.22-cr-0x5f1" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Cygwin® POSIX Emulation DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Red Hat" PRODUCT_NAME="Cygwin" FILE_VERSION="1.5.22-cr-0x5f1" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="cygwin1.dll" INTERNAL_NAME="cygwin1.dll" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © Red Hat, Inc. 1996-2003" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x1D7623" LINKER_VERSION="0x10000" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1005.22.0.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1005.22.0.0" LINK_DATE="11/13/2006 16:01:09" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/13/2006 16:01:09" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" /> </EXE> <EXE NAME="cygwin1.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY"> <MATCHING_FILE NAME="cygwin1.dll" SIZE="1872347" CHECKSUM="0x97BBE1BE" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1005.22.0.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1005.22.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="1.5.22-cr-0x5f1" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Cygwin® POSIX Emulation DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Red Hat" PRODUCT_NAME="Cygwin" FILE_VERSION="1.5.22-cr-0x5f1" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="cygwin1.dll" INTERNAL_NAME="cygwin1.dll" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © Red Hat, Inc. 1996-2003" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x1D7623" LINKER_VERSION="0x10000" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1005.22.0.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1005.22.0.0" LINK_DATE="11/13/2006 16:01:09" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/13/2006 16:01:09" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" /> </EXE> <EXE NAME="kernel32.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY"> <MATCHING_FILE NAME="kernel32.dll" SIZE="984064" CHECKSUM="0xF12E1D4A" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945" PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows NT BASE API Client DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.060704-2349)" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="kernel32" INTERNAL_NAME="kernel32" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xF724D" LINKER_VERSION="0x50001" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2945" LINK_DATE="07/05/2006 10:55:00" UPTO_LINK_DATE="07/05/2006 10:55:00" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" /> </EXE> </DATABASE> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: Application Error Event Category: None Event ID: 1000 Date: 3/11/2006 Time: 12:55:45 User: N/A Computer: ZENZOOM Description: Faulting application bash.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module cygwin1.dll, version 1005.21.0.0, fault address 0x0000365f. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Data: 0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat 0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail 0010: 75 72 65 20 20 62 61 73 ure bas 0018: 68 2e 65 78 65 20 30 2e h.exe 0. 0020: 30 2e 30 2e 30 20 69 6e 0.0.0 in 0028: 20 63 79 67 77 69 6e 31 cygwin1 0030: 2e 64 6c 6c 20 31 30 30 .dll 100 0038: 35 2e 32 31 2e 30 2e 30 5.21.0.0 0040: 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66 73 at offs 0048: 65 74 20 30 30 30 30 33 et 00003 0050: 36 35 66 0d 0a 65f.. Eric Blake wrote: > According to Paul Murphy on 12/18/2006 4:16 PM: > > Hello, > > > I have recently installed cygwin, and during the installation received a > > series of crashes for "bash.exe" - standard Windows XP exception errors. > > You know, telling us the content of those messages might be useful... > > > However, I got the same error. I did a search for any other cygwin > > dlls, and there were some applications that had their own installed, off > > the path, and in their own folders. They shouldn't have made a > > difference, but I deleted them anyway. It didn't help. > > Did you reboot after deleting the other copies of cygwin? I'm suspecting > shared memory corruption that comes from having multiple incompatible > cygwin installations at once. Windows .dlls don't necessarily disappear > from memory just because you deleted them; a reboot is sometimes > necessary. > -- IT Services in Albury: http://www.zencore.com.au -- 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/