Problem with releases since -37

Jeremy Wilkins jeb@jeremywilkins.freeserve.co.uk
Mon Jun 2 15:32:00 GMT 2003


I've just updated to -41 (from -34 or -35, can't remember) and find 
netscape 4.7 (from a solaris box) frequently crashes Xwin. Other apps 
like emacs, xterm and xclock (from the same solaris box) seem fine.

jeremy

PS: Definately only got one cygwin1.dll

Andrew Braverman wrote:
> I suddenly have a problem running one of the programs that I run all the
> time.  As of release 37, it works fine (I just went back to 37 so that I can
> run it).  The program is ddd (a good graphical debugger, for those who do
> not know).  When running it with versions since 37, it crashes XWin before
> even displaying the first window.  I just tried it with -41 and it still
> happens.  If I debug it, I get the following error:
> 		"Unhandled exception in XWin.exe (CYGWIN1.DLL): 0xC0000005: Access
> Violation."
> 
> I can get this to happen at will, so if someone wants me to try something, I
> can do that.  I do not, however, currently have source code on my machine.
> I have the bz2 from setup.
> 
> Thanks, everyone, for the wonderful product.  I appreciate the work you are
> putting into it.  One of these days, I will dig up enough time to get and
> understand the source code so I can contribute as well.  Until then, any
> help you can give me would be appreciated.
> 
> Andrew Braverman
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