Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > James Adams wrote: >> I have recently installed Cygwin version 2.510.2.2 onto a Windows XP >> system >> and when I launch it the first thing I see is this: > > > 2.510.2.2 is the version of 'setup.exe', not Cygwin. The Cygwin package, > which is just one of many in the Cygwin distribution, is currently > 1.5.24-2. > >
OK sorry, the Cygwin version is 1.5.24-2 Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > >> 5 [main] bash 3024 fork: child -1 - CreateProcessA failed, errno 13 >> bash: fork: Permission denied >> >> I get the same message when I try running the ls command: >> >> bash-3.2$ ls >> 9404505 [main] bash 1544 fork: child -1 - CreateProcessA failed, errno 13 >> bash: fork: Permission denied >> >> Can someone suggest what's going wrong, and how I can fix it? > > > Let's start here: <http://cygwin.com/problems.html> > The only thing listed on that page that I didn't do was to include the output from cygcheck, since cygcheck also gives the fork permission denied error: bash-3.2$ cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out 69675674 [main] bash 3156 fork: child -1 - CreateProcessA failed, errno 13 bash: fork: Permission denied Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > A: Yes. > > Q: Are you sure? > >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? > > -- > 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/ > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bash%3A-fork%3A-Permission-denied----how-can-I-fix-this--tf4483481.html#a12787356 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
